Recently there has been an argument on the GoDaddy Support Forums over the ability to upload files with no file size limit. You can view this thread here.
The thread began by jchasko who questioned a file size limit after receiving failures upon uploading files around 4 gigabytes (GB). GoDaddy Forums staff member christianh replied by referencing to an article on the GoDaddy Support website.
The article states that the upload file size limit is 1GB per file or 1GB total for all the files being uploaded at one time. Also, the upload size is limited by the space available on the user’s account. The article seems to explain the uploading limits clearly.
In another thread, viewable here, a few members requested cancellation of their accounts and refunds for not being given SFTP – a secure connection to their online storage folders.
One member, web_site_creat says:
Add me to the list. A secure connection is a must, there’s no good excuse not to have sftp or some sort of encryption without using the https://onlinefilefolder.com interface.
GoDaddy Forum staff member JasonP replied in the original thread that the upload file size limit is in fact 2GB – NOT 1GB as previously stated in the article provided and by christianh. About a month later, the same staff member, JasonP, then replies and says the upload limit is 1GB. This is after he said 1GB was wrong and that it should be a 2GB file size limit for uploads.
As if this was not enough confusion for the web hosting users, there was further complications with the GoDaddy’s features list. The Online Storage webpage from www.godaddy.com shows plans, pricing, comparisons between the GoDaddy features and other competitors, and more. On this page it states that with the GoDaddy services you get “Unlimited Sharing – Both for the number of files AND the file size.”
GoDaddy.com's Storage Features Comparison List
Following this statement is subtext in fine print that states “Subject to plan storage space limits” – which is suppose to clarify that file size limits are different for different accounts and their specifications. The problem is that this doesn’t quite simplify things or shine any light on the true details. In fact, upload file size limits are capped at 2GB according to most users’ experience at GoDaddy. That’s not even what the article that many staff members referred to says, as it claims the upload limit to be only 1GB total.
User bbakersmith comments about the upload file size limit and its intangibility:
Are you planning to update the information on https://www.godaddy.com/email/online-storage.aspx? You’ve obviously been made aware of this issue and yet it still states that the file size limit is “Unlimited” and that one of the features you offer is “Unlimited Sharing°. Both for the number of files AND the file size.”
The “°Subject to plan storage space limits” fine print doesn’t seem adequate as this implies that the max file size is the same as the max storage size.
All in all, the lesson here is that you must always read the fine print before making your final decision and ultimately, your purchase. File size limits can be an important point that must be covered when dealing with web hosting or server space because you may need access to large files such as: videos, downloads, programs, executable files, etc.
Always consider every possible need for your web hosting or server. Many times, companies will require you to purchase Virtual Private Servers (VPS) to acquire unlimited file sizes for upload and other undesired restrictions.
When you have a form to submit some kind of data to your website it is very helpful to have a loading image that is displayed once the user submits the form.
This let’s the user know that the form was submitted and the upload is in progress, rather than just relying on looking up at the address bar and seeing the refresh button spinning. This also helps prevent people from clicking the submit button again, causing problems with the upload, ending in the user being frustrated and leaving.
First, let’s open Adobe Photoshop and open a new document dimensions 150px by 18px. (See Figure 1).
Figure 1
Then let’s select the Rectangular Marquee Tool in the tools panel, and at the top under Style select “Fixed Size” and enter the dimensions – Width: 14px Height: 14px. Then make a New Layer, and then click on the palette and position the square marquee to the left and centered (as seen in Figure 2). You may need to zoom in in order to position it exactly 2 pixels away from the edges so it is centered.
Figure 2
Then fill this selected square with your desired themed color, I chose a blue color (#044686), using the Paint Bucket Tool. (Also seen in Figure 2).
I like to apply a nice gradient to the square, as well as a little bevel and a clean border. First open the Layer Blending Options – do this by right clicking on the layer you placed the square on, and selecting “Blending Options…” or simply by double clicking the layer – and then go to Gradient Overlay. Then apply a slight gradient, I just keep it on Normal blending mode, and just lower the opacity to like 8%. (See Figure 3).
