FTP software - what is the software of choice for large websites?!

[Shiperton Henethe]

Hi

I need some advice on FTP software.

I have been using Absolute FPT v1.9.6 (since Dec 2001) .
What I like is that you can have multiple transfers running
at once. Also it seems to be very reliable in that if the connection
goes down temporariliy it seems good at recovering.

BUT it turns out that it is (definitely!) putting the wrong time-stamp onto
files that it uploads, during BST (British Summer Time) and
this is confusing for my colleague who uses CUTE which
puts the BST time-stamp on files as they are uploaded on to
a server.

Also it occassionally doesnt over-write files when I copy stuff
up and this causes massive synchronisation problems.

We have have a large number of HTML pages in a large number
of directories, so it is becoming very easy to make errors
when dragging & dropping files up and down from the Server.

We tried using Dreamweaver (v4) for HTML (& Images??) files
but this was desperately unreliable and clunky. Also dangerous
in that it was far too easy to accidentally "synchronise" some
files up onto the server before we wanted them up!!

Any intelligent suggestions?
What is the FTP-utility of choice for web designers?

With thanks


Ship
Shiperton Henethe


P.S.
We are thinking of buying Dreamweaver MX 2004, but it seems
quite expensive for what it is.

We also looked at AbsoluteFTP but it seemed rather counter
intuitive and overly complex (??)

Can things like Cute run multiple threads?
(useful when transferring huge amounts of data and need to
quickly transfer something else)

 

[brucie]

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What is the FTP-utility of choice for web designers?

ws_ftp makes me giggle

 

[Tina - AffordableHOST, Inc.]

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ws_ftp makes me giggle

I recommend WS_FTP LE to our customers using Windows. Fetch for Macs.

If you have a big site, you might do well with WS_FTP pro.

--Tina

 

[Webcastmaker]

I need some advice on FTP software.

IE does it well, as does wsftp.

P.S.
We are thinking of buying Dreamweaver MX 2004, but it seems
quite expensive for what it is.

If you are new to Dreamweaver (that is, have been creating and
managing web sites for years), the yes it is kind of pricey because
you probably already have tools that do what you want. If you have
been growing with it then it is worth every penny.

 

[Brent Colflesh]

http://filezilla.sourceforge.net/

Regards,
Brent

 

[Davmagic .Com]

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(Tina - AffordableHOST, Inc.)
I recommend WS_FTP LE to our
customers using Windows.

WS_FTP_LE is no longer available... it has been replaced with WS_FTP
HOME an updated pay version... about $35.00

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http://www.davmagic.com
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[Webcastmaker]

http://filezilla.sourceforge.net/

www.sourceforge.net has some awesome applications. (also some
stinkers too) We use SE|PY actionscript editor as our primary editor
for actionscript

 

[|-|erc]

So use a version control library system. That's what teams of
developers have used in software production for donkey's years.

As for FTP, can't beat the Microsoft command line FTP that comes with
Windows. It works! (It doesn't make unathorised changes to file names
or anything like that, unlike some GUI FTP clients).

I use File Manager on CPanel unless its over a dozen files, but Ws.ftp is a lot
quicker unless you're working on 1 file for a long time CPanel is good for that
as the window doesn't time out. Command line is a bit of a pain to type the filenames
right. Remember a later revision date on the files helps Google rank!

On a related note I was wondering about these rewritable CDs, now if you lend
your CD to your friend you might not get the same CD back! Atleast floppy disks
had a write protect latch! Sure enough, this was just a write once CD but I retrieved
an old Inbox to get an address, put it in with the other Outlook files... nope won't
work, Nero Burn ROM changed the files to READ ONLY! Tough luck if you were
relying on that setting for something.

Herc

 

[Matt Probert]

We have have a large number of HTML pages in a large number
of directories, so it is becoming very easy to make errors
when dragging & dropping files up and down from the Server.

So use a version control library system. That's what teams of
developers have used in software production for donkey's years.

As for FTP, can't beat the Microsoft command line FTP that comes with
Windows. It works! (It doesn't make unathorised changes to file names
or anything like that, unlike some GUI FTP clients).

Matt

 

[Matt Probert]

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ws_ftp makes me giggle

Makes me scream. Fucks about with what's being sent, times-out, can't
upload too many files in one go. Perhaps I should look at a later
version than 3.0 ? But then why should I? the command line FTP works
well, does what I tell it, and only what I tell it....

Matt

 

[~*Eternity*~]

Makes me scream. Fucks about with what's being sent, times-out, can't
upload too many files in one go. Perhaps I should look at a later
version than 3.0 ? But then why should I? the command line FTP works
well, does what I tell it, and only what I tell it....

Matt

I am using WS_FTP Pro version 8. I love it and have never had any probs with
it..
Robin

 

[J. A. Mc.]

Makes me scream. Fucks about with what's being sent, times-out, can't
upload too many files in one go. Perhaps I should look at a later
version than 3.0 ? But then why should I? the command line FTP works
well, does what I tell it, and only what I tell it....

Gotta be something with your system or connection. I've often uploaded 10's
of megabytes, complete ditectories with sub-directories and 50 or so images
files within them, without a hitch!

 

[C A Upsdell]

Makes me scream. Fucks about with what's being sent, times-out, can't
upload too many files in one go. Perhaps I should look at a later
version than 3.0 ? But then why should I? the command line FTP works
well, does what I tell it, and only what I tell it....

Your WS_FTP problems were fixed in v7, perhaps earlier.

 

[The Doormouse]

We have have a large number of HTML pages in a large number
of directories, so it is becoming very easy to make errors
when dragging & dropping files up and down from the Server.

I use GoLive on a small site (100+ pages).

The Doormouse

 

[John Bokma]

Hi

I need some advice on FTP software.

FileZilla, http://filezilla.sourceforge.net/

 

[Matt Probert]

I use File Manager on CPanel unless its over a dozen files, but Ws.ftp is a lot
quicker unless you're working on 1 file for a long time CPanel is good for that
as the window doesn't time out. Command line is a bit of a pain to type the filenames
right.

Which is why one uses wild cards!

eg:

mput \source\*.htm



Matt

 

[Matt Probert]

Gotta be something with your system or connection. I've often uploaded 10's
of megabytes, complete ditectories with sub-directories and 50 or so images
files within them, without a hitch!

Could be, but it won't send 8000 files in one bash.

Still, with the command line:

mput \source\*.*

Is quicker!



MAtt

 

[Matt Probert]

Your WS_FTP problems were fixed in v7, perhaps earlier.

You mean WS_FTP's problems were fixed! <g>

My problem was fixed when I stopped using it for any but the most
noddy of tasks, and used the FTP command-line client. Which is just my
preference. I'm not really a GUI person.

Matt

 

[Bill Clark]

Any intelligent suggestions?
What is the FTP-utility of choice for web designers?

I like NFTP as it works in both windows and os/2...

 

[Toby A Inkster]

ws_ftp makes me giggle

WS_FTP LE is great. So is NcFTP.