I've just started a thread about a show-stopper problem with my 
longtime FTP program, WS-FTP Pro.

But thinking ahead, if that can't be fixed, can someone recommend a 
free FTP program? Sure, there's Tucows and the other download sites, 
but they have so many FTP programs that I'd like to avoid downloading 
and trying a dozen or so.

One feature that's important to me is synchronizing a remote site to 
my computer.  I maintain multiple Web sites, and for each one I have 
the full directory and file structure on my computer. It was really 
nice in WS-FTP to connect, highlight a couple of directories in the 
"local" panel, and have it automatically bring the remote site up to 
date (including subdirectories of the highlighted direcories).

Thanks in advance!

-- 
Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA
                                   http://OakRoadSystems.com
Shikata ga nai...

Stan Brown wrote:
> I've just started a thread about a show-stopper problem with my 
> longtime FTP program, WS-FTP Pro.
> 
> But thinking ahead, if that can't be fixed, can someone recommend a 
> free FTP program? Sure, there's Tucows and the other download sites, 
> but they have so many FTP programs that I'd like to avoid downloading 
> and trying a dozen or so.
> 
> One feature that's important to me is synchronizing a remote site to 
> my computer.  I maintain multiple Web sites, and for each one I have 
> the full directory and file structure on my computer. It was really 
> nice in WS-FTP to connect, highlight a couple of directories in the 
> "local" panel, and have it automatically bring the remote site up to 
> date (including subdirectories of the highlighted direcories).
> 
> Thanks in advance!
> 

I changed to Filezilla.  It has similar directory tree appearance that 
WS_FTP did, and an address book, starting folder choices per site etc.
Its not as user friendly on initially looking at it, but once you get 
the hand, it works fine.

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:10:06 -0400 from Big_Al :
> Stan Brown wrote:
> > [C]an someone recommend a free FTP program? Sure, there's Tucows
> > and the other download sites, but they have so many FTP programs
> > that I'd like to avoid downloading and trying a dozen or so.
> > 
> > One feature that's important to me is synchronizing a remote site
> > to my computer.
> 
> I changed to Filezilla.  It has similar directory tree appearance that 
> WS_FTP did, and an address book, starting folder choices per site etc.
> Its not as user friendly on initially looking at it, but once you get 
> the hand, it works fine.

Thanks for the suggestion.

I use Filezilla at work, as a matter of fact, because we don't have a 
license for WS-FTP Pro. I'm really not fond of the user interface, 
but maybe it's possible to customize it more than I realized.  I'll 
have a look, and I'll also check whether that important sync feature 
is included.

-- 
Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA
                                   http://OakRoadSystems.com
Shikata ga nai...

Stan Brown wrote:
> Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:10:06 -0400 from Big_Al :
>> Stan Brown wrote:
>>> [C]an someone recommend a free FTP program? Sure, there's Tucows
>>> and the other download sites, but they have so many FTP programs
>>> that I'd like to avoid downloading and trying a dozen or so.
>>>
>>> One feature that's important to me is synchronizing a remote site
>>> to my computer.
>> I changed to Filezilla.  It has similar directory tree appearance that 
>> WS_FTP did, and an address book, starting folder choices per site etc.
>> Its not as user friendly on initially looking at it, but once you get 
>> the hand, it works fine.
> 
> Thanks for the suggestion.
> 
> I use Filezilla at work, as a matter of fact, because we don't have a 
> license for WS-FTP Pro. I'm really not fond of the user interface, 
> but maybe it's possible to customize it more than I realized.  I'll 
> have a look, and I'll also check whether that important sync feature 
> is included.
> 

Then if you've seen it you do understand the user interface issue.  I 
too had a bit of problem getting used to it.   I do remember finding 
some settings that made it just that much more understandable.   Its 
still a bit awkward, yet I guess I've got it tuned over the years.   I 
did have issues getting the "save last settings" to hold.   Seemed to 
reset settings every time I ran it.   :-)
Still for the simple sending of files, and the fact I hated to lie about 
being a student to get the WS_FTP lite to work, I guess its usable.
CuteFTP was another one that I used.    Never got past WS_FTP though. 
Really is a nice product.

I'm not exactly sure what sync feature means to you, but I just wrote a 
script in a .bat file to ftp my whole site on a periodic basis.   I have 
written a program (C++) that takes the FireFox Bookmarks.html file and 
changes it to a series of favorites###.html files for my website.   That 
way on the road I can see them.   It can be scheduled that way.    Not 
sure if you know the command line FTP well, but its just another 
thought.   Unless you're dumping gigs, its quite fast.  I send some 40 
html files in a few seconds.  And I don't do more that double click the 
batch file icon.  Bingo.

On Wed, 9 Jul 2008 05:00:48 -0400, Stan Brown
 wrote:

> Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:10:06 -0400 from Big_Al :
> > Stan Brown wrote:
> > > [C]an someone recommend a free FTP program? Sure, there's Tucows
> > > and the other download sites, but they have so many FTP programs
> > > that I'd like to avoid downloading and trying a dozen or so.
> > > 
> > > One feature that's important to me is synchronizing a remote site
> > > to my computer.
> > 
> > I changed to Filezilla.  It has similar directory tree appearance that 
> > WS_FTP did, and an address book, starting folder choices per site etc.
> > Its not as user friendly on initially looking at it, but once you get 
> > the hand, it works fine.
> 
> Thanks for the suggestion.
> 
> I use Filezilla at work, as a matter of fact, because we don't have a 
> license for WS-FTP Pro. I'm really not fond of the user interface, 
> but maybe it's possible to customize it more than I realized.  I'll 
> have a look, and I'll also check whether that important sync feature 
> is included.


