DownloadElite :: Version 3

[hamheyelliot]

DownloadElite Version 3
http://downloadelite.net/logo.GIF (http://downloadelite.net)




DownloadElite has been re-designed and updated, to bring you the best yet!

So what's New?


Why, the layout of course!
It wasn't much good as it was functional, and now it's Modern, Functional and Appealing.
The Server is now Blazing Fast, and Uploads quickly, and Hosts quickly too! Speed Test Results are shown a little below.
Today on DownloadElite is a new Site Area brimming with Statistics, a Selection of Todays Best Images or Files, and our Main Goals!
Implementation ::
You can add DownloadElite to your website, and believe me, it's just as fast and functional as the main site. Preview:
http://downloadelite.net/files/ap_prev.PNG
We are also offering Free Modifications and Logo Removal as of today.
More Space, and Choice ::
We are offering 50MB as a Max File Size, because we're truly ready for all your uploads! We Support Images, Music, Video, Flash, Web Files (.html,.php), Documents, and even Executables (.exe will be scanned before acceptance to the server).
Security for your Stuff ::
We're going to become McAfee© Secure in the near future, and stop pesky Hackers and Bots.
Have a Voice, and be Heard ::
DownloadElite allows you to give Feedback and Ideas to us, directly through the 'Feedback' Tab which sticks out to the left. I've got the ball rolling, have a peek!

So why not trust us to Safely, and Speedily host all of your files, when you need them!

The Speed Test:
We thought, why not prove that we're fast, and give you the straight facts?
These Results are Official as of This Evening, Tested with iwebtools.com



FILE HOST/LOAD TIME/AVG. SPEED PER KB

DownloadElite :: 0.15 secs 0.01 secs FASTEST


MegaUpload :: 0.85 secs 0.02 secs
Easy-Share :: 0.54 secs 0.05 secs
TehUpload :: 0.96 secs 0.24 secs
HabboUpload :: 1.28 secs 0.24 secs
Uploading.com :: 0.87 secs 0.03 secs
Jewbear :: 0.49 secs 0.35 secs
Turboupload :: 0.56 secs 0.02 secs




If you want to see that for yourself, click this link (http://www.iwebtool.com/speed_test?domain=downloadelite.net%0D%0Amegauploa d.com%0D%0Aeasy-share.com%0D%0Atehupload.com%0D%0Ahabboupload.com% 0D%0Auploading.com%0D%0Ajewbear.net%0D%0Aturbouplo ad.com%0D%0A) to see the results from iWebTools

So that's it! Why not have a go, it's Free as usual, and if I spot any DE users, +rep your way :D

P.S. Please don't quote this whole Post, it'll be a nightmare!
Also, constructive critisism please, no 'Looks Awful' or anything, it's not helpful, and me and Declan took a lot of time on V3. Enjoy!
Best seen in Firefox, with 1280 by 700 or whatever it is!

http://downloadelite.net/logo.GIF (http://downloadelite.net)
[Text Link for those who don't realise the Image Also links] (http://downloadelite.net)

Remember, clear your Cache!

[iJoe]

Looks really good :) Well done with it

[hamheyelliot]

Thanks, best of luck with your V3 too :P
It was meant to be..

[Dentafrice]

Sounds nice, but way, way, way, overdone with the stripes.. stripes are nice.. but not that many.

[hamheyelliot]

You can tell I really love 'em
That's my downfall :[

[Dentafrice]

I mean there is just too many.. it's stripe after stripe after stripe, everywhere you look.. there is a stripe :P

[hamheyelliot]

Now now Caleb, only the Logo, Navigation, Header, Subheaders, Backgrounds and Footer!
I can hardly notice them!

// So far someone has uploaded the classic ORLY Owl, and a .php File in what I assume was a hack.
Thanks and no thanks?

