The Picturebox

About

The Picturebox is a derivative of the Sandbox. Originally designed to test methods of multiple directory management, the Picturebox allows a user to quickly administer pictures starting at a directory (e.g. "http://yourdomain.com/pictures/"), and able to work in all of the directories within it (e.g. "http://yourdomain.com/pictures/funnypictures/reallyfunnypictures/"). Furthermore, the Picturebox is extremely lightweight. It is perfect for the website owner who quickly wants to upload some pictures to a directory and work with them. It also features security to prevent malicious users from working above a given directory. Currently, you can make new directories, upload files, delete files, and delete directories.

Information

A server with PHP 4+ is required. A server with PHP 5+ is nicer.

Current Version: .5 Beta

SECURITY WARNING

The current version of the Picturebox does NOT contain any built in security. There is no login system, etc. All of the files in the directory that you set the Picturebox to work in are completely open to the public (should they know where those files are). This is incredibly dangerous, so please take care to use this on a test system only. If you do use it on your normal website, the best advice I can give you is to set a password to the entire Picturebox folder. This will prevent users from accessing your files. In the future, some kind of login system is planned for the Picturebox.

The Picturebox has built-in measures for checking to see if a user with malicious intent is trying to edit outside of the directory specified. I have not thoroughly and fully tested the integrity of this feature; however, I have tried many different ways of getting around it and all have failed.

Getting Started

Please read this Manual. It will instruct you on what you need to do to install your picturebox.

Screenshots

A screenshot of the Picturebox in action.

Changelog

Current Version: .5 Beta - Initial public release.