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Mini Howto: FireFTP plugin for FireFox

Tips for the popular FireFox plugin, FireFTP.

If you are an experienced user, just navigate to the “Account Manager” and click on the “Connection” tab. Clicking on the “Security” drop down menu, select SFTP.

That’s it, your all set.

Other points:

Initial Directories.

What is this? Well, this if to let the ftp client know what directory you want to upload to.

What is local?
Local is the name of the directory on your computer containing your web site files. Could be something like, c:\site\m3server.com

What is remote?
This can very, depending on what linux server you are on. Our older linux servers, the directory is “web”. Newer designs have the domain name as the name of the “web” directory. Example below:

If my domain was m3server.com:

old version:
web
new version:
m3server.com

How do I tell?
When you login the first time without setting the Initial Directories tab, you will see your directory structure. A quick listing will report what name your web directory is.

What is local?
Local is the name of the directory on your computer containing your web site files. Could be something like, c:\site\m3server.com

Download: FireFTP

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