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progress bar..solved

Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2009 10:53 pm
by scarface222
Hey guys, quick question:

I want to display a progress bar when I upload files, but I am not sure how to approach it. I have searched for hours and have found various ways of doing it. One was with flash, but some users don't use flash and the process displayed oddly in Opera so I found another way involving jquery, and php. http://t.wits.sg/2008/06/25/howto-php-a ... gress-bar/. It is a little vague, however it wants me to install a pecl extension for php. Will I be able to do this on a shared server? If anyone can give me some advice on the best and most universal way to approach this, I would really appreciate it.

Re: progress bar...need expert opinion of experienced webmaster

Posted: Sat Oct 24, 2009 6:43 pm
by scarface222
anyone at all...?

Re: progress bar...need expert opinion of experienced webmaster

Posted: Sat Oct 24, 2009 11:19 pm
by Eric!
Find out from your host if they will add it or test it to see if it is installed with phpinfo().

You can use ajax and php (with apc module...look for it with phpinfo) too.
http://www.ultramegatech.com/blog/2008/ ... s-bar-php/

What's the best universally accepted way? Who knows.

Re: progress bar...need expert opinion of experienced webmaster

Posted: Sat Oct 24, 2009 11:44 pm
by scarface222
That is the best tutorial I have seen so far, I appreciate it man. I went through countless solutions, all so hard to understand because I have never explored this before. Plus many of which did not function in Opera for some strange reason. I have not yet selected a host since I am not quite finished my website, any suggestions? I am thinking of lunarpages, bluehost, or yahoo but am unsure.

Re: progress bar...need expert opinion of experienced webmaster

Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2009 11:57 am
by Eric!
Yeah that's a good tutorial.

I only use supercheap sketchy hosts, but I've had good luck with p4host.com at $2/month. It depends on what you need your site to do and how much traffic/space/uptime reliability you need. I don't know how any of those companies you mentioned compare. There are threads in other forums like...oh...I don't know...maybe the Web Host forum..where you can find more info.

Re: progress bar...need expert opinion of experienced webmaster

Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 3:04 pm
by scarface222
thanks again bud