Re: [Semi-OT] Eaaaaaasy OSX FTP
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texte = I hear ya. I have one built and it works just fine because I trust that particular client not to upload the entire contents of the hard-drive from the root up... this one's different. I am on a shared server. -Dan On Wed, 10 Dec 2003 14:03:39 -0800 Brian Fries
wrote: >I'd probably go with the HTTP upload... it's simple from the client's end and doesn't require >learning any new tools. While you can't (easily) restrict the size of the upload on the client >side, you can do anything you want with the uploaded file using WebDNA - restrict to certain size >limits or file name extensions, writefile to any folder you want, delete old files when new files >are uploaded, etc. I do this for my clients who want to be able to upload new product images and >PDFs. > >- brian > >On Dec 10, 2003, at 1:43 PM, Dan Strong wrote: > >>My client (on OSX) wants to be able to 'easily' FTP up some Quicktime >>movies of his own to his website where his clients can then watch >>it/download it. I've been down this road many times before and it has >>never been pretty. >> >>He wants it *right now* (don't they all)? >> >>1) I have an FTP account set up for him and he is 'locked down' to >>only the directory he lands in (he is one that would innocently break >>the website if he were free to roam. He no understand FTP. What should >>I do? walk him through an install of Fetch or something? Does OSX have >>a built in FTP? I suppose if I was comfy with him uploading I could >>then just do a [listfiles] on a password-protected template and make a >>link list.... and also a download for Quicktime... >> >>2) I have a working WebDNA-powered upload page (pieced together with >>code from Storebuilder and snippets of code I've found in the >>archives). This would be much easier, but I cannot restrict him from >>dumping 5GB at a time or whatever to the server via HTTP. It just >>doesn't seem like a good idea. >> >>Any consumer-level level FTP stuff going on that I can tap into, like, >>does Safari or IE have drag & drop FTP? >> >>Thanks, >> >>-Dan >> >-- Brian Fries, BrainScan Software -- http://www.brainscansoftware.com > -- > > >------------------------------------------------------------- >This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . >To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to >Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------ http://www.StrongGraphicDesign.com http://www.SearchBoise.com (208) 319-0137 | Toll-free p/f 877-561-1656 ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/
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I hear ya. I have one built and it works just fine because I trust that particular client not to upload the entire contents of the hard-drive from the root up... this one's different. I am on a shared server. -Dan On Wed, 10 Dec 2003 14:03:39 -0800 Brian Fries wrote: >I'd probably go with the HTTP upload... it's simple from the client's end and doesn't require >learning any new tools. While you can't (easily) restrict the size of the upload on the client >side, you can do anything you want with the uploaded file using WebDNA - restrict to certain size >limits or file name extensions, writefile to any folder you want, delete old files when new files >are uploaded, etc. I do this for my clients who want to be able to upload new product images and >PDFs. > >- brian > >On Dec 10, 2003, at 1:43 PM, Dan Strong wrote: > >>My client (on OSX) wants to be able to 'easily' FTP up some Quicktime >>movies of his own to his website where his clients can then watch >>it/download it. I've been down this road many times before and it has >>never been pretty. >> >>He wants it *right now* (don't they all)? >> >>1) I have an FTP account set up for him and he is 'locked down' to >>only the directory he lands in (he is one that would innocently break >>the website if he were free to roam. He no understand FTP. What should >>I do? walk him through an install of Fetch or something? Does OSX have >>a built in FTP? I suppose if I was comfy with him uploading I could >>then just do a [listfiles] on a password-protected template and make a >>link list.... and also a download for Quicktime... >> >>2) I have a working WebDNA-powered upload page (pieced together with >>code from Storebuilder and snippets of code I've found in the >>archives). This would be much easier, but I cannot restrict him from >>dumping 5GB at a time or whatever to the server via HTTP. It just >>doesn't seem like a good idea. >> >>Any consumer-level level FTP stuff going on that I can tap into, like, >>does Safari or IE have drag & drop FTP? >> >>Thanks, >> >>-Dan >> >-- Brian Fries, BrainScan Software -- http://www.brainscansoftware.com > -- > > >------------------------------------------------------------- >This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . >To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to >Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------ http://www.StrongGraphicDesign.com http://www.SearchBoise.com (208) 319-0137 | Toll-free p/f 877-561-1656 ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/
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