RE: Upload and WebCat
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 1998
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 21087
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texte = Just a note of caution, watch what you allow people to upload as they could send nasty code to your server.Aloha, Olin> -----Original Message----- > From: charles kline [mailto:ckline@macsultants.com] > Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 1998 10:20 AM > To: WebDNA-Talk > Subject: Upload and WebCat > > > Hi everyone, > > I am posting a letter I sent to the tech guy at NetDreams, they make a > plug-in called Upload for WebSTAR that allows file uploads to a server. I > was wondering if anyone here has tried using this plug-in with WebCat in > the manner described in the note below. If so, did you come up with a > solution? Any thoughts would be appreciated. Thanks. > > Here it is as was sent: > > Hi Scott, > > I am trying to figure out if the Upload plug-in will help me do what I > am trying to do. Hopefully you can help. > > I would like to provide a method for one of my clients to upload files > to his website. He knows nothing about html and very little about > computers in general, so I have to make this idiot proof. He wants to be > able to write a weekly or daily letter and save it from Word as html and > then have it posted to the site. > > Here is how *I* want to do it. > > I would like to use the Upload plug-in to send this html file to a > folder called Uploads. I then want to use an acgi I have called > WebCatalog to move this file into another folder called Letters. This > is easy, I have it working. > > Now I want to *Automate* this MOVE so... > > I want to have the Upload plug-in call WebCatalog by using the >
command. This url will be my WebCatalog file which > is a xxx.tpl file that when called will be processed by WebCat. I can > then use the xxx.tpl to do the move without any help from me. > > I have *Not* been able to get this part of Upload to work yet. Am I > wrong in thinking that this will be called as if it > was the RESPONSE? > > The other thing I want to do is have Upload write out a file using the > command, but when I tried this it put a carriage return > after each variable. This is how I wrote it - Replace with an > actual tab and is an actual carriage return: > > > TITLEFILENAME > %title%%filename% > > > This way I can create a database for WebCatalog to use to reference the > letters. This will be totally cool if I can get it to work. > > Whatcha Think???? > > _______________________________________________________________ > Charles Kline ckline@macsultants.com > > > MacSultants > Professional Solutions for Computer Systems > > Phone# 609-273-3255 > Fax# 609-273-3721 > > > >
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Just a note of caution, watch what you allow people to upload as they could send nasty code to your server.Aloha, Olin> -----Original Message----- > From: charles kline [mailto:ckline@macsultants.com] > Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 1998 10:20 AM > To: WebDNA-Talk > Subject: Upload and WebCat > > > Hi everyone, > > I am posting a letter I sent to the tech guy at NetDreams, they make a > plug-in called Upload for WebSTAR that allows file uploads to a server. I > was wondering if anyone here has tried using this plug-in with WebCat in > the manner described in the note below. If so, did you come up with a > solution? Any thoughts would be appreciated. Thanks. > > Here it is as was sent: > > Hi Scott, > > I am trying to figure out if the Upload plug-in will help me do what I > am trying to do. Hopefully you can help. > > I would like to provide a method for one of my clients to upload files > to his website. He knows nothing about html and very little about > computers in general, so I have to make this idiot proof. He wants to be > able to write a weekly or daily letter and save it from Word as html and > then have it posted to the site. > > Here is how *I* want to do it. > > I would like to use the Upload plug-in to send this html file to a > folder called Uploads. I then want to use an acgi I have called > WebCatalog to move this file into another folder called Letters. This > is easy, I have it working. > > Now I want to *Automate* this MOVE so... > > I want to have the Upload plug-in call WebCatalog by using the > command. This url will be my WebCatalog file which > is a xxx.tpl file that when called will be processed by WebCat. I can > then use the xxx.tpl to do the move without any help from me. > > I have *Not* been able to get this part of Upload to work yet. Am I > wrong in thinking that this will be called as if it > was the RESPONSE? > > The other thing I want to do is have Upload write out a file using the > command, but when I tried this it put a carriage return > after each variable. This is how I wrote it - Replace with an > actual tab and is an actual carriage return: > > > TITLEFILENAME > %title%%filename% > > > This way I can create a database for WebCatalog to use to reference the > letters. This will be totally cool if I can get it to work. > > Whatcha Think???? > > _______________________________________________________________ > Charles Kline ckline@macsultants.com > > > MacSultants > Professional Solutions for Computer Systems > > Phone# 609-273-3255 > Fax# 609-273-3721 > > > >
Olin Lagon
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