For instant Access to any FTP server - just type:
ftp://username:password@domain.com/
into a browser (substitute "username" & "password" with the correct log-in info).
But go one step further - if you have a seperate folders in your local computer for your Webpages
you can make a LOCAL WEBPAGE with two IFRAMES
One would be the path to the local Directory - the other would be the path to the FTP
save this as an HTML file in your computer or portable media
from that point on...whenever you open that page, you will get a nice File manager that you can DRAG and DROP from one to the other.
When you want to edit - just right Click for the Notepad HTML --> Save --> Drag and DROP
Editing from the SERVER --> double click to OPEN any file --> then, view source --> edit --> save on local --> then drag and drop
<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 rightmargin=0 bottommargin=0>
<iframe src="C:Documents and SettingsUserMy DocumentsFTP-Files" width=100% height=50% STYLE="border:solid black 4px></iframe>
<iframe src=ftp://username:password@domain.com/www/ width=100% height=50% STYLE="border:solid black 4px></iframe>
You do not have to FTP and refresh continuously when designing a web page to access your changes
Just open the "view source" when on the Internet of the page you want to change
Pull down "Note Pad"
copy and paste - or - type your text
for any Images or Scripting Languages that are on the server you are coding or making a change to a page from, and want to see exacty how it will appear
-Use the following CODE in the head :
<base href=http://www.url.com/ >
(of course -www.url.com- will be changed to your site's
domain name / home directory ....
if you dont need to see the images or need Script Enabled - don't use the code...
Save the notepad page as - whatever.html - on to the "Desktop"
You can now instantly make changes by refeshing THAT HTML page that has been on the desktop - instead of making round- trip refreshes to the sever to see the results of your "tweak"ing.
After everything if Perfect - then upload or paste to the server...
To easily add the contents of a ZIP file to a server:
Just download the ZIP to the PC client & PREVIEW --> then, Select All --> Press Control Key and Drag the entire
contents to the SERVER and/or DIRECTORY.
The contents will automatically be UnZipped and Installed in their appropriate places.
When uploading a ZIP file