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Ok, I'm hoping someone would be able to help me with this. I want to be able to upload files to www.pulpsunrise.co.uk but without using FTP. It's just so that I can store things without the hassle of registering for Freedrive or whatever, plus I can point people to them on the web. And I don't have FTP access here right now. Maybe someone could help me create a page where I could upload them i.e. with a browse button and that.

Thanks in advance

Can you install CGI programs on this server, or use ASP? If not, it's pretty tricky to do...

I can, but I don't know where to start

I think I have some sample code somwhere of how to use ASP (Active Server Pages) to do this. But it does require a fair bit of knowledge on setting up servers and the like. I don't know it well enough to give you enough info really (I'm more into the design side of the web than the technical).

You might do well to search for ASP and CGI tutorials on the web. There are several good resource which should give you start:

<a href="http://www.webmonkey.com">www.webmonkey.com</a>
<a href="http://www.webdeveloper.com">www.webdeveloper.com</a>

Hope that helps for now. Sorry I can't be more use.

You can find many scripts in many languages to do that on www.hotscripts.com
For ASP samples, look here: <a href="http://hotscripts.com/ASP/Scripts_and_C ... ystems/</a>

You should think about security issues. Think of this: what happens if a user uploads an .asp script of his own to your site and then executes it by typing its URL ? The script can do anything, including deleting other files... So you need to be sure that only you will be able to upload or to ensure that uploaded files cannot be executed by anyone!

There may also be limitations from your ISP. For example, my ISP limits HTTPuploads to 200KB maximum, that's the limitations of my file shares forums on <a href="http://dmweb.free.fr/">dmweb.free.fr/</a>

I Hope that helps...

Christophe

Thanks for the help. I will take a look at those sites when I have more time. About the security thing. I will only be sharing the location with my friends who I can trust so there is no need to worry about it really.