WS FTP LE

in action

The main display has two windows - the left lists the contents of a local folder (you may select a default) - and when connected to your site - the left lists the files of your remote directory (your web pages etc.) - but only whilst connected. Remember a folder is the same as a directory in function.

Each window has its own control buttons allowing you to - make new directories - change directories - renaming files - deleting files and directories.

Uploading

The process of uploading is done by clicking on the file you wish to upload - then clicking the arrow on the centre bar. That's all there is to it. When you upload new file it appears in the remote window as soon as the transfer is complete. You can select multiple files for upload by holding down the <Ctrl> key whilst clicking the files. When uploading multiple files - you can monitor progress by watching them appear in the remote window - one-by-one.

If you follow the recommended practise keeping your image files in a separate image directory. You may use the remote mkdir button to create a new directory - before uploading these files - of you may select a sub folder in the same way as any other file. In the latter case a sub-directory of the same name is created on the remote site - together with the original folders contents.

When you upload a log file WS_FTP.LOG is automatically place in each directory that has been an upload source. So you need to be careful not to upload these files to your remote site. Whilst it is probable that ws_ftple will ignor these files - other upload programs will not.

Settings for FTP Uploads

Your ISP will specify to where you must upload - and the address format. If you are unable to locate support pages then consult the news groups - search for providers.uk - (or just providers - to widen the search). This is how I located a site having freeserve details. Remember - not all ISP's use ftp for uploads.

- and the example here is for this web site - where for uploads - ftp://username:password@homepages.dabsol.net:21 - is specified. The 21 is optional and gives the ftp servers upload port (in fact port 21 is reasonably standard across the web). In addition webpages must be loaded to the htdocs sub-directory - which is to have the same contents and structure as my local _mirror folder.

This is the window that first appears when ws_ftple is loaded - and you should click New each time you wish to add another ftp site. I have named my new Profile GC (for Good Connexions). The host name is all that follows the '@' - but without the :21 port number. My username (or user ID) is - connexions.

If you are using Freeserve then the host name would be - uploads.freeserve.net - and the username would be - username.freeserve.

The two entries here are fairly obvious - specifying the root directory for the remote site - and the full path to the local folder. The offset in hours represents your time zone - and is zero (GMT) for the UK. It will be the directories specified here the will be listed when you first connect.

Downloading

ws_ftple may also be used for downloads from any remote sites that allows ftp downloads. To use this for downloading - you setup the local folder to where you want the download - then connect to the ftp download site. Mark the remote files for downloading and click the left pointing arrow.

WARNING - do not ftp download files from your site to your mirror folders as you can easily overwrite and lose a later version. The files on your remote site are date stamped according to when they were uploaded - which will differ from your original file dates in your mirror folder.