Want to share files with family and friends without delays with email, and using file sharing services having endless arrays of ads? Establish own personal file sharing service if having own website, making it easy for everyone to upload files from anywhere. All it requires some prewritten scripts and a little knowledge to begin file sharing website.

Step 1

Gets a file sharing script with features you want for the site. The kind of script you select depends on propose of the file sharing website. If want a site for personal use and put certain restriction, a free script works perfectly fine. To monetize the website and let other people use it, invest in a commercial script.

Step 2

Once downloaded the file sharing script, start FTP client and connect to web server. Place the folder containing file sharing script to the web server, in website root folder, named as "htdocs".

Step 3

Establish the file sharing script. This includes making a MySQL database on the server and typing in the username, password and database name in the file sharing script. Many web hosts make it simple to make a MySQL database from the use of a database creation window.

Step 4

Start a browser and go to place of uploaded file sharing script.