If you have the hosting space to do it, then it isn't a hard proceedure - just look at PHP file uploading, im sure there are already made apps that can be setup to allow for multi-user file uploading.

Unless you have a decent upload and download connection at home, i really wouldn't bother setting up an FTP server, especially as a number of people could easily max it out making it damn right slow for everyone.

The other solution, and probably the easiest and best, is that most hosting accounts will offer a number of ftp accounts - for example, my hosting with Tsohost.co.uk (uk hosted) offer 500 ftp accounts. And as i have 10GB of storage and 125GB of monthly bandwidth (package is £50 a year) it's greate for storage, and it's about a 10 second job setting up an ftp account using CPanel. Coupled with net2ftp.com it's a good solution, especially as the server has a Gigabite connection down in London, Docklands so speed (to clients/users downloading or uploading a file) isn't really an issue.

If we're talking files which are too large to email then you probably don't want to upload them using a web form either. Not only it is very difficult indeed to keep the user informed of the status of the upload, you'll also usually have a script timeout of around 300 seconds after which the server will assume the script has crashed and close it.

Do your maths and make sure you're not limited by this.

http://www.codeproject.com/KB/aspnet/fileupload.aspx

I could probably code something similar to this... but too busy at the mo with other work.

That page has source code though, so just adapt it to fit.

similar mate

think ive found something which i want: http://www.net2ftp.com/

will look into it...

This what you are looking for?

http://lifehacker.com/software/home-server/how-to-set-up-a-home-ftp-server-130806.php

Nope you simply access it through the browser (the user). AFAIR it creates like a directory system and a button to click to Upload files (select which file like when adding an attachment to an email). It may have changed since but it was definetly like that a couple of years ago when I tried setting it up at home (couldnt get wireless LAN file access to work and it worked brill through this).

Someone should be along to confirm it though

but on Bulletproof FTP you have to download and install to access the FTPs no?

They can, you specify a port and IP address and they simply type 000.000.0.0:0000 and then it pops up with a login screen and password and then they can see an interface

I don't want to have users having to install and run programs. Simply to go to www.domain.com/dropzone, log in, and upload their files

Thats what the FTP thing does for ya?

edit - the one i mentioned above allows you to create users with different permissions, different access, up/down limits etc etc

[Edited on 25-03-2008 by dannymccann]

I know all about FTPs, Rapidshare and the like, but want something that I can implement standalone solely for the use of me and my users, through an internet browser.

Then each user can have their own space, and I can add new users, delete users, then they can upload files

www.rapidshare.com or similar site? and use a password protected rar file.

[Edited on 25-03-2008 by radicalry00]

I think ive used BulletProof FTP in the past. It can be 'procured' freely :o Basically uses your computer as a server and people log in to your server via a browser and the internet and then they can simply upload files through the FTP straight onto a folder on your computer

basically i want to create a sort of 'dropzone' web environment

for example: if someone wants to send me a file which is too big to send via email, then they can go to www.domain.com/dropzone, login using a username and password, and have an interface where they can choose the file on the computer, then upload the file to webspace

does anyone know of any such (ideally free) software to do this?