My customer has a need to be able to receive large video files his site members(1 - 5 GB, maybe larger if possible). Hopefully I can get some good ideas from the overflow community on this
My origonal thoughts are to some how set up a file send site where only members can log in and e-mail their video's in. Would this be tough to create? Perhaps there are already some services out there that would authenticate my user's and allow them to email large files(The cost maybe worth it).
Would some sort of FTP Solution also be an available option? I would have to know which user is uploading files. I've never done an FTP upload site before.
Any thought or helpful links would be great! Thanks!
One option would be to build some kind of client side uploader which would allow you to measure progress, resume uploads etc
Possible technologies could include Silverlight, Java Applet or Flash
See silverlight example on codeplex
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All of a sudden Google started to say my application is a virus. Does anyone know the best way to reach out to them and to have a "closer" look? Microsoft has a SmartScreen submission page where you can upload your application and ask them to review it, and it works great & fast...
Every single antivrus other than Google's Cyren says my application is safe, including: AVG, ESET-NOD32, Mailware Bytes, McAfee, Symantec, Webroot, BitDefender, and etc... (I just listed the "famous" ones)
Cyren currently does have a way to submit such samples. They accept submissions via E-mail (with zipped and password-protected attachment), and via FTP.
For details, please see: https://www.cyren.com/support/reporting-av-misclassifications
Please note that Cyren is not owned by Google, and VirusTotal is in fact listing it as a separate positive result. I was unable to find what Google product is used. My best guess would be Google's SafeBrowsing.
Forgive me if I sound gibberish. I use coding as my hobby in my free time (Non IT professional) and thinking to release a website on GitHub or Dropbox.
However, I guess these support The websites that are static in nature. The website which I am developing has form which is crucial where users will fill the details and click on submit in order to get the data.
Now before I dive into paid service of hosting, I would like to first begin with testing stage or host the website for free by using GitHub or so until I get confidence.
So my question- is it possible to run the website that has forms such contact name , number, address etc on GitHub or Dropbox?
Any answer or help, comments, suggestions is much appreciated. Alternative to GitHub are also welcome ( links leading on how to release would be helpful).
Thank you in advance.
I am not sure about hosting a website on Github and dropbox is really a good option or not. However as you are in starting face and you do not have any specific requirements like space and bandwidth and all I would not stop you to host your website on dropbox and github and it is free, you dont have to pay anything. for more information on it click here
I have another two options for you in which you might be interested.
(1) Heroku is one of the most popular platform for hosting your web-site or web-application. You can get up to 5 repositories free on basic account. I think you do not require any database but just in case if you do in future they do provide postgresql. You might find Little-bit challenging in starting for hosting on it as you are not IT professional however you will eventually start learning.
for more information on heroku click here
(2) you can host your website on freehosting which is free for 1 year and they provide 2 GB space for your website as you have static page I am sure it wont increase more than that. On top of that they do provide one MySql database too which in case you need.
I hope this helps you.
Just wondering if there is a plugin that you are aware of that i can find that will allow anyone can go to a form that supports document uploads etc.
I pretty much want to allow people to go to the site, see a job vacancy and apply for it by entering the details and being able to upload their resume.
Thanks for your help guys, im finding it hard to find a plugin anywhere that is free as im on a low budget.
Thanks again
I can think of two options here. Either allow a contributor to upload files with an addition to the functions. This would let them upload things from their Dashboard;
http://wpcanyon.com/tipsandtricks/allow-contributors-to-upload-files-in-wordpress/
Or something a little more suited to photos, but something you could certainly use quite well with NextGEN gallery; http://wpmu.org/how-to-add-a-smooth-jquery-public-file-uploader-to-wordpress/
TDO Mini Forms allows you to do exactly what your asking, and it's free.
http://thedeadone.net/download/tdo-mini-forms-wordpress-plugin/
The only downside is that it is no longer supported, so you're pretty much on your own if you have problems. What you're asking for seems pretty straightforward, though.
Another option is Wufoo: http://wufoo.com/
It is a fantastic service, and meshes beautifully with WP. The downside is that while they have a free plan, the file upload component is only part of the paid plan.
Hope that helps!
Need some help please with web related matters since I don't know much about web (more on the software side of things).
Basically, I am developing an iphone app and would like to send data to a local server once in a while (for simplicity, let's just say I want to send this info to my personal computer which will act as the server). This is just some simple data, and I dont care about the format (actually .txt is the best, but I am open to any format which will make it easier - I am just transferring numbers).
What would be the best way to go about this process? A quick step by step explanation would be highly appreciated. From my very basic knowledge I assume that I will need to:
setup my Mac as a server (which I think should be done from settings?)
Create a URL connection on my app and send the file?
I am probably missing 50 other steps here...
Thanks!
One path is to set up a webDAV server -- you'll have to Google that up, it's far too big a topic to cover here.
To the specific questions you asked:
1) Your mac can become a web server by turning on the WebSharing in preferences, or a file server by turing on fileSharing. Be sure to set permissions the way you want them.
2) If your mac is a web server, you could write a simple CGI script (perl, ruby, or the like -- this is simple tutorial stuff that's all over the www) that accepts your text as a parameter. From your iPhone app, you'd make an NSURLRequest to a URL similar to:
http://192.168.10.1/webPage.html?this+is+the+text+I+want+to+send
Of course, you can get fancier ans use POST requests (the above example is a GET request), but that's going to require more reading.
If you want to transfer files via file sharing, that's a bit more complicted.
What would REALLY help us answer is if you could specify the question a bit more tightly. As it is, you've asked about a very broad area that covers quite a bit of ground.
I am administrating a small, private website with 100% trusted users (about 60 people, i know them all personally).
I am having many problems with the PHP based upload system i have in place currently, mainly with users encountering timeout errors and other varying issues due to the way the upload is handled (not to mention the complete deadzone in the UI created by making the user stare blindly at the page until the upload finishes
Anyways, i have been tossing around alternative forms of file uploading i could offer. FTP accounts were nixed due to the level of tech savvy required. Flash/Java uploaders were nixed because i don't really want proprietary third party applets running on my site.
The other idea i came up with that i think would be perfect would be to offer the ability to EMAIL the files to the server. Emailing attachments is a simple enough task, and better yet it provides the user with some tangible feedback to the uploading process.
My question is, how could i go about implementing such a system?
The server is running Gentoo Linux with Apache and i have full root access. Mail dameons can be installed to my needs.
If you have a better way to upload files, perhaps you could offer that instead?
Stick with PHP. It's certainly not perfect but the problems you're describing can probably be handled. max-execution-time and upload_max_filesize are configurable values. I would at least try tweaking those numbers (no php code changes required) before trying to implement an email based solution.
There are several file upload libraries with progress bars using pure javascript. Keep it in PHP.