Figure 3
Then go to the Bevel and Emboss in the Layer Blending Options, and apply a slight bevel. This is accomplished by raising the Depth of the bevel and lowering the Opacity. I like the bevel to be small so I keep the size at 2px. Then I lower the opacity of the white to 15% and the black to 25%. (See Figure 4).
Figure 4
Now your square should have a nice gradient and bevel. To make it stand out from the background even more, add a nice clean border. Keep it at 1px width and either black or a darkened version of the color you used for the square. For example, my square is blue so I just used a dark blue (#0a2b4b). Do this by going to the Stroke menu in the Layer Blending Options. Enter the following for the properties: Size: 1px, Position: Inside, Opacity: 100%, and then choose your color. (See Figure 5).
Figure 5
Now your square has a Gradient, Bevel, and a nice Border. Now you can duplicate your square layer – select the layer and press (Ctrl+J) to make copies. After you make a copy, drag the squares you make to the right and keep them an equal distance from each other. If you use the dimensions I did, you should be able to fit 8 squares in your document. (See Figure 6).
*I recommend using the guides in Photoshop to be sure they are an equal distance from one another. If rulers are not enabled, go to View > Rulers. Then drag guidelines from the left (vertical ruler) onto the document and use equal increments.
Figure 6
Once you have all your squares the way you want them and set equal distances from each other, you are ready to make the animation. Go the the top menu bar, and under Window select Animation. This will bring the animation menu below your document. To start you only want the first square visible, so hide all the other squares’ layers by clicking the Eyes to the left of each layer in the layers menu.
Your animation menu may come up in Timeline mode – this is shown as the title of the animation menu at the bottom. If it is called “Animation (Timeline)” then you are in timeline mode and you need to switch to frames mode. This is done by clicking the very small image in the bottom right corner of the animation menu which looks like a gray rectangle with 3 white squares in it. This will change the title to “Animation (Frames)“. Now, all you should see on your document is the first square, all the way to the left because we hid the others.
First, set the Delay to 0.5 seconds, this is done by clicking on the “10 sec.” with the down arrow. Now click the New Frame button (which looks identical to the new layer button but is located in the animation menu, obviously, not the layers menu). This will add a second frame to the animation. What you want to do is add a new frame, and then un-hide the next square in the sequence. So it’s basically: make a new frame and un-hide next square – over and over until you reach the last square in the document. When you are done, you should have 8 frames and 8 squares in the last frame. Lastly, set the looping to “Forever” by clicking where it says “Once” with a down arrow. (See Figure 7).
Figure 7
You can preview your animated loading image by zooming back out to 100% on the document, and going to Frame 1 and hit play. It’s still on a transparent background so it doesn’t look as nice as it will on your webpage, but just an idea. Here is our animated loading image:
Here is another, smoother sliding upload bar animated GIF I made:
Now that we have our animated loading GIF image, we need to incorporate this to our website with a form. Let’s say this is our form in HTML:
So right now, this form just submits as normal without any loading image. To change this, we use the “onclick” attribute to the submit button, so that once the submit button is clicked (the form is submitted) we will display the loading image with whatever text we want to go along with it. So first let’s make some CSS styles for the uploading div and the image itself, then some Javascript entries, to the <head> portion of the webpage.
Insert the following in the <head></head> section:
[codesyntax lang=”javascript” title=”Show Upload Image JavaScript Function”]
<script type=”text/javascript”>
function showUploadDiv(){
var uploadDiv = document.getElementById(‘uploading’);
if(uploadDiv.style.display == ‘none’){
// the div isnt being displayed yet, so lets change the display then write the content
uploadDiv.style.display = ‘block’;
uploadDiv.innerHTML = ‘Please wait while your image is being uploaded…<br/><div id=”loading_image”></div>’;
}
}
</script>
[/codesyntax]
Now, right after our form we need to include a <div> which holds the uploading animated GIF and some text. So let’s put this right after the form:
Be sure to change the image source to your images location and file name so it loads properly. Otherwise you will see the alternative text. Now, we have one last change to make. We need to add the onclick function to the form’s submit button. So let’s go back to the form and change the submit button to the following:
Now when we click the submit button we will see a nice message letting us know our image is being uploaded and an image representing the upload progress.
