dreamweaver site online storage?

[chopmeat]

hey all, just wondering... is it possible to create a site where u can back up ur harddrive to the site and use it for online storage? if so, what is the limititations? thanx, chopmeat. btw i'm currently using dreamweaver, if you haven't already looked at the title, i also forget to mention that i have a macbook 13", thank you.

[Sylvander]

123-drive up-to-10-GB of FREE online storage is good. (http://www.123-reg.co.uk/online-storage-drive/)

[Paul Komski]

is it possible to create a site where u can back up ur harddrive to the site and use it for online storage? if so, what is the limititations?
It is certainly possible but you need perhaps to be more specific about exactly what you want to do.

Do you want to backup the total contents of your hard drive or just specific folders/files? How much data in total and how often do you want to back up?

Do you have a fast enough internet connection to do the uploads in a reasonable amount of time?

Any site that you control should be able to accept uploads using Dreamweaver or by any FTP client that runs from a MAC.

[Paul Komski]

I don't know much about MACs but Bonkey (http://www.sizlopedia.com/2009/01/13/free-backup-applications-mac-os/) would be the sort of backup program that should suit backing-up to a website (or WAN/LAN PC) with an FTP server. There are lots of free web-hosts that provide lots of space and if really necessary extra can usually be purchased. AwardSpace (http://www.awardspace.com/) would be just one example that supports FTP.

Straightforward FTP upload/download is done very well by FileZilla (http://filezilla-project.org/download.php?type=client) (which I use all the time) and for which there are versions available for both MACs and Linux.

[123456]

I'm gonna backup Paul on this one, FileZilla is very good and reliable. Just make sure that if you're using a router, the IP address of the server may change when you turn it on since other machines may be using the setup address. Easy to use too.

[chopmeat]

just to clear things up for you guys, what i'm actually trying to do is make a website, preferalbly password protected, so others can't view or take files, after creating the website, well i also forgot to mention that i have near 40GB worth of music, plus other stuff like software mostly music though. then taking all my music, and somehow drag and drop, or however it'll work out, in side the website. then go back and use ut as a backup if needed, thanx again, chopmeat.

[Paul Komski]

There are a number of ways to password protect websites/webfolders/webpages but the use of htaccess is probably the most common.

http://css-tricks.com/easily-password-protect-a-website-or-subdirectory/

Once you have uploaded your data to any folder/folders you can protect access in such a way.

If the site has ftp access then that too can be password protected in similar fashion.

As a double precaution you can also encrypt any files before uploading them but ensure you don't forget the password to decrypt them.