how can I allow people to send my your photos???

[rsphotocreation]

Hi, I'm the owner of a website and I was wondering how can I display a code in order to allow people to upload their photos from their computer and to send them directly to my mail. I've seen this concept here http://www.retouchphoto.net/ and it is the same on many other websites, because on mine I ask people to send pictures directly to my mail. People seems to be afraid of that :p lol

[jtd131]

Good question! Anyone know?

[Godmother]

Originally Posted by rsphotocreation

Hi, I'm the owner of a website and I was wondering how can I display a code in order to allow people to upload their photos from their computer and to send them directly to my mail. I've seen this concept here http://www.retouchphoto.net/ and it is the same on many other websites, because on mine I ask people to send pictures directly to my mail. People seems to be afraid of that :p lol

1- Do you have a server to upload the images ? - You need one

2- If u have a server, use ftp - when using an online uploader if the upload fails in the middle u need to start over.

3- u know any programming? - u need to

ok with that been said:

THIS is for asp.net (u don't only need a server but one that works with asp.net) http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/kb00323245.aspx

Java might be better because it's more compatible with servers (they take it as default) but I can't find the right coding.

btw... their work REALLY REALLY sucks!

[Cyberek]

Proppably You Can use simple php code to manage uploads, and something like phpmailer to send them after upload complete. But You have to know php do do that.

[jtd131]

Is there an easy way? Or at least easier than having to go and learn code?

[Godmother]

Originally Posted by jtd131

Is there an easy way? Or at least easier than having to go and learn code?

Yup, Pay a programmer to do it for you

[Cyberek]

Or You can go to some kind of php/ajax forum and ask, if someone have this kind of code already and can share it to You. If somebody doesnt have to write it from scratch, hopefully will give it to You for free. I would do it if i had one (sadly, I have only sending email part that works in php and is writen as module to joomla CMS, so it proppably will not help You much, but if, ask on pm).

[rsphotocreation]

Thanks for your advices also i was looking for websites like this one: http://beta.phokki.com/ which allows you to get paid for your job done. I was wondering if you knew some other cool websites like this one...

Regards,

[MiningArt]

They could use FTP, either at the command prompt or using a FTP program. Just search for, Command Line FTP.

[pavel123]

This is the link to PHP code for file upload.

http://www.w3schools.com/PHP/php_file_upload.asp

Pavel

[JSFphoto]

Originally Posted by pavel123

This is the link to PHP code for file upload.

http://www.w3schools.com/PHP/php_file_upload.asp

Pavel

Watch out, this script limits you to 20kb .gif or .jpegs only. You'll have to change that if you want anything useful out of it. Even after you change it your server might not let you go more than 7 or 8 MB. If you want more than that you will have to alter your .htaccess and php.ini. If your host even lets you do that you need to know what your doing. Things can get messed up very easily.

I'm currently looking for a better solution than what I have for my page so I will report back if I figure out anything good.

[Carol Heath]

If you have a subscription to a file transfer service such as yousendit, you can simply add a link in your website to your personal drop box. This is what I do and so far, have never had any problems. The client uploads their photos, I receive an email letting me know it is there, I download the file, restore/retouch it, then send it back to the client once complete. Easy peasy! and it costs less than $100 per year.

[_jason_]

If you have a professional grade account for your website (supporting server side scripting) this can be achieved with several techniques. Although there may be some limitations for the upload sizes of files. But for average image sizes this is mostly doable without any problems. There must be a directory on the server which allows storing files.

And yes, this is a coding issue. You definately should hire a programmer or use a professional server script for that.

Jason

[_jason_]

Originally Posted by JSFphoto

Watch out, this script limits you to 20kb .gif or .jpegs only. You'll have to change that if you want anything useful out of it. Even after you change it your server might not let you go more than 7 or 8 MB. If you want more than that you will have to alter your .htaccess and php.ini. If your host even lets you do that you need to know what your doing. Things can get messed up very easily.

I'm currently looking for a better solution than what I have for my page so I will report back if I figure out anything good.

You actually can configure the script to change limits and file extensions.
Most servers have a limit around 8MB upload size per file. You should take a look at the PHPinfo() page/function on the server for the exact limits.

[JSFphoto]

Originally Posted by _jason_

You actually can configure the script to change limits and file extensions.
Most servers have a limit around 8MB upload size per file. You should take a look at the PHPinfo() page/function on the server for the exact limits.

Yeah, Changing the script is easy work. Changing the 8MB is a harder task. Some hosts don't let you do it. I use Dreamhost and they seem cool with letting you change it. but it's not exactly easy or fun. I'm still trying to find an easy way to make it work for for others. I have currently abandon that project for a while to take care of the actual image work that is backing up on me.

About the 3rd party stuff... Personal opinion is that I would like to try to stay away from them. I am already paying for my hosting which can do what I need done. Why pay for something else? Don't get me wrong I use YouSendIt and love it! I just want more control (yes I know YouSendIt is free under 1 gig or something like that)

[_jason_]

What's the problem with those 8MB limit?
A picture for displaying on the web usually has a few kilobytes!

A high resolution image from a CANON 500D SLR (max. resolution and highest quality JPEG) has actually only around 5 MB.

