CCBain Posted November 20, 2004 Posted November 20, 2004 I have several clients (designers primarily, and some advanced amateur photographers) who still don't know have FTP programs, and don't want to install anything, but want to send me files via FTP. Can they just enter ftp.mydomainname.com/myftpdirectory into their browser and have the same access? Is there any tutorial or other post that covers this? Quote
TCH-Bruce Posted November 21, 2004 Posted November 21, 2004 Welcome to the family! If you create the folder in your cPanel and then create and FTP account to log into that folder then it is possible to use a browser to login to that folder. You would enter the following in you browser's address bar: ftp://ftp.******/yourfoldername They would receive a login box (in internet explorer anyway) where they would need to enter the login/password combination you create for that folder. Then they could drag and drop files back and forth. In Firefox I'd download the FTP extension but they would still need a valid login/password. Or you could find yourself an upload script an no login/password would be necessary. Check this thread. http://www.totalchoicehosting.com/forums/i...t=0entry55909 Quote
AlanV Posted November 21, 2004 Posted November 21, 2004 People with Windows can use Windows Explorer as an FTP client. Simple and cheap, but effective. (Assuming you've created an FTP account named account@domain.com with password password) Open a new Windows Explorer window and type ftp://ftp.domain.com into the location bar. Go File > Login As and enter the login info: User: account@domain.com Pass: password Drag files into that folder! Quote
TCH-Bruce Posted November 21, 2004 Posted November 21, 2004 (Assuming you've created an FTP account named account@domain.com with password password)Open a new Windows Explorer window and type ftp://ftp.domain.com into the location bar. Doing this will give them access to your entire site. Doing what I suggested above will restrict them to that folder and folders below it. Quote
TCH-Dick Posted November 21, 2004 Posted November 21, 2004 regardless of what you try and log into ftp.domain.com/user or just ftp.domain.com they will only be able to log into whatever folder you specify when you created the FTP account. Quote
TCH-Bruce Posted November 21, 2004 Posted November 21, 2004 regardless of what you try and log into ftp.domain.com/user or just ftp.domain.com they will only be able to log into whatever folder you specify when you created the FTP account. Yes, that is right. Quote
wigoweb Posted November 21, 2004 Posted November 21, 2004 This has been a minor issue for me several times. Your descriptions are as helpful as anything else I found. Thanks Quote
TCH-Don Posted November 21, 2004 Posted November 21, 2004 That upload script looks pretty good! Thanks for the reminder Bruce Quote
TCH-Don Posted November 21, 2004 Posted November 21, 2004 Whoops and thanks Mike for the original link Thumbs Up Quote
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