[Dentafrice]

Now now Caleb, only the Logo, Navigation, Header, Subheaders, Backgrounds and Footer!
I can hardly notice them!
So basically everywhere? :p

[hamheyelliot]

No :P
I mean you're right, it's a harsh matter, but I think it's nice for the time being.

[Matagascar]

I agree in terms of the stripes. THERES JUST SO MANYYYYY

[Dentafrice]

Should just name it StripeElite ;P

[hamheyelliot]

Should just name it StripeElite ;P
:O How did you know about my 2009 plans :D
Doesn't explain TehUpload though! Why not TheUpload?

[Decode]

The layout is not expandable http://downloadelite.net/lay_1.PNG, and it is coded in tables. I can see why it would be hard to make the layout expand, becuase of the diagonal background, but at least code it in divs!

[Jxhn]

It looks like a big image at first.

Also the uploading isn't that fast.

http://downloadelite.net/files/de.png


Also go here:

http://downloadelite.net/files/

the result of uploading a file called "index.html"

[hamheyelliot]

Just depends on the file size, the average GIF or PNG is finished in a second, which is pretty much a standard. Also, I am working on the php to disallow any index files other than our No Access page.
We'll recode in due course.

[I've discovered the reason your PNG wasn't fast Unhappyness, it was a Rather Large BMP made out to be a PNG. 2.7 MB.]

[Jxhn]

Just depends on the file size, the average GIF or PNG is finished in a second, which is pretty much a standard. Also, I am working on the php to disallow any index files other than our No Access page.
We'll recode in due course.

You need to add random numbers to the files names or put files in http://de.com/files/randomnumber/file.ext

Otherwise people should be able to replace each other's files.

EDIT: that makes sense. I just hate the way paint makes the extension in capitals so I type it in myself. It works in notepad if you type .html when it's saving it as .txt but I know understand why that works.

[Decode]

Just depends on the file size, the average GIF or PNG is finished in a second, which is pretty much a standard. Also, I am working on the php to disallow any index files other than our No Access page.
We'll recode in due course.

[I've discovered the reason your PNG wasn't fast Unhappyness, it was a Rather Large BMP made out to be a PNG.]
When you upload a file with the same name as a file which is allready uploaded it replaces it, go to the index page in the files dir now.

[hamheyelliot]

The .html Problem has been resolved.
We're working on allowing people to show layouts etc. by making them a personal directory.

We've also made sure that people can upload .PNG aswell as .png etc.
Also, Random Files are undergoing inclusion on the weekend, as it is a known issue.
Thankfully people seem to upload mostly with unique file names.
Thanks for sharing these problems.

[Jxhn]

Soz about the o rly pic. I was bored.

[hamheyelliot]

As for your little orly owl trick ;)
It failed :P

[Jxhn]

As for your little orly owl trick ;)
It failed :P

no it didnt. I just did .jpg instead of .jpeg the first time.

[hamheyelliot]

OMG Sneaky Evil Man.
I've got this file set to Auto Backups now :P

[Jxhn]

It's a good thing you didnt upload the layout images in the files dir.

[hamheyelliot]

It's not that bad an issue you know.
As for my plan of action for tomorrow:
Random Numbers/Letters.
5 Individual Dirs that get sent to Randomly.
No overwrite (Even though it will be impossible)
Personal Dirs.

[Andys]

Layout is ugly, sorry.
Too overdone.

[hamheyelliot]

Thanks for your opinions, sorry you feel this way.

[Calon]

Looks great, but it does not expand and as tom said it's coded in tables which are extremely terrible.

I'm glad to see the dynamic feedback button, the best thing I've seen from your site yet.

Good luck with it.

[hamheyelliot]

Why thanks a lot :)
As I said we hope to recode for all Screen Resolutions, and even a Lighter Website for some Ancient Browsers, or people who still use 800x600.

[Dentafrice]

It doesn't matter if they upload with unique filenames, you still need a random few digits to keep them seperated, you never know.. if it gets popular you see a billion untitled.png(s)

[Jxhn]

I don't know what you did but no html or php files are allowed at all now.

