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On Wednesday 29 October 2008, 09:06, Alan McKinnon wrote: |
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> > you can't use winblows extorter to drop files onto an ftp server? I |
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> > would have thought that was, er, basic functionality... |
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> Yeah, that's what I thought too. The GF suspected otherwise for IE7 |
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> and confirmed it by asking that nice Mr Google person |
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Ok, that's OT, but it's not that difficult. They just moved the ftp |
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functionality from Internet explorer to Windows explorer (yes, many |
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people are not even aware of the difference). When you open a FTP site |
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with ie7, it just shows you a basic interface with hyperlinks but no |
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ability to copy/paste or drag/drop stuff (just like basic FF). But, |
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there is a line at top of the page that clearly says: |
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"To view this FTP site in Windows Explorer, click Page, and then click |
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Open FTP Site in Windows Explorer." |
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Just do what it says, and you have the (cough) good old interface where |
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you can do drag/drop etc. |
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I'm however all for using FF with a suitable plugin to do ftp. However, |
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for basic users, I fear that even a clean interface like that provided |
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by fireftp might look too complicated (sigh). |
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To the OP: have you considered creating a very simple php interface to |
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upload files, like eg |
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http://www.w3schools.com/PHP/php_file_upload.asp |
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(but there are dozen of other example on the web) |
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