Guest Posted February 24, 2004 Share Posted February 24, 2004 This is kinda obvious, but it sure has saved me a lot of effort. Instead of using an FTP programme, i have simply mapped a link to my web space as a new network place. This took less than two minutes and all the information you need is your FTP address and password - don't forget that you need to enter the FULL ftp address eg ftp://ftp.yourdomain.com. Just click on start/My network places/Add network place? and follow the wizard. The payoff is that you can work with files as if they are on your pc ie easy copying, deleting, searching and backing up. Cheers Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YorkshireSteve Posted February 24, 2004 Share Posted February 24, 2004 That is ftp! You're just using Windows' built in ftp and displaying things in a familiar view. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
241 Posted February 24, 2004 Share Posted February 24, 2004 Ftp file transfer protocal, you are just replacing one protocal for another, a good ftp program will allow you these functions No longer giving free advice. Please place deposit in meter slot provided. Individual: [=] SME: [==] Corporation: [===] If deposit does not fit one of the slots provided then you are asking too much! Is your Osc dated try Phoenix raising oscommerce from the ashes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 5, 2004 Share Posted March 5, 2004 I have to agree with this. It is not dumping or replacing FTP. But it should make it easier to maneuver. I never could get that to work on my system for some reason. Now, it was mentioned a good ftp program can do this. Which one? WS_FTP was good in it's day, but now...hardly. I have tried others such as CoreFTP and SmartFTP. Drag N Drop works, but it would be nice to have one that integrates with windows explorer where you can set ftp.somehost.com and drag and drop just like you are putting it on another drive. I used to have Internet Neighborhood, but now they have become exorberently priced on that product. Anyway, if you have recommendations, please share. =) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krisz1 Posted March 5, 2004 Share Posted March 5, 2004 If you have frontpage extensions installed in your server, you can use the same feature in network neighborhood, add your site (this time with http:// not ftp://) and it will become just another folder in your system. It's a little bit faster than using the same function with ftp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 7, 2004 Share Posted March 7, 2004 i did say that it was not a big revelation. The benefit over FTP is the "searchable" bit I mentioned above. For example, if like me, you don't know which osC file does what, you can search for a file that contains a certain string. I tend to use this a lot. Cheers Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrbitBob Posted March 8, 2004 Share Posted March 8, 2004 great little tip, I've been having the odd crash with 3 different FTP proggies lately and this works a treat. Love the backup & search utility. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wizardsandwars Posted March 8, 2004 Share Posted March 8, 2004 I'll have to admit. I neverthought of using my windows search tool to search through files on my web server. I think that's a pretty good idea! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NOTE: As of Oct 2006, I'm not as active in this forum as I used to be, but I still work with osC quite a bit. If you have a question about any of my posts here, your best bet is to contact me though either Email or PM in my profile, and I'll be happy to help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fmerrill Posted March 9, 2004 Share Posted March 9, 2004 I don't even use FTP at all anymore. I wanted to use a secure method, and although Secure Copy (scp) is ok, I wanted a graphical tool, and found one: WinSCP. It looks a lot like any FTP client, but it uses scp as the underlying transport instead. I do believe that you server will need to have scp installed, but most do by default, at least the several hosts that I use for diversity all had it except one, and I simply installed it there myself. It can also use SSH FTP (Secure FTP) http://www.pcworlddownload.com/internet/security/WinSCP.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 9, 2004 Share Posted March 9, 2004 Filezilla (filezilla.sourceforge.net) does both FTP and SCP (well, copy over SSH). UI is similar to WS_FTP. -jared Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ptrau Posted March 10, 2004 Share Posted March 10, 2004 If you are on a LINUX box, can you set permissions like chmod using your method? "Aliiiiive, it's alive, it's ALIIIIIIIIIIIIIVE!!!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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