Gordon's WebLog

So, you've got a web site. Now how do you post your web pages ?

I always prepare my pages on my local computer and then transfer them to my web site using FTP (file transfer program).

There are several very good FTP programs around, some you pay for, some are free. Some are stand alone, some link to browsers. Here I shall discuss 3 programs which I have used.

CuteFTP from Globalscape is available HERE. It is a very good, stand alone, professional program, but you do really need to purchase a licence to get the full benefit.

FileZilla is available HERE and is a free, open source, stand alone program. There is also a plugin version which links to the Maxthon browser (extremely good and thoroughly recommended) and this plugin is available HERE. The plugin displays a button on the Maxthon toolbar which launches the program.

FireFTP is a Firefox  extension, available HERE ,which again, like FileZilla, displays a button on the browser's toolbar which launches the program.

Basically all 3 programs work in a similar manner. Once logged into your site as administrator you can displa a tree of your local computer together with the tree of your web site. Web pages and other files can bu uploaded from your computer to your site, or vice versa.

Why not try them out ?