I Know complete newbie silly questions!!!

Hi All,

I am a complete newbie when it comes to web design and computers and life in
general but..... I would like to design a site that does the following... Will
allow an upload link so one of my co workers can easily upload their newsletter
on a weekly basis without the need for me to keep using an FTP app to upload it
for them! ie a simple browse and upload link on web site! also a way for other
users to upload their pictures and stuff I would like to limit the upload size
for pictures and also make it a userid and password protected area so only
authorised users can upload images and newsletters!!

Now I know this is probably biting off far too much for a complete newbie
although I have managed with some success creating static web pages...

So the question is... What apps should I be using to accomplish the above
mentioned tasks? can I get away with just going through all the Dreamweaver
tutorials or do I need to start bringing MS Access or Coldfusion or PHP ( PHP
Is Supported by my Service Provider as is sql ) ? I look forward to the
challenge of doing this but I am not sure if I will be wasting alot of
unnecasary time learing coldfusion ms access or php...?

Any advice much appreciated

Thanks
Jason

ie a simple browse and upload link on web site!

The simpler something looks/behaves, the more likely that there is a complex
system running in the background to handle it. ;o)

To do what you want to do will take some work. You need to choose a
programming language, write a program to accept the uploaded file, do
something with it, and then have it display on the web site.

The username/pwd woudl requier some user authentication...again, probably
using the same programming language you used for the rest.

Now I know this is probably biting off far too much for a complete newbie
although I have managed with some success creating static web pages...

Well, now's the chance to take the next step ;o)

So the question is... What apps should I be using to accomplish the above
mentioned tasks? can I get away with just going through all the
Dreamweaver
tutorials or do I need to start bringing MS Access or Coldfusion or PHP
( PHP
Is Supported by my Service Provider as is sql ) ?

I'd start with PHP and MySQL if those are the tools you have. Get some good
books and start reading. I'm sure you can find plenty of PHP code example
too of how to do file uploading. Google should help you out there.

-Darrel

Thanks Darrel,

I will heed your advise and find some good books on mysql & PHP and get cracking with it!

Jason

Thanks Darrel,

I will heed your advise and find some good books on mysql & PHP and get cracking with it!

Jason