How do I let people upload files and search by diff categories?

[debeck848]

Hi I'm new to the forum and making websites. I hope someone can help me.

I want to make a website that allows members to upload files (music, videos, pdf, doc, etc). I also want to allow members to be able to search the files by categories such as upload date, username, and subject (just as how you can search products on ebay by price and ending time). I also want members to be able to rate the files and comment on them like on Youtube.

I guess there are three parts to my website:

1. Allow new people to sign up and members to sign in and out.
2. Allow members to rate and give comments.
3. Allow members to search files by categories (rating, date, username).

I know how to use dreamweaver and frontpage and a little bit of flash. That's probably not enough for such project so I hope people can provide some advice on where to start, what language to use (java, php, asp...).

Also is there any scripts suitable for my purpose that I can copy and paste into my page?

Thank you.

[ratzz]

Hi,

What you are asking is a great idea for a website, but would take massive investigation to develop it. It would not be as simple as copying and pasting script into a blank HTML page. You would need to learn about PHP as well as how servers process and store your data.

There are also big security issues about uploading files to a server, and this would have to be dealt with very sensibly.

There is a massive amount of work that you will need to do before you can confidently put a site like this together, and my advice for someone just starting out would be, read, read, read, and then read some more.

No-one here can offer you sites that will provide you with the jigsaw pieces [of script] to put together your site, it just doesn’t work that way, I’m afraid.

Get to the library, and read some basic books to begin with.

I’m sorry to be so negative, but what you have asked cannot really be dealt with here.

Good luck, though.
Ratzz