How do I integrate a ftp client in my web site for visiters to transfer files and folders?

Question

I have found many java applets for this, however since I need to use this for commercial use it ends up costing an arm and a leg. Is there another way to do this besides with an applet that does not require me buy anything, or if I have to, do you know of a cost effective company offering one of these applets for commercial use? I would just like a way for clients to upload folders with files via ftp.

Answer 1

There are two ways which you can do this:
+ Via FTP
+ Via Webservice

First of all if you care to do it via FTP, you would need to make a script that adds a FTP USER account and a chown for its webspace. So a user would have access to it. You would need to include a FTP Service running as well, you could use proftpd on unix or similar. proftpd has scripting capabilities. Once you add the user, you can assign automatically its userdomain space. That space would be his. FTP Servers has quota as well properteis, that you could assign different FTP properties to users. FTP SErvers already has many stuff implemented which would make your life easier.

But I recommend a Via Webservice. The way you would do that is simply using any webprogramming language. All the webprogramming language has File Manipulation. You would need to let your programmers be aware on how to use file programming. IT is relatively simple within PHP/JSP/ASP. You would create directories of each user somewhere within your webspace. You would need to track everything within that webspace for the user, the beauty of doing this is because you can customize it to fit your needs.

When a person selects transfer files. He can use the file upload form and upload the file. I don't know the programming langauge your using, but there are MANY tutorials online dealing with file manipulation.

So sorry, if you don't want to buy anything you would need to do it from scratch. It isn't hard, just couple of hours of work of programming.

Good Luck

Answer 2

For FTP uploads, my best advice is to show your users how to integrate fireFTP into their Firefox browser, see here:
http://fireftp.mozdev.org/
If this is too complicated for the user side, then a good idea would be to have a PHP based file uploader, sort of one can find in Joomla CMS Document managers, or repositories (see at joomla.org -- it's all under GPL).

Hope this helps.

Answer 3

you can do it using forms and some server side language such as PHP, very easy to do, PHP has the $_FILES array, take a look

http://codewalkers.com/tutorials/48/1.html

if you just want the thing done, then probably someone over at scriptlance.com can code it for you for $5

Answer 4

Did you investigate the trails that the hyperlinks factor to? Were they relative paths, or absolute? Either method, you are going to have got to be certain that they now comprise the course data to in which the photos at the moment are placed at the website hosting server.

Answer 5

WebExplorer Lite

FTP for ur website

http://www.gleamtech.com/products/wexlite.asp