Soldato
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- 27 Mar 2003
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Bit of history first.
Like most companies I guess we have a need to receive and send larger files like images, pdf's documents etc which get blocked by client email systems due to the attachment sizes being too large
for the last couple of years we have used ftp but this can be frustrating for the vast majority of non-technical clients we have and they get annoyed really quickly so recently we have seen the rise of our users using the multitude of online file transfer solutions which has been ok but there is no consistent system used, so everyone uses there own personal fav. (not a great impression in my eyes to the end client who needs the document(s))
So over the past couple of evenings I have put together a simple little site which allows our users to upload files and then email the links out to the end user.
so just wondering if someone can critique my site for me.
This is the home page where they will upload files:
This is what the user sees when they are uploading files:
if there are any invalid file formats they are trying to upload they get a warning screen and the system stops that file.
This is the page the user will see when they visit the site to download their files. the top image section is an image rotator which will obviously only show image files that are uploaded even if there are multitude of different files uploaded in the session. If they hover over the preview image the tooltip shown will display a larger image so they can see the image a little clearer before deciding to download.
Its still currently being developed so apologies for the lack of an actual link but I don't want the server swamped with data at the moment or material that isn't business related being uploaded.
I'm just wondering if there is anything from a design point of view that is obviously out of place or needs tweaking to make it as user friendly as possible.
Also anything from a security point of view I should be looking out for.
I have limited the actual file types allowed to be uploaded to the usual images, office documents etc. but is there anything else I can do to ensure that people at work don't start abusing this new product?
Has anyone else done something similar? I've not checked so apologies if there has been other threads of a similar vain.
I've tested the site in all the usual browsers and it seems to look correct in all of them so it must mean my css skills are finally getting better.
Like most companies I guess we have a need to receive and send larger files like images, pdf's documents etc which get blocked by client email systems due to the attachment sizes being too large
for the last couple of years we have used ftp but this can be frustrating for the vast majority of non-technical clients we have and they get annoyed really quickly so recently we have seen the rise of our users using the multitude of online file transfer solutions which has been ok but there is no consistent system used, so everyone uses there own personal fav. (not a great impression in my eyes to the end client who needs the document(s))
So over the past couple of evenings I have put together a simple little site which allows our users to upload files and then email the links out to the end user.
so just wondering if someone can critique my site for me.
This is the home page where they will upload files:
This is what the user sees when they are uploading files:
if there are any invalid file formats they are trying to upload they get a warning screen and the system stops that file.
This is the page the user will see when they visit the site to download their files. the top image section is an image rotator which will obviously only show image files that are uploaded even if there are multitude of different files uploaded in the session. If they hover over the preview image the tooltip shown will display a larger image so they can see the image a little clearer before deciding to download.
Its still currently being developed so apologies for the lack of an actual link but I don't want the server swamped with data at the moment or material that isn't business related being uploaded.
I'm just wondering if there is anything from a design point of view that is obviously out of place or needs tweaking to make it as user friendly as possible.
Also anything from a security point of view I should be looking out for.
I have limited the actual file types allowed to be uploaded to the usual images, office documents etc. but is there anything else I can do to ensure that people at work don't start abusing this new product?
Has anyone else done something similar? I've not checked so apologies if there has been other threads of a similar vain.
I've tested the site in all the usual browsers and it seems to look correct in all of them so it must mean my css skills are finally getting better.