question on FTP'ing to secure sites (HTTPS) ...

[Bailee]

Hi ...

I have been given a small web-design job that requires making some changes
on a 'shopping cart' page and a home page. I uploaded both changes to the
site, but the 'shopping' page was not updated. I noticed that in my browser
window, the shopping cart page was re-directed toward a secure site
(https://www.website-secure.net/|ompanyName/shopping.htm).

I actually tried setting up an FTP acc't with Cute FTP to this same secure
site and logged in successfully... (oddly enough the 'shopping' file seems
to be named "/~CompanyName/shopping.htm" - ie, strange convention, because
forward slashes and tildes (~) are not usually allowed as characters in
filenames)...

Anyway, I can download from this secure site, but I cannot upload. (error
message pasted below).

Can anyone give me some pointers on what I might be missing to upload this
file? I am currently trying to get ahold of their previous web-designer but
it may take a while.

thanks for any pointers...

Bailee

 

[spaghetti]

Anyway, I can download from this secure site, but I cannot upload. (error
message pasted below).

What error?

Can anyone give me some pointers on what I might be missing to upload this
file? I am currently trying to get ahold of their previous web-designer but
it may take a while.

Who is your web hosting provider? You should contact them if you are having
troubles uploading. You also might not have the appropriate security
permissions.

 

[Bailee]

solved the problem .... it was just the syntax of the ftp name; had to use
an "escape" character instead of a tilde ( ~ ) ...

thanks!!