On Tue, 2010-06-15 at 12:00 +0200, Merlin Morgenstern wrote: > HI there, > > I am thinking about building a partner network where partners can export > content to my server which will then be imported. It should be as easy > as possible for the partner and not rely on any special php functions. > > > The best way to do this I guess is to deliver them a php file which will > create a xml structure that I can import. The problem I have now is, how > to transfer this xml-file to my server? Of course I could do this via > FTP, but then they need to have FTP enabled inside their php > installation. This might scare some partners away. > > Does anybody have a good suggestion on how to do this? > > Thank you for any hint, > > Merlin > You could allow them to upload XML files to your server with a plain upload form. I doubt though that'll you'll convince many people to setup a local PHP installation for the purposes of creating one XML file. Setting up PHP for the first time can be a tricky thing for a lot of people to do. Thanks, Ash http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk
