Customizable Windows right-click file uploader for CMS?

+1 A:

If you insist on open source, why not create a custom context menu handler and send it using some open source FTP client?

I would have to check the details, if it's really viable, but I would start with it.

Karol Piczak 2010-04-21 19:28:01

Good idea and thanks for the link, but I would like to be able to distribute a downloadable executable / MSI installer package that the user can download directly from the CMS (with pre-set account settings). I'm sure that can be scripted but it seems like an awful lot of work.

Pekka 2010-04-21 19:30:04

OK, so still looking for some ready solution. No luck so far. ;-)

Karol Piczak 2010-04-21 19:31:09

@Karol I'm open to getting my hands dirty, but preferably, a ready made solution *would* be perfect :)

Pekka 2010-04-21 19:34:33

OK, here's what I found:http://sourceforge.net/projects/ftpfileuploader/http://sourceforge.net/projects/imageshaker/http://uniupload.thecybershadow.net/Looks like FTP FileUploader should do with minor modifications.

Karol Piczak 2010-04-21 19:36:22

+3 A:

You could just use the send to menu using window's My network Places like this http://techie-buzz.com/how-to/right-click-and-send-to-ftp.html

Jamie 2010-04-21 20:37:33

I was going to suggest the same. Here is some more about creating network places http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308416/EN-US/ - I am pretty sure setting this up could easily be automated with VBScript too. And SO is the perfect place to ask.

Gordon 2010-04-21 20:39:43

I think it's so hard to use in a widely used application. It's just a solution for personal usages.

Ehsan 2010-06-25 21:26:22

A:

I just had an idea, tested and working:

use regedit to edit HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT/*/Shell add a key in shell called FTP to Mysite, in the default value set it to FTP to Mysite.

then add a key to the FTP key you just created called command, in the command default value use:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe http://www.mysite.com?file=%1

what this will do is open IE and the address www.mysite.com?file=C:\path\to\file.jpg

now using $_GET you can get the file address, upload it via php to where ever, even add an interface...

now when the user right clicks on any file, they can upload it via your web site by clicking FTP

Jamie 2010-04-21 20:54:58

you of course could use any browser your client prefered, ie was just an example

Jamie 2010-04-21 20:58:13

I thought about it, but it's a completely different seperate answer. Both are viable

Jamie 2010-04-21 21:02:52

The option is there for a reason i presume... and what software? creating .reg files is easy enough. and the upload itself is handled on the serverside with something like php

Jamie 2010-04-21 21:10:59

well he could use something like http://us.php.net/manual/en/function.ftp-put.php

Jamie 2010-04-21 21:37:49

No, he can't. What he wants to do is upload a file from a Windows machine to the server hosting the CMS. In order to use `ftp_put`, mysite.com would have to be a webserver on the Windows machine, otherwise it wouldn't be able to access the path you give it through the URL. That again is clumsy, because you could better trigger a PHP CLI script from the .reg instead of requiring a webserver and PHP on the Windows machine. Neither PHP nor a webserver are likely present on non-developer Windows. That's why I say he'd still need some software to do the actual upload.

Gordon 2010-04-21 21:45:36

A good solution would be to have the .reg call a simple batch script or vbscript or even just ftp.exe. All of these should be readily available on run-of-the-mill Windows.

Gordon 2010-04-21 22:30:47

You're right. I would have sworn there was a way to do it with just the file path using something like fput. There has got to be away... maybe flash? Oh well, Initially i tried just callling ftp.exe, using a script that help the commands, but I didnt see a way to use %1 to grab the specific filename the client right clicked.

Jamie 2010-04-22 00:51:43

+1 A:

I think WinSCP might have everything you want:

Open Source under GNU GPL
Windows Explorer's 'Send To' Context Menu
Drag 'n Drop Shell Extension
lots of additional features

and it can be scripted and is more secure than FTP due to using SSH

Gordon 2010-04-21 22:50:55

A:

Simply follow this MSDN tutorial to add your items on context menu and use the most powerful command line FTP client NcFTP. It's open source and I think it's a very simple and straight solution. Happy coding :)

Ehsan 2010-06-25 21:22:53

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