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Discussion in 'General Business' started by lonerunner, Mar 26, 2012.

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    Hello, i want to open image hosting website, i have server that can cover alot of bandwith, and i can buy some domains.

    What im interested in to is if anyone can help me decide which image hosting script to use, i have been searching on internet but not finding anything proper, for start i would like to find free or paid script where you can upload image s anonymously , or register and create gallery, get thumbs link, direct link, etc... basic functions.

    And what ads you can recommend on website, i have seen some websites with google adsense ads but if im gonna allow adult images, adsense is out, other programs that i know for adult advertising don't give much earnings.
     
    lonerunner, Mar 26, 2012 IP
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    Use imagebucket.com
     
    jhardy2008, Mar 27, 2012 IP
  3. lonerunner

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    I want to open my own image hosting website, im not looking for existing websites.
     
    lonerunner, Mar 28, 2012 IP
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    I had one working a few years ago but never saved the code. It was not hard.

    I used uploadify to handle the uploads (free)
    uploadify_com/demos/

    I used asp.net net with a sql server database to hold the info.
    Simple string replacements allowed for the image direct link, forum link etc.

    I would build your own as most of the free one are over coded.

    You can get a free copy of visual studio express from microsoft and use the built-in membership system, add a few fields to the database to show image paths and do something simple like this to to upload the files.

    <%@ Page Language="vb" AutoEventWireup="false" CodeBehind="Default.aspx.vb" Inherits="PictureUpload._Default" %>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head runat="server">
    <title></title>
  
    <script src="scripts/jquery-1.4.2.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
    <script src="scripts/jquery.uploadify.v2.1.4.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
    <script src="scripts/swfobject.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
    <link href="css/uploadify.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
    <script type = "text/javascript">
     $(window).load(

    function () {

        $("#<%=FileUpload1.ClientID %>").uploadify({

            'uploader': 'scripts/uploadify.swf',

            'cancelImg': 'images/cancel.png',

            'buttonText': 'Browse Files',

            'script': 'UploadVB.ashx',

            'folder': 'uploads',

            'fileDesc': 'Image Files',

            'fileExt': '*.jpg;*.jpeg;*.gif;*.png',

            'multi': true,

            'auto': true

        });

    }

);

</script>  

</head>
<body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
    <div>
    <div style = "padding:40px">

        <asp:FileUpload ID="FileUpload1" runat="server" />
      
    </div>
    </div>
    </form>
    <p>
       </p>
</body>
</html>


The upload handler

Imports System.Web
Imports System.Web.Services
Imports System

Imports System.IO
Public Class UploadVB
    Implements System.Web.IHttpHandler

    Public Sub ProcessRequest(ByVal context As HttpContext) Implements IHttpHandler.ProcessRequest

        Dim postedFile As HttpPostedFile = context.Request.Files("Filedata")



        Dim savepath As String = ""

        Dim tempPath As String = ""

        tempPath = System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager.AppSettings("FolderPath")

        savepath = context.Server.MapPath(tempPath)

        Dim filename As String = postedFile.FileName

        If Not Directory.Exists(savepath) Then

            Directory.CreateDirectory(savepath)

        End If



        postedFile.SaveAs((savepath & "\") + filename)

        context.Response.Write((tempPath & "/") + filename)

        context.Response.StatusCode = 200

    End Sub



    Public ReadOnly Property IsReusable() As Boolean Implements IHttpHandler.IsReusable

        Get

            Return False

        End Get

    End Property

End Class
    Code (markup):
     
    Scarrfo, Mar 28, 2012 IP
  5. shivon

    shivon Peon

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    Clipbucket is one of the best youtube clone scripts (also for images)
     
    shivon, Mar 28, 2012 IP
  6. lonerunner

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    @ Scarrfo hmmm.... uploadify is exactly what i need for uploading, i will have to check it out what it do and how handle files after upload, i might even start coding my own script, im not expert but i have enough knowledge in php to do some database connections, user registrations, gallery etc...

    @ shivon Clipbucket is way more advanced than i need, and if i will need to customize their code is not so easy to handle. i need simple image upload site with little advanced options like gallery private images user registrations thumbs, hotlink protection, etc...

    imagebam.com and imagearn.com are good examples of what im looking for.
     
    lonerunner, Mar 28, 2012 IP