Web Design Blog - February 22, 2008

Secure file download

Creating a secure file download script is pretty easy. There are a few things you have to be mindful of: You must store the files in a directory not accessible from the web A lot of hosting providers give you a public_html directory where your web files go, you can create a folder one level above that, that is still accessible by a php script but not directly from the web. Your php application must have authentication of some kind After the above has been satisfied, all that you have to do is ... read more!

Feb 22, 2008 4:14pm by Mike Vandenberghe

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WMV Streaming Video embed code (for IE)

A client recently wanted to embed a WMV video file. He was having a bit of trouble so I pulled together some Google searches to get the answer. Here it is for anyone looking. This is not the best solution - but will get you by. I like RIVA FLV encoder (Tim showed me that one) and there are some newer encoders that when installed at the server level will encode on the fly - similar to youtube.com. At anyrate - for the novice user looking for a quick fix - this will do. To embed a wmv video fil... read more!

Feb 22, 2008 12:38am by Shad Vick

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