Uploading PHP Dating script....?

[Dun]

Forgive my ignorance but....
Ok,I downloaded this PHP dating script as a zipfile, unzipped it, modified it and now am ready to upload it but am lost.
My host (tripod) uses webftp to upload files but it dos'nt allow the upload of directories and files must not exceed 2mb (script is 8mb total)
Bearing in mind that I'm a complete novice, do I recompress the file, get a copy of cute_ftp and upload the whole file as one or try and upload the contents as individual files using the webftp?
Also, do I need to create a file to put it in or put it in the "index.html" which was already created?

[makeda]

1. If its a script, how many files are there? I would think you would just paste the script into your page, or a common file and run it. Then again, I know nothing about this particular script.

2. You might post something in the PHP forum but be prepared to supply more information with your post.

[ddixon]

I would suggest downloading CUTEFTP ... like yourself, I'm a newbie ... but I found CUTEFTP relatively easy to come to grips with ... it will allow you to create those required subdirectories at your site, and then upload the files into the right place ...

Sooooo, ... you've obviously passed the first phase which was to unzip the files into your local directory, and then made some customised changes ... NOW use CUTEFTP to upload the files (one at a time seeing your new to this) into your site making sure you create the same sub-directories as what exists on your local drive.

Hope this helps somewhat ...

Oh, with CUTEFTP ... you'll need to get your host address (usually www.yourdomainname.com) ... your user name and password from your web-host, to make the link.

[j0n]

cute ftp is a good programe, but it is not free! if i remember correctley, it is £30, ace ftp does exactley the same thing, and is totally free, you can pick up a copy at http://www.download.com

[linksys]

Originally Posted by Dun

Forgive my ignorance but....
Ok,I downloaded this PHP dating script as a zipfile, unzipped it, modified it and now am ready to upload it but am lost.
My host (tripod) uses webftp to upload files but it dos'nt allow the upload of directories and files must not exceed 2mb (script is 8mb total)
Bearing in mind that I'm a complete novice, do I recompress the file, get a copy of cute_ftp and upload the whole file as one or try and upload the contents as individual files using the webftp?
Also, do I need to create a file to put it in or put it in the "index.html" which was already created?

For starters, you need to find out if your hosting company will support PHP scripting, not all hosting does, most free companies like yahoo,virtualnet,msn...ect.. doesn't. Second once you find a good hosting company that does, you will need to download a good FTP client that will help you upload the files to the server like http://www.smartftp.com/ this one is a free version for non-commercial usage, and it has the abilities to CHMOD the specific files you need to,for security reasons.Do not compress the files each has to be uploaded as they are as single files..and when you used Winzip to uncompress the zip file you had , you should of left the directory structure (files & folders) as it was when you unziped it. And upload to the hosting company in the same order.
Next you also should check and make sure if your dating service script requires the use of a database, check with the hosting company to see if they have that specific database server, for you to set it up..most hosting companies have a Faq section or tuturial on how to set up the tables and in your configuration file you should set the database information like: (database name) (database user) (database password) (database host(usually set as "localhost")).
If Tripod only allows 2mb's and the file contains 8mb's , you might want to find a different hosting company (sorry), but it needs to be able to support what you have. Usually servers that support PHP scripting are Linux server's with Apache ,and Mysql database server.PHP scripts run own their own and are not embeded into .html files as are others like .ASP & .CGI. the index.php file in the main directory will replace the index.html file already in the root directory.
If the software that you have came with a ReadMe.txt file or Install.txt file it might be a good idea to read it because it will have valuble information on script install & setup.

[leftofcentre]

www.ftpvoyager.com is the best FTP program bar none, in my opinion, and I have tried most of them.

[TheOriginalH]

8mb seems HUGE for a dating script! Which script are you using.

Off Topic:


ftpvoyager looks interesting, but ftp isn't something you should ever have to pay for....linux is free, and has all the ftp functionality you could ever need

[leftofcentre]

linux is free, and has all the ftp functionality you could ever need

But its does not have pretty pictures and icons

[TheOriginalH]

Originally Posted by leftofcentre

But its does not have pretty pictures and icons