Notes

multer node.js
getting the new version of multer to work requires only a few extra steps, and the payoff is a little bit more functionality and security, btw, I'm sorry I made such a big deal about it, I imagine getting the latest version of multer to work is hardly the point of this tutorial, but I wanted to use multer in other projects, so here's the way to use the latest api for the nodeblog project (and the nodeauth project as well):

First, delete the "require( multer)" variable from the app.js file, since the new version is designed to be instantiated only in the route.js file it is being used in.

second, ensure the "enctype" for the "form(method="post...." line in the addpost.jade file is set to "=multipart/form-data"

third, in the posts.js file, include the multer middleware at the top with all the other middleware declarations. See the github multer api for the specifics, but this code works (assuming you set up your file directory as required): var storage = multer.diskStorage({destination: function (req, file, cb) {cb(null,'./public/images/uploads');}, filename: function (req, file, cb) { cb(null, file.fieldname + '-' + Date.now() + '.png');}}); var upload = multer({ storage: storage}).single('mainimage');

fourth, define "var mainImageName;" below "var date = new Date(); to ensure hoisting doesn't become an issue. Then, in the if/else block, list out these variables per the multer API:

var mainImageOriginalName = req.file.originalname;

mainImageName = req.file.filename;var mainImageMime = req.file.mimetype;var mainImagePath = req.file.path;var mainImageSize = req.file.size;} else {mainImageName = 'noimage.png';}

that should do it.