Tuesday, November 27th, 2007
I was doing some changing around of things last night, when I came to the point of having to delete some files and folders off a few of my servers.
The funny thing is, when I went to delete them off my old server, everything disappeared just fine. When I went to delete them off my new server (different host), there were some directories that wouldn’t delete. This got a little annoying to me.
I called the hosting company to figure out what was going on. I told them that some directories wouldn’t delete and told them which ones. The dude took a look and told me that there were still some files in those directories and that their server configuration required that all directories be empty before they will delete. I told him that they were empty. He responded by telling me that there were some “.htaccess” files still in there, but I probably had my FTP program set to not see hidden files.
I hung up the phone. I then looked at the settings on my FTP program (FileZilla). He was right. The setting was to hide hidden files. I switched the setting, closed the program, reopened the program and deleted the directories.
What’s the moral of the story? If you want to see hidden files on your server, switch the setting.
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Wednesday, November 7th, 2007
I really used FileZilla for the first time last night. Man, it smokes my other FTP applications. I am not sure why, but it reduced the download time of about 435MB from five hours to about a half hour. Now, that’s a difference.
I should’ve been using this little (free) FTP program all along.
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Sunday, November 4th, 2007
Over the past few years, I have downloaded my fair share of free trial versions of various FTP programs. As a web designer and now a web…whatever, you can imagine my need for a nice FTP program. Each of those programs were pretty good, but their expiration usually prompted a quick deletion from my computer.
Each web editing program I use comes with its own included FTP feature. I used to use Adobe GoLive, but am now switching over all my sites to Adobe Dreamweaver. GoLive has treated me well, regarding FTP, but Dreamweaver, while being easy to use, has a few hickups. Here is the thing – I have some very active websites. Every so often, I need to do a backup of each entire site. Each of these sites has thousands and thousands of files, which come and go with the activity of the sites. GoLive used to download what was there, even if a file disappeared while it was downloading. Now, I try to do the same thing with Dreamweaver, but if a file (such as an image) is deleted after I connect using FTP, I get an error message telling me that the file is no longer available. That’s not bad, but what is…is that the transfer of files stops, until I click ok. If I don’t click ok within 30 minutes, the FTP feature disconnects. As you might expect, I do this while I am sleeping, because each download usually takes about five hours. If the file transfer stops and disconnects, it’s pretty much useless to me.
A few minutes ago, I just downloaded an open source FTP program called FileZilla. I set it up and tried it out real quick. There is a quick connect feature that allows you to put in the address and login credentials and hit connect. It is very fast. I tried it on a small site and I like it.
Now, since Dreamweaver gives me everything I want, except for this one little thing, I hope that I just found myself a little workaround that will allow me to complete my switch from GoLive.
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Sunday, November 4th, 2007
I have heard about some of the open source software floating around out there, but haven’t really used any of it, beyond what I install for some of my sites online. I never actually downloaded and installed anything to use on my PC. I really like the open source stuff that I do use because it’s usually better than the stuff I pay for. There are many more minds working on the software, which makes a world of difference.
I came across a link to OpenOffice.org today and took a look at their site. I didn’t know what the whole thing was about. Here is a clip from their homepage…
OpenOffice.org is a multiplatform and multilingual office suite and an open-source project. Compatible with all other major office suites, the product is free to download, use, and distribute.
I think I am going to take the plunge. I am going to download the software and cruise it around for a little while. Believe it or not, I really don’t use office software all the much. All the stuff I use is usually web based, with a few programs on my PC. The most common is Dreamweaver and the next is Photoshop.
In a few weeks, I will get back to you with what I think. If it’s good, there’s the ok for the rest of the world to do the same.
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