FTP
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File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
Protocol associated with the transfer of information on the Internet between client computers and file servers. Files may be transferred, downloaded, and uploaded individually or in batch form.—
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FTP is one of the methods you can use to directly manage your sites' files.
[edit] Site5's control panel's options
You can either use the file management tools shown in this image; these options are found in the left-hand menu in your SiteAdmin control panel.
[edit] Software (aka, your local machine) options
All listed are freeware or donationware, unless explicitly noted otherwise.
[edit] Macintosh
[edit] OS9
- FTPUpperWare: monitors a folder to auto-upload, via FTP, files dropped onto it
- Interarchy
- Transmit: older version for OS9 is freeware, rather than shareware (direct download .sit link)
File transfer utilities and programs for Classic Macs, thanks to the Mac Orchard
[edit] OSX
- Cyberduck (donationware)
- Macupdate.com
- Application translations: English, Japanese, German, Catalan, Chinese (Traditional and Simplified), Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Korean, Norwegian, Portuguese, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish, Russian, and Polish.
- Official forum
- FAQ, available in every language in which the Duck is available
- Documentation, available in every language in which the Duck is available
- Companion Dashboard widget
- Companion plugin for the Quicksilver launcher
- Source code for Cyberduck available
- iBULC: aka, Internet Batch Up-Load Component--works on Safari, Opera, Firefox, and Internet Explorer on both Windows and OSX
- Transmit (shareware)
- has freeware companion Dashboard widget, which requires Transmit
- Widget Fire: Widget for using FTP
- Yummy FTP (shareware)
versiontracker/macosx/internetutilities/ftp
[edit] Windows
- CoffeeCup Free FTP
- CuteFTP
- FileZilla (beta versions now available for Linux and OSX)
- FlashFXP (shareware)
- FTP Commander: basic, and very comfortable for those who remember using the file manager Norton Commander
- FTPWorks
- iBULC: aka, Internet Batch Up-Load Component--works on Safari, Opera, Firefox, and Internet Explorer on both Windows and OSX
- MicroFTP
- Smart FTP (free for personal and educational use)
- WS_FTP Home
versiontracker/windows/internetutilities/ftp
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Unix/Linux
- FileZilla (beta versions now available for Linux and OSX)
- GNU Midnight Commander: basic, and very comfortable for those who remember using the file manager Norton Commander
- Linuxreviews.org article discussing all command-line and GUI FTP clients
- RedHat article about using FTP clients under Unix/Linux
- Beginners Linux Guide :: Using a text based ftp client
