FTP

Tuesday, August 28, 2007 - Crull Chambless

How do I log in?

  1. Connect via FTP to one of your website's URLs.  (e.g., "yoursite.com").  An easy way to do this is to open up Explorer (windows key + E) and put this in the address bar ftp://yoursite.com.  If you open this up in Explorer (rather than a browser), you can rename, delete, move around things, drag files to it, etc.  If you open up ftp://yoursite.com in your browser all you can do is look and download.
  2. Your username is your administration username plus one of your website's URLs separated by a forward slash.  (e.g., " submit@yoursite.com/yoursite.com")
  3. Your password is your normal password.

Who can log in?

You can only use FTP if you are in the administrator role of the website you're logging in to.

What are some other noteworthy features?

  • It will only allow uploads of files within a white list of extensions.  How was the white list determined?  It is the aggregate of all the white list extensions currently imposed on ImmerseEdit through the web interface.  That white list is currently:
    • zip, txt, html, htm, js, css, ico, xml, swf, gif, jpg, jpeg, bmp, png, aif, aifc, aiff, asf, asx, au, avi, class, flv, m1v, m3u, mid, midi, mov, mp2, mp2v, mp3, mpa,  mpe, mpeg, mpg, mpv2, mvr, rm, rma, rmi, rmv, snd, wav, wax, wm, wma, wmp, wmv, wmx, wvx, doc, docx, pdf, xls, xlsx, ppt, pptx.
  • It will only allow uploads of files with sizes of 100 megabytes or less.
  • It takes into account your website's storage limitations.  If you're over the limit, it won't let you upload anything.
  • It will not let you delete files from any special directories.  For instance, when you attach a file to a blog post, it gets stored in the system as /Blog/<contentID>/<filename>.  Since these directories have special meanings you can't touch 'em.  You can download from them, however.
  • You can create and upload to any directories you want outside the special directories.
  • The templates directory is NOT marked as a special directory.  There will be complete freedom in this directory to add/delete files.  This will enable you to directly edit your templates and designs in Dreamweaver.