Making a form page to upload multiple files should be easy though.
-----Original Message-----
From: Adam Wayne Lehman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, October 27, 2003 4:19 PM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: RE: FTP; non-techies using
How does everyone handle uploading multiple files at once?
Adam Wayne Lehman
Web Systems Developer
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Distance Education Division
-----Original Message-----
From: Rafael Bleiweiss [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, October 27, 2003 5:00 PM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: RE: FTP; non-techies using
Just to clarify,
On those sites, the client DOES have CFFile capability, as I do
build that into every ecommerce site I create as part of the
Add and Modify Product pages.
It's just that when they upload fifty or 100 products at a shot using my
web based data entry system, (data entry is fast)
having to "browse" for ever Thumbnail, every larger view image ,
then wait for these to upload before moving on to the next product
and so forth is a HUGE pain in their butt.
So I don't have any problem offering them FTP as well as the cffile
function (with restrictions and contractual coverage).
Offering BOTH where it makes sense, with my previous caveats,
is the only way to go from a professional perspective that covers
your needs and theirs.
Take it a step further, check the file dimensions and auto-downsize
on the fly if it's too big for the wonderful front end you'll design.
Custom Cold Fusion tags in the tag gallery - gotta love em!
At 02:44 PM 10/27/03, you wrote:
>Good point Rafael.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Rafael Bleiweiss [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Sent: Monday, October 27, 2003 4:36 PM
>To: CF-Talk
>Subject: Re: FTP; non-techies using
>
>Very good question - some long term experience here:
>
>I have half a dozen clients who maintain ecommerce sites with hundreds
>or
>thousands of products - each one having at least a Thumbnail and a
>larger
>view image... Two of them wanted FTP and a new client also wants this
>(he's also going to be uploading MP3 sound track samples - music store
>site)...
>
>Here's the challenge - what naming convention, file size restrictions
>and
>image dimension parameters do you have set up? I provide the specific
>info
>in writing to them.
>
>I also as was previously suggested, limit them to a special
subdirectory
>
>that the front end site points to. In that sub, there's a directory
for
>
>Thumbnails, one for Larger View images, etc...
>
>Because they're not using cffile, I cant guarantee the image name will
>match on a field in the database, so I've informed them that if they
>post
>an image and it's not showing up, it's on their dime if I need to
Figure
>it
>Out or Fix it.
>
>HERE's one - Client owns a Luggage site. Gets his images on CD from
>each
>of his manufacturers. SOME are JPG already, some are GIF, and some
are
>
>TIFF.
>OH YEAH - Some of those JPG files - they're not RGB / Web enabled Jpgs,
>they're CMYK JPGs so some browsers dont display them at all , some do,
>and
>some display only half the layering.
>
>Guess who had to figure that out, and then TRAIN the client on
>conversion? I did, for a FEE. Yep.
>
>Oh yeah - File sizes - if you say they cant make them bigger than
>200x160,
>and they violate that, the front end looks like Crapola... SO I then
>needed to teach that client how to do Batch Resizing of files in
>Photoshop. Again, for a fee.
>
>AND to be extra sure it was as visitor friendly as possible, I run a
>CFDirectory on their upload directory on the fly to be sure the photo
is
>
>there before I call it... for which I got a fee.
>
>So, they can pay you now, or if you cover your ass with instructions
AND
>
>written agreement that "somthing doesnt work on Their process,and if
you
>
>fix it you get a fee" then you're pretty much covered.
>
>OH YEAH - Better run Antivirus on that directory... and Limit the file
>type uploads as well...
>
>At 01:22 PM 10/27/03, you wrote:
> >Has anybody had experience with having a non-techie upload files (in
>this
> >case photos) to their website?
> >
> ><quote>
> >I will tfp. Just show me how.
> ></quote>
> >
> >To save $100 the site-owner would rather use a site that doesn't
permit
> >CFFILE.
> >
> >Just wondering if there's been any disasters.
> >
> >Gil Midonnet
> >
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