Add file attachment to default Joomla 2.5 contact form - php

I have a website that is using the default Contact form along with other data from the Contacts component and I need to add a file upload function to it.
I know there are many form components out there, I have used many of them but this site is using the default contact form from the Contacts component and also some other contact data here and there. So I don't want to have to build a whole new Contact page and form just to add file uploading. The file I want to update is templates/TEMPLATENAME/html/com_contact/contact/default_form.php
I am not a programmer unfortunately and even though I found a possible solution here: http://www.rupostel.com/joomla/hacks/how-to-add-uploads-to-your-joomla-contact-form, I was not able to follow it completely. I downloaded and activated the plug-in but nothing showed up.
Can anyone assist?
Thanks in advance.
Paul

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