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| alison |
Uploading onto websiteWhat cheap / free software is recommended to upload information on to my website.How do I go about it. Thanks |
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| jema |
Re: Uploading onto website
generally you need an ftp client, there are loads out there for free. I do not have a clear recommendation though. |
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| alison |
Any names at all. You know I am a dolt! | ||
| dougal |
Just to point out that jema has answered the specific question that appears to have been asked - an "ftp" (client) program is going to be required to do the actual ***transfer*** ("upload") the various *files* *after* your "information" has been prepared by creating the appropriate files that make up the pages...
An ftp program will transfer *files* - it won't upload *information*... and it won't do anything else apart from the actual file transfer. In order to do the transfer, you are going to need the address, username and password for the webspace where your site's files are stored. |
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| dougal |
No recommendation, but this leapt out of Google at me... http://www.ftpx.com/ |
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| jema |
i am using quite an old one, which in its current incarnation has so many stupid bells and whistles, it is IMHO worse. Other new ones I have tried also seem to have more buttons that you can shake a stick at. |
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| alison |
I have the names and passwords, I thought I needed an html editor, or something.
The names I was told are dreamweaver, netscape comoser and cute, but I am not sure what they all are. |
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| joanne |
My own personal favourite and the one I always use is Ace FTP Freeware
You can download from http://software.visicommedia.com/en/products/aceftpfreeware/ Its really easy to use. Joanne |
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| joanne |
The FTP software is to move the files from your hard drive onto the web server at the other end - Products like Dreamweaver etc are what is known as Integrated Development Environments or IDE's and are used to produce the html or dynamic files for the internet.
Dreamweaver has its own FTP Client built in so you can upload from within the program - it is a very fancy version of notepad with the ability to see the pages in code or in drop and drag fashion - I like it but still prefer to use Ultraedit and Firefox together to test my code but thats because I'm a techie and a control freak. Dreamweaver is a superb product but is also very expensive and there are plenty of HTML editors available free out on the web - There is a list of some of them here http://www.thefreesite.com/Free_Software/HTML_freeware/ - Its a case of trying them out and finding the best one for your needs just type html editors freeware into google and you'll get loads HTH Joanne |
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| dougal |
Aha! The very point I thought I detected originally! These are programs for *creating* web pages. Some, like Dreamweaver, will also handle the transfer process... but its hardly cheap, (unless you are using it to earn a living), let alone free... Think of these as being like Page layout programs (such as PageMaker, Quark XPress or Adobe InDesign) but for *web* (rather than printed) pages... More on DreamWeaver here: http://www.macromedia.com/software/dreamweaver/?promoid=home_prod_dw_082403 Tools for creating web pages were discussed fairly recently in this thread: http://forum.downsizer.net/viewtopic.php?p=42446 which might be familiar 
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| selfsufficientish |
I use a mac and find that fetch is pretty good. I tried to download an FTP client for my brother on his PC from Download.com - ended up with spyware and other such nasties so would not recommend that route. | ||
| Gervase |
I'll second Fetch as a good Mac FTP client. If you splash out on a fancy desig program, like Dreamweaver or Adobe's GoLive, you'll have a built-in FTP facility which integrates seamlessly with the program, allowing you to synchronise your live web-page with a master copy on your own machine and to make small edits 'on the fly'. Unless you're changing a lot of content often, though, you'll be far better off with a stand-alone FTP client and a more basic HTML editor (M$ Word has one built in, as does the open-source OpenOffice). | ||
| judyofthewoods |
Easy piesy, if you are using Internet Explorer, you already hace an ftp client. You have to get your ftp username/password/address from your host, open explorer, type the ftp address in the address bar (something like ftp://www.yourdomain.com or ftp://ftp.yourdomain.com - I have both versions with different hosts), and once you click Go, you will either get a log in box, or some error type box, in which case you click on File, and then Log in As..., which will give you the log in box. Then you'll see a torch search, and when done you can start transferring. Open another IE window, get your documents, and the folder for your website and put the two windows side by side (reduce the size) or the My Documents reduced on top of the full size ftp window and then just click and drag your files or folders.
Here an easy, quick tutorial http://ftphelp.secureserver.net/IE/ie.htm |