Uploading a website.

Posting a website

[bandman05]

If I don't have Dreamweaver (which I've learned to use at work), how do I post my html files to the web?

[jatar_k]

any regular old ftp program will do. Dreamweaver does exactly that but just has it built in. If you don't use a program like DW (which I never have) you then use one prgram for editing the files and a seperate ftp program to transfer them to your site/server.

[MichaelBluejay]

Do a search for "ftp client". You can find several at Download.com. If you use a Mac (like I do), I recommend Transmit, by Panic Software.

[Mistra]

Try FileZilla, it is a free FTP(file transfer protocol) program. Use this to upload or download (i.e. transfer) your HTML files to your server.

[mack]

You can also use your web browser to drag and drop your files as you would using windows explorer.

Simply type your ftp address in the address bar and yu will be prompted for username and password.

Mack.

[Beagle]

mack - That's a neat trick. Will it work with any browser?

[twist]

If using windows,

Go to Start -> Run and type in cmd or command

A new window should open with a dos prompt (aka blinking curser)

Type ftp and hit ENTER

You'll see ftp>

Type in ? and hit ENTER

To leave windows ftp type quit at the prompt

To close the dos window type exit

If your looking for a program similiar to dreamweaver you could try Nvu or HTML-kit which are both free. I use FileZilla for just ftp related things like changing permissions.

[mack]

mack - That's a neat trick. Will it work with any browser?

Works with IE as described above. Not all browsers will ask for log in details, and as such they will fail to log in. I such a case you can use
ftp://user:[e-mail]/

Generaly this works.

There are limitations to using the browser for ftp, for example all files will be moved in binnary mode.

Mack.

[kaulbr]

Using your browser as an ftp client is great if you are using IE on a Windows machine. This doesn't work on Macs though unfortunately. Am I correct?

Why can't they get this working on all Browsers? It's a great feature.

[bcolflesh]

Why can't they get this working on all Browsers? It's a great feature.

IE on Windows is a shell for explorer.exe - you can run almost any shell command under local permissions from the address bar - other OS don't integrate the browser this way, which is probably for the best, due to all the security issues that have arisen from it.

[MichaelBluejay]

Speaking of security, ftp isn't secure, because it transmits login information in the clear, and a hacker could sniff the net traffic to get your password and get access to your site. It's very rare, but it happens. To upload files securely you need a file transfer client that supports sftp or ssh. On my Mac I use Transmit, I don't know what Windows clients are secure.

[bcolflesh]

I don't know what Windows clients are secure.

FileZilla is a nice, free client and supports SFTP on Windows.

[bandman05]

Thanks everyone, this has been most helpful.