[WEB4LIB] user-modified webpage

[Lydia C Bauer]

My husband and I are just learning PHP - kind of like an open-source version of
ColdFusion.   It can be used for file uploads - here's the section in the manual
about it: http://www.php.net/manual/en/features.file-upload.php
I like the manual as there is user input and examples below the text.

There is also an html form tag  "<input type="file" name="filefield">" - but you
will need some program to accept the input.

Good luck-
Lydia Bauer



Vicki Falkland wrote:

> hi folks,
>
> i manage (amongst other things) a very small intranet for a two-campus
> library (9 staff).
> one of the staff creates a fortnightly roster of staff hours, emails it to
> me, i convert it to pdf and stick a link to it from the staff page. (i do
> not have access to our organisation's web server - i just upload files to it.)
>
> i'm wondering (perhaps in vain) if there is a way i can create a webpage
> which allows this person to update this info herself, from her browser, and
> be submitted to the server so that the updated display is there for all
> staff to see.
>
> so far i've looked at:
> content management (and similar) software - wayyy too complex for this
> simple task and too much $$$
> PHP - can't find anything pre-written (if it can be done using PHP)
> javascript - i'm sure i saw something once "let your users edit your
> webpage" and laughed at it ... now i can't find it again.
> CGI - might be something possible here, but CGI is no longer supported on
> my organisation's web server
> ASP - ?? not sure. know nothing about it. don't know if its supported here
> (?).
>
> also looked at "contentEditable" documents and building HTML Applications
> at msdn.microsoft.com (as well as ASP stuff) which made my brain hurt, and
> i came away still unsure if it would do what i am looking for.
>
> is this the sort of thing that XML or DHTML can do? (also know nothing
> about, but more than willing to dive in and have a go)
>
> am i being ridiculous and horribly ignorant? is this possible WITHOUT
> expensive content management software and/or without hassling my
> organisation's webmaster?
>
> any input will be gratefully accepted and will give my brain a rest.
>
> tia,
> VF



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