I currently have JomSocial 3.1.1 installed, but I'm planning to update to the latest release.
I've seen that the version 3.1.1 does not put media files (such as users avatar) to Amazon S3 immediately. It loads them to the local filesystem instead, and then it migrates them to Amazon S3 through a cron (option=com_community&task=cron).
My question is: has the latest version the same architecture, or now the media files are uploaded to the S3 server directly, without the need of the cron task?

Hi Demis,

Yes it has same stuctures, not big different.. and still the transfer to S3 need to use cron job.. but you can set the count data to be transfered to S3 to large value, so it will be transfered data faster..

well, if you want do it without cron job that is possible, but its bit tricky you update database manually and create some custom code.

thank you!

Thanks Dimas for your answer.
For what you know, what's the advantage in uploading media files to the local server, and migrating to S3 lately with a cron job?
Wouldn't it easier and safer to upload them directly to S3, if this is the destination specified in the component option?

Hi Demis,

You need do it manually and modify the database manually, its bit tricky, because you need do it manually..

But I prefer you use cron job for doing this, it more safer and easier :)

thank you!