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I was hoping i could get some advice/direction. I am basically trying to create a website, and its main feature will be the ability to create a profile once they have logged in. I want the user to be able to enter text, upload photos and music files, which will be displayed when the profile is viewed any user e.g www.website.com/profile/badzilla. The aim is to also have some level of customization aswell, mainly through a choice of colours for a profile.

An extra feature is the ability of profile creator to move the profile content boxes in an order they choose, like the way myspace allows. The creation of profiles and upload of multimedia is my main concern right now.

I am not sure which language i should choose for this task, so any advice on this would also be good.

I hope you can help point me in the right direction. Thanks

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I was hoping i could get some advice/direction. I am basically trying to create a website, and its main feature will be the ability to create a profile once they have logged in. I want the user to be able to enter text, upload photos and music files, which will be displayed when the profile is viewed any user e.g www.website.com/profile/badzilla. The aim is to also have some level of customization aswell, mainly through a choice of colours for a profile.

An extra feature is the ability of profile creator to move the profile content boxes in an order they choose, like the way myspace allows. The creation of profiles and upload of multimedia is my main concern right now.

I am not sure which language i should choose for this task, so any advice on this would also be good.

I hope you can help point me in the right direction. Thanks

It's completely possible using both technologies. What platform do you want to use?

Yes, ASP.NET has some membership and profile features built in. However, the profile support is pretty basic. If you're looking to do anything advanced with it, you'll run into some friction. All profile values (favorite color, bio, location, etc..) are stored in one column. This makes doing certain things, like searching, somewhat difficult. You may be able to use the membership (authentication) stuff, but I wouldn't bother with the profile providers. You could, of course, create your own profile provider, but what are you buying yourself at that point?

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It's completely possible using both technologies. What platform do you want to use?

Yes, ASP.NET has some membership and profile features built in. However, the profile support is pretty basic. If you're looking to do anything advanced with it, you'll run into some friction. All profile values (favorite color, bio, location, etc..) are stored in one column. This makes doing certain things, like searching, somewhat difficult. You may be able to use the membership (authentication) stuff, but I wouldn't bother with the profile providers. You could, of course, create your own profile provider, but what are you buying yourself at that point?

I would prefer asp.net but only if it will allow photos, music and possibly videos to be uploaded and displayed on the profiles. Thats the bulk of what im trying to achieve, so hopefully its possible.

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I would prefer asp.net but only if it will allow photos, music and possibly videos to be uploaded and displayed on the profiles. Thats the bulk of what im trying to achieve, so hopefully its possible.

It's possible.

(MySpace actually uses ASP.NET.)

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