Newbie question about user contribution

Can I allow users to create their own page - text and images?

[ExtremeExports]

I would like to add an option on a site to allow the customer to be able to create their own announcement (am trying not to reveal too much according to webmasterworld guidelines)webpage online. Is there any kind of script to allow my visitors to type in i.e. name hobbies etc. on one page, upload pics etc. and then have this be submitted to a different page to where the the info is inserted into places I tell it to be, and the customer can view it instantly? I hope someone understands enough to answer. I am not sure if I am making myself clear. Thanks in advance to any help.

[tedster]

Sure, this is very possible although not with simple HTML. There are a lot of security issues involved when you allow users to upload files to your server and I wouldn't undertake this casually

[Purple Martin]

To expand a little: You'd do this by making the submitted form (where they filled in their details) point to a bit of server-side script (written in something like PHP,JSP, ASP etc) which processes the information and stores it in a database. Then when they go to see their announcement, another bit of server-side script queries the database, processes and formats the query results, and displays the information.

Clear as mud? Sorry that's my fault for not explaining it better. But basically, you'll need to learn about server-side scripting and databases.

[ExtremeExports]

Great, thanks a bunch. much appreciated!

[Birdman]

You can have a look at the Image upload and Thumbnail Generator [webmasterworld.com] in the Bag-O-Tricks for PHP II [webmasterworld.com] thread. It will get you started with the image upload and database creation.

[Condor12]

What about Macromedia Contribute?

I've only used the evaluation version, but it seems to do the job.

No servers side scripting required, just html!

[ExtremeExports]

The Macromedia Contribute would interest me. I will look that up and see if that will help me. Thanks

[tedster]

AHA! I didn't register that by "customer" you meant YOUR customer - the "owner" of the website. I was thinking more along the lines of one of the website's online customers.

From my experiments, MM Contribute should do the job nicely, especially since there is so little your client wants to be able to update on their own. Some blogging packages can also be customized for such a function.