File Uploads

April 19, 200223 yr

Searching the forum, I see this topic has come several times. Of course we can't do the upload directly with the WC, but there appears to be several other options for doing an upload -- javascript, server side, ASP -- as discussed in a previous thread...

http://www.fmforums.com/ubb/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=22;t=000430

Not being a web guy and with little experience in these matters, what is the best means to get a file out there into a folder in here with some degree of security?

[ April 19, 2002, 08:49 AM: Message edited by: jfmcel ]

April 19, 200223 yr

This may not be the answer to your question because it depends on the server that you happen to have.

I had the same question as you, but I was unable to find a good answer.

I am currently using WebStar as my web server host. It allows for a directory uploading.

There is a plugin that came with WebStar. It's called "File Upload" or something similar to that.

configuration is a snap. All you have to do is install the plugin.

- Create a directory where you want the files to be uploaded/downloaded from.

(i.e. path/to/directory/myPhotos)

- Open a text editor and create a new file - leave it blank, save it and name it ".upload" (no extension)

- Create another blank text file and call it ".message" (no extention)

Now, simply put those two files in any directory you wish to allow upload/download.

- Create a link to that page. Webstar takes care of everything else for you.

It allows directory access ONLY to that directory. So it's not the best solution, becuase you do run the risk of someone linking in and downloading all of your images. I use it for clients to upload their photos, becuase if someone want to take those photos bad enough, they could just take them off of the orginal HTML pages.

From the browser window users will be able to upload, and download any of the files in that directory. (Eliminate the ".upload" if you don't want your users to have the ability to upload to that directory).

As I said, this isn' the solution I want either, but it's a good stand-by.