Folder question before I get my hands dirty...
Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2009 9:29 pm
Hi -
I am considering using JImageUpload and providing users with the ability to upload folders....
Situation: My user community is 50 people or so and will change on an ongoing basis. These people submit photos to me that I edit/organize and then post on a group website. I want to provide these people with the ability to upload folder structures containing photos and perhaps some other files. I want the folder structure and contents sent by a given person to be created on my server.
My questions are conceptual - I don't really need detailed answers, but I do want to know that JImageUpload can do what I want.
What I want:
- I want to be able to identify what person uploaded what set of files (file structure and contents)
- I want to be comfortable knowing that person A cannot overwrite files uploaded by person B
My questions:
- Does each upload session get stored within a separate server folder (like a unique timestamped session folder - for instance)?
- How do I identify the files uploaded by a certain person? (perhaps by name - do I prompt them for their name?)
- How do I ensure that the contents of an upload from person A are separated from the contents of an upload for person B?
- What if person A and person B both upload a set of files within a folder named "photos" - does one upload over-write the other?
I just don't understand how the uploaded files will get stored on my server.. and whether I can config JImageUpload to give me what I want.
Can JImageUpload do what I want?
Thanks,
Tom K.
I am considering using JImageUpload and providing users with the ability to upload folders....
Situation: My user community is 50 people or so and will change on an ongoing basis. These people submit photos to me that I edit/organize and then post on a group website. I want to provide these people with the ability to upload folder structures containing photos and perhaps some other files. I want the folder structure and contents sent by a given person to be created on my server.
My questions are conceptual - I don't really need detailed answers, but I do want to know that JImageUpload can do what I want.
What I want:
- I want to be able to identify what person uploaded what set of files (file structure and contents)
- I want to be comfortable knowing that person A cannot overwrite files uploaded by person B
My questions:
- Does each upload session get stored within a separate server folder (like a unique timestamped session folder - for instance)?
- How do I identify the files uploaded by a certain person? (perhaps by name - do I prompt them for their name?)
- How do I ensure that the contents of an upload from person A are separated from the contents of an upload for person B?
- What if person A and person B both upload a set of files within a folder named "photos" - does one upload over-write the other?
I just don't understand how the uploaded files will get stored on my server.. and whether I can config JImageUpload to give me what I want.
Can JImageUpload do what I want?
Thanks,
Tom K.