I use Filezilla here too. I think it's fine, and have no problems with
the interface.

-- 
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
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> On Wed, 9 Jul 2008 05:00:48 -0400, Stan Brown
>  wrote:
>
>> Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:10:06 -0400 from Big_Al :
>>> Stan Brown wrote:
>>>> [C]an someone recommend a free FTP program? Sure, there's Tucows
>>>> and the other download sites, but they have so many FTP programs
>>>> that I'd like to avoid downloading and trying a dozen or so.
>>>>
>>>> One feature that's important to me is synchronizing a remote site
>>>> to my computer.
>>>
>>> I changed to Filezilla.  It has similar directory tree appearance
>>> that WS_FTP did, and an address book, starting folder choices per
>>> site etc. Its not as user friendly on initially looking at it, but
>>> once you get the hand, it works fine.
>>
>> Thanks for the suggestion.
>>
>> I use Filezilla at work, as a matter of fact, because we don't have a
>> license for WS-FTP Pro. I'm really not fond of the user interface,
>> but maybe it's possible to customize it more than I realized.  I'll
>> have a look, and I'll also check whether that important sync feature
>> is included.
>
>
> I use Filezilla here too. I think it's fine, and have no problems with
> the interface.

A little "trick" that helps with FileZilla sometimes is to check out the 
various layouts available.  One of them is pretty close to win explorer 
and most people get along well with it.  I thought it was the default 
but maybe not.

HTH

Twayne

On Tue, 8 Jul 2008 06:29:50 -0400, Stan Brown
 wrote:

>I've just started a thread about a show-stopper problem with my 
>longtime FTP program, WS-FTP Pro.
>
>But thinking ahead, if that can't be fixed, can someone recommend a 
>free FTP program? Sure, there's Tucows and the other download sites, 
>but they have so many FTP programs that I'd like to avoid downloading 
>and trying a dozen or so.
>
>One feature that's important to me is synchronizing a remote site to 
>my computer.  I maintain multiple Web sites, and for each one I have 
>the full directory and file structure on my computer. It was really 
>nice in WS-FTP to connect, highlight a couple of directories in the 
>"local" panel, and have it automatically bring the remote site up to 
>date (including subdirectories of the highlighted direcories).
>
>Thanks in advance!

Have a look at http://www.coreftp.com/

Has the same lay out as WS-FTP, Lite is freeware.

Enjoy, Fred

Wed, 9 Jul 2008 05:00:48 -0400 from Stan Brown 
:

[responding to several folks' suggestion of Filezilla]

> Thanks for the suggestion.
> 
> I use Filezilla at work, as a matter of fact, because we don't have a 
> license for WS-FTP Pro. I'm really not fond of the user interface, 
> but maybe it's possible to customize it more than I realized.  I'll 
> have a look, and I'll also check whether that important sync feature 
> is included.

The sync feature *is* included, in a setting to "only overwrite older 
files" or similar. I found I could close some unwanted panes and open 
some others that weren't open by default, so the interface is better.

For now I'm still using WS-FTP Pro at home, since setting passive 
transfers worked, but I think Filezilla would be a viable 
alternative.

-- 
Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA
                                   http://OakRoadSystems.com
Shikata ga nai...

On 13 Jul 2008, Stan Brown  wrote in
microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize: 

> For now I'm still using WS-FTP Pro at home, since setting passive 
> transfers worked, but I think Filezilla would be a viable 
> alternative.

A few days ago I found one advantage of Filezilla over the older 
version of WS_FTP Pro that I also use: WS_FTP seems to not display at 
least some long file names correctly. I uploaded a file that was maybe 
15-20 characters long, and included some spaces. After uploading the 
file, it appeared in the list as two files, the name being broken at 
one of the spaces. I tried to delete it, intending to upload it again, 
but it wouldn't let me. It was only after I fired up Filezilla that I 
could see that the file was intact, and WS_FTP was just displaying it 
wrong. Maybe the problem was fixed in a later version of WS_FTP.

I don't like Filezilla's interface, either, but it seems to work well 
and I appreciate that it's free, stable, and still in active 
development.

> On 13 Jul 2008, Stan Brown  wrote in
> microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize:
>
>> For now I'm still using WS-FTP Pro at home, since setting passive
>> transfers worked, but I think Filezilla would be a viable
>> alternative.
>
> A few days ago I found one advantage of Filezilla over the older
> version of WS_FTP Pro that I also use: WS_FTP seems to not display at
> least some long file names correctly. I uploaded a file that was maybe
> 15-20 characters long, and included some spaces. After uploading the
> file, it appeared in the list as two files, the name being broken at
> one of the spaces. I tried to delete it, intending to upload it again,
> but it wouldn't let me. It was only after I fired up Filezilla that I
> could see that the file was intact, and WS_FTP was just displaying it
> wrong. Maybe the problem was fixed in a later version of WS_FTP.
>
> I don't like Filezilla's interface, either, but it seems to work well
> and I appreciate that it's free, stable, and still in active
> development.

Have you tried going to View and ticking the bottom 5 items? Then go to 
Settings and Interface and set to Classic.
   You can get it to look an awful lot like win explorer for the local & 
remote, side by side. Just set the two panes to show the same data. 
IMO it's a keeper.