How do I upload and download from clients?

[Pro Golfer]

Hi, Can anyone help me please?
I need to be able to let my clients upload and download video files from a new site I'm building. I do understand a fair bit of HTML / Flash & Action Script and have been building sites for about 1 year.

[ray326]

Look into handling the "file" type input element.

[Pro Golfer]

Hi Ray,
Thanks for your feedback, but how do I do that? - "Look into handling the "file" type input element".

[jamieMac]

Read up on this <input type="file"> and <form>. You will need some server side processing too, but there is loads of stuff online if you give it a google.

Downloading can be easier to do (i.e. without any server side processing) by making an HTTP request for a file that exists on the server. You could do this using the standard <a href> tag.

[ray326]

As Jamie says, submit the following literally to Google and all knowledge will be revealed.

'<input type="file">'