[Westwales] Site Setup

[Robert Savage]

Thanks Matt I will investigate FireFTP first as I do use firefox.

Regards 

Bob



On Thu, 2007-07-19 at 23:57 +0100, Matthew Bennett wrote:
> Robert Savage wrote:
> > I have web space on UKFSN but am not sure how to get my publication onto
> > the site.  Connected to UKFSN as usual using kppp then brought up KBear
> > and entered the FTP address in its connect dialog, together with
> > username and pswd.  Second window in KBear showed  a folder with the
> > label 'Website'.  First time I did this I seemed able to open it but as
> > soon as I tried to copy my files KBear shutdown.  On Subsequent
> > attempts I got an error message about permission opening the folder.
> >
> > Is KBear broken?  Am I doing it all wrong?  Should I give up and open a
> > bottle of wine?
> 
> It wouldn't suprise me. I'm a gnome user at the moment, so I tend to keep
> away from KDE apps.
> 
> Might I suggest using firefox with FireFTP? It is very easy to use, but of
> course that depends on you being a firefox user... If so, it's available
> in the firefox repositories online at
> https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/684
> 
> If possible, however, it is recommended that you use something more secure
> than just FTP. I believe FTP sends passwords unencrypted over the internet
> - WinSCP is available for windows, and it works ok under the latest wine
> builds...
> 
> If neither of those are suitable for you, I've found a good list at
> http://linuxreviews.org/software/ftp-clients/
> 
> Hope that helps!
> Matt
> 
> 
> 
> 
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