# Photos **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [June 9, 2010, 11:38pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/photos/189921 "2010-06-09T23:38:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![teknopartz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/8c91f0/32.png) [@teknopartz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/teknopartz)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 11:38pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/photos/189921/1 "2010-06-09T23:38:57Z")
Another thing… I have an existing folder full of photos that need to be shared by numerous users (all sperate credentials). How can I give 1000’s of accounts the ability to browse and use the same images? Jeremy ---
**Author:** ![teknopartz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/8c91f0/32.png) [@teknopartz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/teknopartz)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2010, 12:45pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/photos/189921/2 "2010-06-10T12:45:25Z")
On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 4:42 PM, Jeremy A. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > – > Posted via [http://www.ruby-forum.com/](http://www.ruby-forum.com/). Hi, Jeremy. It looks like you’re probably trying to ask about Ruby on Rails. Since you posted to this group through [ruby-forum.com](http://ruby-forum.com), you can go down to the Ruby on Rails forum and ask there. [http://www.ruby-forum.com/forum/3](http://www.ruby-forum.com/forum/3)(this forum is for discussion of Ruby, the language that Ruby on Rails was written in) If you want useful help, though, you might try to better define your questions. What explicitly do you have: How does your app access the images? Are they on your app’s file system? on your local computer? On a folder in Amazon’s S3? How does (if it does) your app access the images? Is there a model for this? Paperclip? Attachment-fu? What explicitly are you trying to do: Do you need to restrict some users from accessing the images? Do users need to be able to upload their own images? Modify existing images? How are your users going to “use” the images? It is hard to answer questions or give advice when you don’t really understand what you have to work with, and you don’t really understand what you’re goal is. So help other people help you by being explicit. Good luck with it 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![teknopartz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/8c91f0/32.png) [@teknopartz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/teknopartz)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2010, 8:06pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/photos/189921/3 "2010-06-10T20:06:16Z")
On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 10:10 AM, Jeremy A. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Josh C. wrote: > > > the Ruby on Rails forum and ask there. > > folder in > > It is hard to answer questions or give advice when you don’t really > > understand what you have to work with, and you don’t really understand > > what > > you’re goal is. So help other people help you by being explicit. > > > > Good luck with it 🙂 > > – > Posted via [http://www.ruby-forum.com/](http://www.ruby-forum.com/). Hi, Jeremy, I appreciate the offer, but right now I already have enough work that I’ve got projects in the queue, and it would be irresponsible for me to add more to that. Fortunately, there is a whole forum of people who are interested enough in Rails to read the mailing list / post on the forum, so if you ask over there, you might be able to find someone who is a good match for your situation. Best regards, Josh ---
**Author:** ![teknopartz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/8c91f0/32.png) [@teknopartz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/teknopartz)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2010, 5:10pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/photos/189921/4 "2010-06-10T17:10:44Z")
Josh- Hey bud- You may be able to help me a little more. I am not actually a web guy… I am trying to figure out why our web vendor can’t complete this project. Possible we can connect via phone? Thanks Jeremy Josh C. wrote: > On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 4:42 PM, Jeremy A. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > > – > > Posted via [http://www.ruby-forum.com/](http://www.ruby-forum.com/). > > Hi, Jeremy. It looks like you’re probably trying to ask about Ruby on > Rails. > Since you posted to this group through [ruby-forum.com](http://ruby-forum.com), you can go down > to > the Ruby on Rails forum and ask there. > [http://www.ruby-forum.com/forum/3](http://www.ruby-forum.com/forum/3)(this forum is for discussion of > Ruby, the language that Ruby on Rails was > written in) > > If you want useful help, though, you might try to better define your > questions. > > What explicitly do you have: > How does your app access the images? > Are they on your app’s file system? on your local computer? On a > folder in > Amazon’s S3? > How does (if it does) your app access the images? Is there a model for > this? Paperclip? Attachment-fu? > > What explicitly are you trying to do: > Do you need to restrict some users from accessing the images? > Do users need to be able to upload their own images? Modify existing > images? > How are your users going to “use” the images? > > It is hard to answer questions or give advice when you don’t really > understand what you have to work with, and you don’t really understand > what > you’re goal is. So help other people help you by being explicit. > > Good luck with it 🙂