New File Upload shows only "Uploading is only available when editing a page."

What you are seeing

New File Upload shows only "Uploading is only available when editing a page."


#Why it happens

Uploading needs a page to attach to, and the macro is being configured outside a page edit.


#What to do

Edit the page and configure the macro there, or attach the file to the page first and use Existing Page Attachment.


#Settings involved

Setting

Where

What it does

Approved external domains (Capable Suite

Capable Suite admin > Capable settings > Egress

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#Limits that apply here

Limit

Value

What happens

Linked PDF size ceiling

2.5 MB

A PDF fetched from a public web address is refused above 2.5 MB and the macro shows "This PDF is too large". Attachments do not go through the proxy and are not subject to this cap. The limit is not s

Height dropdown range

1 to the document's page count

If the config panel cannot read the document (bad address, permission failure, upload still in flight), the only selectable height is 1.


#A few things that catch people out

  • Uploading only works while editing a page; otherwise the panel just says uploading is unavailable.



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