Uploading Files

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Do you mean how to you make the web page that you made live for others to access, or do you mean something else?  If you are asking about making your page live, the first question that comes to mind is do you have a host for your web page?  How do you connect to the internet?  Whoever gives you your connection may allow web pages.  Otherwise there are lots of free services out there (like geocities).

If you do know who hosts you web page, then they would be the one's to contact on how to upload a file to them, usually using an ftp program.
-Josh

What platform/server?

Try a FTP program, like qute ftp

if you have IE4 or Netscape you can type the address of the ISP as follows: ftp://(your user name here):(your password here)@(your server domain name, just like a regular http protocol.)  .   try that. after that it's drag and drop simplicity if you have a mac or pc.

FTP is not the best solution -- one may just not have it.
It is possible to upload via HTTP, with <input type=file> tag.
Of course, you'll need a script that will read POST data and save it to a file, but you'll have more control over where this file will go and how it'll be named. With FTP you have no control over that.

mitek:
I don't know what experience you have had with ftp, but that is totally wrong.  You can easily control where the file goes and how it is named, and even what permissions it has with ftp.  Maybe you just used the browsers to do this?  Anyway, the ftp programs they have now (which are FREE), work very nicely, even uploading entire directories in one click is a snap!  Also no script is necesary, which you would need cgi access to your web site to use (a lot harder to come by than a free ftp program).
-Josh

Carflores, could you please explain better what you are trying to do!

If you want to have a a page that allows the user to choose and upload a file from their disk to the server, that is pretty easy *but* you need a CGI program to do it.

From the wording of your question as I see it, I think all the talk about ftp is totally off.

yes you can
but you must first make your html pages using page editor (i prefare MS frontpage) then you open an account in a free home page server
(tripod  or Xoom ......)
use kuteftp program to upload you page

The question isn't how to upload the page, it is:

"...upload a file __from__ a web page...".

With all these answers about uploading the page itself to th server, am I missing something here??

Are you there carflores?  Please help direct us so we can properly help you!
-Josh

I want that rafistern said "a page that allows the user to choose and upload a file from their disk to the server"

good call rafistern!
To do this you would need a cgi script which can receive a file and save it on disk.  I don't personally know how to do this but there must be one out there somewhere for free.

Also, you will need to make sure that you have cgi access to your server.  Then you need the cgi program, and then you just write the web page which has the <input type=file> tag, so that a file can be uploaded and sent to the cgi program.
-Josh

You cannot upload a file from a web page ;-) You must use some FTP software

Go to http://www.shareware.com and DL the latest version of Cute FTP ;-)

Is there any way to do it with ASP ? ? ?

Yes you can Adstring.  We just covered that above in the comments.  It is possible, it just requires a lot of work that's all.

As far as ASP, I'm sure it can, but I don't know how to do that...
-Josh

Thanks Trevor......

Glad to be of help.

Trevor.