On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 7:19 PM, Tall Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Well thanks to all the great suggestions I got past the first hurdle. I > changed the listening port to 8080 and now my webpage can be accessed via > the net. Now I would like to have the ability to allow people to upload and > download files, like an online file server. Any ideas about that? > Paul > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "steve" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <users@httpd.apache.org> > Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 4:47 PM > Subject: Re: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The simplest of questions ... > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > Alastair Roy wrote: > > | This sounds like a firewall problem, do you have a firewall installed > > on > > | the PC, check if this is maybe blocking port 80 > > | > > | > > or an ISP problem. many of them are known to block incoming HTTP > > requests on all ports. I had that problem with Frontier DSL, switched > > to Time warner because they dont block anything, at least not in my > > area. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > - -- > > Steve Reilly > > > > http://reillyblog.com > > > > > > Uploading and downloading files doesn't have a whole lot to do with apache (other than regular content that is...) Scripting such as PHP may be what you want: http://us2.php.net/manual/en/features.file-upload.php you'll also find about downloading there if you search.
