Rory

Or write a simple CGI app in the language of your choice.

stevengs

1) I would be real careful how I handle text files that visitors upload.

2) Just recently I read about the music industry starting an all out attack on websites that post guitar tabs and scores of music to which they own the rights. If your visitors upload copyrighted songs that you then publicize, you can probably be held liable. I am not a lawyer so this may not hold water, but if I were you, I would inform myself thoroughly before investing too much in this project.

Here is a related article: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4508158.stm

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MBirchmeier

Perhaps I was a bit unfair in my questioning,
perhaps I should quit clicking on links that have horrible subject lines,

But in all honesty I try to help out where I can and when I see a subject like this, I answer it if I can, and usually gently remind someone that there is a better way of posting queries.

However, when someone has been around for a few dozen posts, and are still doing such things I find a healthy dash of scarcasm appropriate at times, as subtler methods might not have worked.

How long is it before a grade school teacher places the name of a student on a paper who forgot to do so before handing it in, and just starts throwing said paper away?

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*Perhaps I was out of line, it was the end of the day on friday of a week of torture at work, however I still stand behind the principle if not my method of response.

MrMan9879

Heh heh... I just got that book, I quite like it. But it's huge! It's gonna take me forever to read it!

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Ooble

It's also fantastic - keep up the reading.

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Indigno

Nah, he just needs to put up one of those things that the submitter agrees that and he should be just fine.

Rory

I doubt that'd be adequate or have any legal standing whatsoever. I'll go out on a limb here and guess that you are not a qualified lawyer, neither am I, but I'd also guess that if your site is the sort that would get close attention from the RIAA et al it's worthwhile getting someone who is to engineer something watertight for you, which may seem superfluous now but could prove incredibly handy later on.

Depending on the legislation you're up against there may be some seemingly ridiculous rules that you have to abide by to be compliant, including your host's terms and conditions. Also it pays to check out your host's relevant complaints policies; are they the sort that would shut down your site just on the basis of one closely-written email, or will you opt for a Belgian one

master007

1)... parsing of text file--create VB program to open file in upload folder and insert HTML formatting(this could be as simple as adding <p> to the start and end of the file or you could use your imagination and do as complex a formatting as you require)

2) Using VB rename the .txt file to .html (or whatever) and perhaps copy to a new folder

3) Let your web site load these files like it would any other web page

I hope that this gives you some ideas...

DaWei

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Note to unthinking posters who don't read the guidelines: you deserve any supercilious and sarcastic boogers flicked your way. Strictly personal opinion, of course, but I think I'll keep it anyway.

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MBirchmeier

To me it sounded like Master was talking about a client side app that converted, as opposed to a server side solution. If this was the case it wouldn't be a *bad* quick and dirty solution. Might not be safe, but it's in a controlled environment.

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