[Doug Nelson]

We xfer files for the show using http://www.yousendit.com
Free and simple, or you can pay a little to make it more complicated (it sounds like what you'd like is their dropbox, which would be their $10/month plan). But the free plan would work just fine.

[JSFphoto]

Clients send me files that are at min 13 MB threw 100+MB. On a large job I can get over a GB worth of files. I don't accept jpgs that often unless they are super crispy and even then I try not to. Usually I get a RAWs or Tiffs and sometimes a PSD with a notes and a markup layer. Come to think of it I can't remember the last time I ran into a photog that shot or sent me a jpeg besides my mother. My main client Just upgraded from the H3D to the H4D which sends me 8bit TIFFs @ 120 MB.

The server that My site is on is faster than the speeds I can get threw YouSendIt or DropBox. This is the main reason I'm trying to make the most out of the stuff I already own. Luckily I convinced some of them to download and use Transmit or whatever client they prefer to help with the heavy lifting.

[_jason_]

Well, if you have clients, you surely should use other methods.
The upload feature to a server per HTTP is merely useful for small to medium files and community websites like this one. Not for high end product transfer.

[creativeretouch]

download this script:

http://www.webdeveloper.com/forum/at...5&d=1143972935

- this is a free working version. Description is here:

http://www.webdeveloper.com/forum/sh...d.php?t=101466
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open this page in text editor:

multiple.upload.form.php

and change the size of a file to this value:

// set a max file size for the html upload form
$max_file_size = 700000000; // size in bytes

you should be OK.

[_jason_]

That has nothing to do with the server limits. You can't change that per scripting.

[creativeretouch]

sorry, I did not released you want to get those images to your email box

This script will upload images to a folder inside your webpage on the server and than is possible to use ftp client like:

http://filezilla-project.org/download.php

to get them on your computer ...

[_jason_]

FTP client? Email? Nonsense!

You simply do not understand what's the thread is all about, men.
And you obviously are clueless regarding web technologies and how they work.

There is at any server an upload limit via HTTP protocol. That's what we discuss here.
FTP is something completely different but possible of course.

[creativeretouch]

Hi Jason,

please read my last post again.

I have mentioned email in my first line only and I have apologized ...

The rest is different solution and it has nothing to do with email.

I am trying to help

[JSFphoto]

Originally Posted by _jason_

FTP client? Email? Nonsense!

You simply do not understand what's the thread is all about, men.

You might want to read the original question asked to start this thread. Just sayin'

[_jason_]

We talked about the HTTP upload limit on the common server in the last posts. I did respond to the posts which discusses that. And there is a limit configured on the server by the server administrations. So it is actually senseless to write somthing into the server scripts which does not fit to the server configuration.

The website mentioned in the starting post uses obviously such HTTP upload and an email notification. So if you want that functionality you have to understand how it all is working and must own a user configurable server and some smart server side coding skills. A simple script does not solve that problem.

You also can't upload something to an email account directly via HTTP what the initial poster suggested. One must have a user configurable web server with a server side code that actually manages all the uploaded files on the server and sends out the required email notifications. Email is sent by SMTP or other protocols by the way. In that case it is managed by the server too. So there is basicly no "simple" HTML code which can be embedded into a website to achieve such complex functionality.

So I actually did understand the topic.
In fact, I did already code such solutions.

[creativeretouch]

jason,

when I installed this script:
http://www.webdeveloper.com/forum/sh...d.php?t=101466
on a web server I was facing a problem with the maximum file size.

Than I have changed the value of a max file size in this file "multiple.upload.form.php" which is a part of the script described above to this value:

--------
// set a max file size for the html upload form
$max_file_size = 700000000; // size in bytes
--------

and everything works fine for me. Perhaps you will still need to add several "zeros" to be able to upload larger files.

If it is not going to work for you, you can contact your administrator and he should be able to change the max file size for you.


But in the case when you need to transfer 100 MB+ FTP is the best solution I think. I did not hear about FTP limits if you have enough disk space on your server side.

[_jason_]

Yes. that works.
Do you actually know what that number means?

That are Bytes, man.
No matter what you put in there of higher values.
The usual way to get the real upload limit is to use the PHP info function.
Normal limits are 8 to 10 Megabytes. (HTTP also isn't exactly the best file transfer method and may collapse from time to time.)

Many people have a server, which can't be configured. And there usually is no "Administrator" for them available. They have to live with the standards then. (Mostly low budget customer services). Some of them even may not allow the installation of PHP scripts and other required things for that functionality, like allowing file storage...

[_jason_]

BTW: Public FTP upload would also be (a much more simple solution than all the others here).

But there also: you mostly need a professional grade account on a server to give your customers protected FTP access. Otherwise they are able to completely skew up all your files on the server, your own and the files of your other customers...

With all methods spoken here, asking the customers for sending their files per email is the most simple solution. With public upload services they usually have to register. Everybody actually should have an e-mail client on the desktop nowadays...

BTW: You also can easily send larger files with Skype & Co. But I do not know whether there are some size limits. Even torrent is a very good alternative for extra large files...

[creativeretouch]

"the PHP info function" will give you only info about php.ini file which is main PHP configuration file.

People have to be aware of their priorities hamburgers or pro webhosting?