WebDisk - very cool!

[rlhanson]

As I was leaving on a road trip this weekend, I had a client request to upload some large art files for a project.

I'm in the middle of packing, cleaning, printing directions, etc. and the last thing I wanted to take the time for was explaining the whole ftp upload process...and then....the light goes on! WEBDISK!

I created a user for the webdisk, saved the script as a zip file and emailed it to my client - within 10 minutes, I had a confirmation from the client that he had uploaded the files!

Yeah! Love the WebDisk! Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!

[jmarcv]

Hmmm... will have to check that out. Do you have any tips to offer, or is it really that easy?

[rlhanson]

Oh, John-Marc - so EASY!

When you create the user you can specify the directory, I did it as the username, then it automatically creates:
user@domainname.com

It also automatically creates the directory folder in your public_html directory. (Though I'm sure you wouldn't want to make this publicly accessible and I plan on deleting it as soon as I download the files as I didn't password protect it.)

The client can just drag and drop files onto the server. So cool!

The only suggestion I really have is if you plan on emailing the script - create a zip file with the script as the email client may flag it as a virus or malicious script.

[Matt]

One thing you might do is offer the setup script on your website to bypass any "would-be" email troubles that you might encounter getting the script to the client.

[rlhanson]

Good idea Matt, especially since I have the client area already created. I would just upload the script and then link to it from the page right?

Thanks!

[Matt]

Only one way to find out, try it!

(But the answer is yes, create a link to your zip file and when the user clicks it, they will be prompted to download the file)

[rlhanson]

got the message

thanks for the response!

[hostu_ops]

Thanks a lot for the Web disk info,,cheers.