Shoutbox

Okay so here's the situation.

Whenever I upload via the admin control panel, it will change the filename and change it to a random one that hasn't been used yet. This helps keep the site running smoothly with multiple admins.

Problem is, I get multiple emails a day of people saying the site is great but the random filenames are annoying.

I need to know of a fast and best possible way of changing the filename ON THE FLY, and supplying the user with the new filename.
So the user clicks download, it fetches "12345634hfd.zip" and then edits the filename to "Messenger.zip" and then they get the normal "are you sure you want to download this file - in firefox". Only way I can think of is fetching the file, saving it to another area and then changing the filename and then supplying the user with a new link - but this is slow and could cause errors if more than one person accessed at the same time.

I'm probs thinking too complicated for a simple thing, so maybe you could help me out

Thanks

mod_rewrite?

How would that work? I have over 300 programs + skins that need to change on the fly...

If you currently download it with PHP, e.g. content-disposition and not just a direct link:

header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="Messenger.zip"');

header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=<whateverfilename>");

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"You have chosen to open <whateverfilename> which is a <whatever type> from <your website>. Open With, Save File"

I'll give you an idea of what I mean just before I try any of these methods (short on time, I have not alot of time to fiddle):

Say we go to:
http://www.touch-innovation.com/details-226-3/
And you go down, and click "Download" It will popup the box to save as and what not. How do I change it when they click there? (It goes via a download counter that edits the mysql db and then redirects to the file)

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Originally posted by Nathan
How would that work? I have over 300 programs + skins that need to change on the fly...

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Well, your upload script could automatically add a mod_rewrite entry on your .htaccess as soon as a file is uploaded. But this is a very bad solution because your .htaccess file will soon be filled with many entries, possibly making the server slower.

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Originally posted by Nathan
It will popup the box to save as and what not

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No it won't
It will redirect me to an external link.

Some other issues with the site too:
Text is cut off.
The resolution of the screenshot in the above link messes up the pictures aspect ratio

Also, remove that static background
It makes Firefox cry

Meh thats because you have a shitty resolution, it works okay for 1024x768 and upwards.

I'm recoding + redesigning it for the next update anyway, for the time being you can put up with it

Static background is fine on my firefox


BTW: I didn't give a very good example, this would be a better example:

http://www.touch-innovation.com/details-229-10/

why not just make it go to a php file that has the random filename as a parameter then just do the header stuff to get it to download the file?

seems simple enough to me =\

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Originally posted by Nathan
Static background is fine on my firefox

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use
background-attachment: scroll;

it makes scrolling a hell of a lot easier