[Dentafrice]

PHP files shouldn't be hosted anyways.

[Jxhn]

PHP files shouldn't be hosted anyways.

They should aslong as he configures it so when you go on them you download them rather than view them. Otherwise someone would just upload a shell.

[Zabaglione]

i like it
well done

[Dentafrice]

They should aslong as he configures it so when you go on them you download them rather than view them. Otherwise someone would just upload a shell.
Or just store them outside of the public_html directory and use a rewrite to get to them.

Safe mode is turned on, on his server anyway.

[hamheyelliot]

Thanks a lot, fellas.
I'll be finishing all these new Precautions by tomorrow.
Should have random file names finished by today.

[Dentafrice]

It takes like two seconds...

[hamheyelliot]

Well then, I guess I'll be doing it in two seconds...

[Dentafrice]

$random = time() - rand(5, 900) + time();

[hamheyelliot]

I don't think that's going to work for DE.
I have to get extension and all that.

Working on it anyway.

EDIT: Using $prefix = substr ( md5(uniqid(rand(),1)), 3, 10);
works now.

[Dentafrice]

Then just append it..



$filename = $random . $filename . $extension;

[Jxhn]

EDIT: Using $prefix = substr ( md5(uniqid(rand(),1)), 3, 10);
works now.


I don't know any php (well small bits) so I don't know what all that other stuff is, but I wouldn't use md5, there's no need for it to be secure and 32 characters is a bit long for a prefix imo.

[Dentafrice]

I don't think that's going to work for DE.
I have to get extension and all that.

Working on it anyway.

EDIT: Using $prefix = substr ( md5(uniqid(rand(),1)), 3, 10);
works now.

what the ****. 32 chars + filename + extension.. that's not needed.

[Kevin]

I like the concept, and the speeds but the stripes dont agree with my eyes :P. bit dizzy, but best of look anyhow

-Kevin

[hamheyelliot]

It's okay, I'm going to use a timestamp to control the file name.

And thanks a lot Kevin :)

[Decode]

I would use a system like this to check weather the file exists. $file = the file name. $extention = .gif/.png or what ever-



function checkfile( $file, $extention ) {
$rand = rand( "1000", "100000" );
$filefull = "http://downloadelite.net/files/" . $file . $rand . $extension;
if ( file_exists ( $filefull ) ) {
checkfile( $file, $extension );
}
else {
return $filefull;
}
}


Then save the file as what ever is returned

[hamheyelliot]

Nice idea, will fall back on this is anything should go wrong.
Only thing I would need to add is the 'echo' tag to show text to the user.

[Dentafrice]

Using that would be too slow.



public function randomFilename() {
$rand = time();
$rand2 = rand();
$rand3 = rand() + time() - $rand2;
$rand3 = floor( $rand3 );
$rand = sha1( $rand );
$rand = substr( $rand, 10, 10 );
$string = "$rand2$rand$rand3";
$rand = substr( $string, 5, 15 );
return $rand;
}

[hamheyelliot]

The system is fully fledged now!
File names include the first 4 characters of the file, then a random number assortment!

[Jxhn]

It won't allow any files at all and the files dir no longer has an index.

[hamheyelliot]

Whoops, sorted now, moved to a new server, and the Upload Code was missing.
Going to fix directory index soon.

[Dentafrice]

Fixed yet?

[hamheyelliot]

Sure is.. Not working for you Dentafrice?

[Pyroka]

Lets begin,

1. Your statistics

FILE HOST/LOAD TIME/AVG. SPEED PER KB? I find that quite a bit of nonsence as that is varied on how fast your internet connection is. Your website loads fast because it's an image layered by a ton of divs, which is effective but it looks tacky at the same time. Stripe overload much, but thats beside the point. What you displayed in those site stats is how fast the website loads. I do not care how fast the website loads, I care on how fast the files upload to the file server. That is what you have failed to do in this thread, and thus I ignore your stats completely as they don't show any speed benefit to your service.

