mrherman Posted August 10, 2010 Share Posted August 10, 2010 Recommendations for this kind of paid site/service exist? 1. I assign users a username and password. There will be 50 - 250 total users. 2. Each user has a folder or folders. 3. I upload files to users' folders. 4. The user logs in to his/her folder. 5. He/she downloads files from the folder. No uploads by the user. 6. The user cannot change anything, but can only download files. 7. Total usage will be light: average 200 downloads per month. 8. Files will be no larger than 100K, most will be much smaller. 9. The site is very secure. Thanks for any suggestions Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonnoTheDev Posted August 10, 2010 Share Posted August 10, 2010 Why not just setup FTP users on your server. If you are setting up users, putting files into their directories, then just give each user you setup their ftp username / password and url i.e ftp://yourwebsite.com Restrict them from uploads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrherman Posted August 10, 2010 Author Share Posted August 10, 2010 Hi, Neil -- Thanks for your reply. This is a public school district and I "know" that they will only allow this type of thing to be set up through an "established" service with a good reputation for security. :-\ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonnoTheDev Posted August 10, 2010 Share Posted August 10, 2010 So where is the issue? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrherman Posted August 10, 2010 Author Share Posted August 10, 2010 I know what you mean, but they are not going to go with a proprietary site to contain student data. In case something happens to the data, they want to be able to blame a reputable entity, not the "guy who did a website for us," which would make them look like bad decision-makers. I'm thinking something like a modified Dropbox. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazerenix Posted August 11, 2010 Share Posted August 11, 2010 You could code your own system, I can't imagine it would be very difficult. A Login script, an admin with user selection and upload, and a user section with links to uploaded files. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xylex Posted August 11, 2010 Share Posted August 11, 2010 Sounds like what you could use is a document repository. If you Google for "document repostiory" or "document management", you'll find a bunch of enterprise class vendors and systems that should meet your school district's requirements. We use Alfresco at work, works okay but I don't know that I'd really recommend it. Or you can always just go with Sharepoint and call it good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrherman Posted August 11, 2010 Author Share Posted August 11, 2010 Thank you for the suggestions. I'll check out Alfresco. Yeah, Sharepoint is in the district, but it is hated by everyone who is forced to depend on it. I couldn't bring myself to call it good. Cheers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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