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I've done a lot of poking around on the net and SO to try to find a solution to my problem. So far, no luck.

I want a file uploader on my site that will generate thumbnail preview images of a user's uploaded file (they are restricted to uploading one at a time) for any of the allowable file types (like jpg, gif, Word, pdf, and more).

I did find this: JQuery File Upload preview File Type to allow all file types, which states that what I want to do is not possible unless the file is first uploaded to the server and then a thumbnail is generated for the file. I am totally cool with that, but don't know where to start in building that!

I am looking for a solution that will play nice with Bootstrap + PHP + AWS S3, but can be flexible. It could be a paid or free solution, but I'd rather not pay hundreds a month for it (or even tens of dollars a month!)

Can anyone point me in the right direction? I know I should be posting a code sample, but I don't have one to post at this point! As you can tell, I am rather new to this file upload thing, so you if you want to talk to me like I am five that might be appreciated! lol

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  • if you dont care IE 9 or below there should be a lot of options and plugins around – Andrew Nov 04 '15 at 14:25
  • "Word" , "pdf" not image files ? See http://stackoverflow.com/questions/28856729/upload-multiple-image-using-ajax-php-and-jquery/ – guest271314 Nov 04 '15 at 14:28
  • You're obviously better at Interneting than me, @guest271314! I'll play around with this. – Sheldon Scott Nov 04 '15 at 14:33
  • Oh, you're the author! I read that wrong. Nice. So the image shown once uploaded is a preview of the file? (Viewing the image with a right-click loads the resource, so I am just curious.) This might be the solution I need... – Sheldon Scott Nov 04 '15 at 14:34

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