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On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 11:40:43AM +0200, Etaoin Shrdlu wrote: |
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> On Wednesday 29 October 2008, 09:06, Alan McKinnon wrote: |
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> > > you can't use winblows extorter to drop files onto an ftp server? I |
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> > > would have thought that was, er, basic functionality... |
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> > Yeah, that's what I thought too. The GF suspected otherwise for IE7 |
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> > and confirmed it by asking that nice Mr Google person |
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> Ok, that's OT, but it's not that difficult. They just moved the ftp |
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> functionality from Internet explorer to Windows explorer (yes, many |
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> people are not even aware of the difference). When you open a FTP site |
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> with ie7, it just shows you a basic interface with hyperlinks but no |
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> ability to copy/paste or drag/drop stuff (just like basic FF). But, |
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> there is a line at top of the page that clearly says: |
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> "To view this FTP site in Windows Explorer, click Page, and then click |
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> Open FTP Site in Windows Explorer." |
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> Just do what it says, and you have the (cough) good old interface where |
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> you can do drag/drop etc. |
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Hmmm... This is good news. Has anyone experience with Safari/Opera |
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behavior? |
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> I'm however all for using FF with a suitable plugin to do ftp. However, |
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> for basic users, I fear that even a clean interface like that provided |
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> by fireftp might look too complicated (sigh). |
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I agree... People tend to feel confortable using web-based wizards. |
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> To the OP: have you considered creating a very simple php interface to |
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> upload files, like eg |
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> http://www.w3schools.com/PHP/php_file_upload.asp |
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> (but there are dozen of other example on the web) |
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Yes, but this is not an option. If I don't find a full featured (and |
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secure) webabb that takes care of user registration, permissions, etc., |
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I'm gonna force users to the use the ftp. |
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I was thinking at such a layout: |
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ROOT: |
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/ |
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world readable, admins writable |
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USER FOLDERS: |
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/username/ |
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registered user readable, owner writable |
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PRIVATE USERS FOLDER (for drafts and personal stuff) |
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/username/private/ |
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owner readable, owner writable |
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I think it's gonna be pretty easy to setup such a layout using vsftpd or |
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proftpd. |
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Suggestions are welcome. |
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