2. The layout

In three words, what the hell. The site has literally no structure to it, information is littered across the webpage like you've taken no time in constructing what you're doing. Your share bar is distorted because you've tried to make it wider to fit the little box, a bad move. You are an upload service, not a full scale website. It looks more like the splash page, and you know what I think of splash pages? An unnecessary waste of space which irritates the user because they just want to do one thing, and in this case it's uploading files.

3. Upload service

You claim you've compared the speeds of each upload, but obviously you haven't as they are the website load times. There is no real benefit in your upload service whatsoever. In fact it just blends in the crowd, like your upload bar does in that website... Just blends in the crowd of images...

4. Your forms

You're a professional website, and you're using Wufoo forms. I question what skills you have, because forms are pretty simple to set up.

Conclusion

Anyone in their right mind will not use this service, because I find it an eyesore just to look at for 2 seconds. I have a feeling that your upload times are way longer than 2 seconds for a JPEG. Good luck in whatever you're trying to achieve with DownloadElite, but I don't see what you're trying to do, run a business for uploading or a website dedicated to looking like a tabloid newspaper with as many advertisements crammed onto the site as possible.

Take what I've said with a pinch of salt, and improve on it. Seeing your site now, and what you've said at the start of this thread, I don't see how you're going to compete with the upload services you've compared yourself to. Good luck.

[hamheyelliot]

Thanks a lot for your opinions, I do understand how you feel about DownloadElite.
All I can state is that I don't feel it is an advertisement crammed Tabloid Paper. I don't actually earn any Advertising Revenue at this time, these ads are simply courtesy of my friends and vpsWOW which is now hosting me.

As for Wufoo, I feel they are reliable and easy to make good looking forms in, and I don't understand any downsides, no matter how easy a form is.

Also, the Share Box is actual size, from AddThis.

This thread is undeniably getting older, and I would like to make as many Positive changes as possible in the future. Thanks a lot for your opinions.

[Dentafrice]

If you want to make positive changes, then remove all the ads.

http://www.tehupload.com/uploads/app-102716828332933254.png (http://www.tehupload.com/share/4922)

Looks awful.. it's hanging over..

Your failure of an API doesn't even work.

Let's see how many ads there are..

http://www.tehupload.com/uploads/app-810968641444596967.png (http://www.tehupload.com/share/4923)

http://www.tehupload.com/uploads/app-468882936201651661.png (http://www.tehupload.com/share/4924)

http://www.tehupload.com/uploads/app-56683952510412370.png (http://www.tehupload.com/share/4925)

[hamheyelliot]

The website is long updated from this, it's just not uploaded yet because it's not fully ready. I thank you for sharing these concerns, the vpsWOW Banner is considerably smaller, and the 2 ads are in tidier places, along with other additions.

[Dentafrice]

Why not show us some previews?

[hamheyelliot]

I'll post them once I've got the screens ready sure,
The basics would be New Areas of the website, including Headers with little Pixel Buildings (or Departments as they'll be known) A nicer way to browse the site in General.
Some Domain Aliases to use.
New HTML to incorporate it.
Cleaner Text Ads, and a Code tidy up (DIV's Soon, I know Tables are awful now)
No Stats/Images/Donations.
Lite Mode for Slow Connections/Stripe Dislikers.
Usersystem.

All tomorrow probably.

Edit// Also giving away the old server with 10GB Space and 100GB Bandwidth for free and make someone a happy, clappy chappy.

[Fehm]

i like the stripes tbh, its better than just having a plain layout. And Caleb why do you just have to pick at everyone else's websites. Tehupload is not the best on the internet at all ^^

Btw, Welldone with it =] and im sure it'll become popular if you start brandishing it every post like Caleb ^^