> Hiya Everyone, > > I was wondering if might ask an off topic question please as I assume that > there are many people on this list who may do something similar? > > I'm planning on doing some data recovery work from home when I finish my > degree (Computer Forensics Bsc), My plan is to promote myself through my > Wordpress powered blog (shameless plug: hansonforensics.co.uk). - It is on > an Ubuntu Server! ;) > > I need some sort of ecommerce plugin for Wordpress which will allow > clients, and myself to upload large files (HDD Images, so I'm talking GB's) > and take payment from them for recovering their files and things - Obviosly > not every job would involve huge amounts of data, but some may. > > The main problem is that I would prefer to take either the expected amount > in full and reserve it until the job is completed, with the option of > returning it to the client or take a small diagnostic fee in advance and log > what fee came from who/what job number. > > Could anyone reccomend a plugin or perhaps share how they conduct such > transactions? > > Thanks - And as I say, Apologies in advance for being off topic. > > Dave > > I agree with the others, but if you really need to upload hard disk images to a web server, you'll probably want to impliment an SSL secured connection to protect your client's data. You might also want to investigate some client-side code to handle the file upload (show a progress bar/split the file into manageable 'chunks').
Thanks, Chris
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