I had a look around, but couldn’t seem to find a better forum to post this. Appologies if its the wrong place.
I’m trying to find a FTP client, with a built in file editor (where you can edit the files on the server, then save and it will re-upload them)
ATM, I have CuteFTP PRO - which has been fine up til now. However, my job now requires me to download and upload edited files in UTF-8 format.
For now, I’ve edited the CuteFTP settings so it opens the files in a new EditPlus window (and this seems to work). The main downside to this though, is that it opens each file in a seperate EditPlus window (which can be very confusing, as I often have 10-15 odd files open at once)(
Can anyone suggest a FTP client which will do what I need? (I don’t mind paying for it :))
The server is already a totally dedicated “development” one, which is password protected and setup with as firewall only to let myself and the site owner in
I really have to edit it online, as I code in Perl, and the whole site has over 2.5million posts, so having it run locally isn’t an option (as the site owner also needs to check the stuff I do)
Yet you’re sending everything (usernames, passwords, source code) in plain text over the open internet when you talk to that server over FTP. They didn’t think that much about security in 1971 when the FTP protocol was created. It’s an issue now.
Your Perl code can run just as well on your own machine as on the server. They’re both just PCs. You point it to the database on the server, while the code is local, if you must use live data.
Your Perl code can run just as well on your own machine as on the server. They’re both just PCs. You point it to the database on the server, while the code is local, if you must use live data.
Unfortunatly thats not an option I have to develop it on his server, so he can keep an eye on the development I’m doing … simply uploading changed files once I’ve tested and edited them locally isn’t what I need to do
Just giving SmartFTP a go - but seem to remember trying it a few years back, and it didn’t have an inline editor
SmartFTP does have the ability to edit files, it temporarily downloads a copy of the file and opens it in your chosen editor, once you save the file it will synchronise the file saved temporarily with the file on the server. It’s the best your going to get (to be honest) as file editing “live” would have inherent risks. SmartFTP also keeps a temporary copy of the file being edited in memory so if you make a mistake you can easily restore the original version (as the copy being updated is only a temporary file rather than the original which you uploaded in the beginning), and yes it does work over sFTP. Hope that’s helpful
Notepad++ does a really good job at this. It has a plugin called FTP_synchronise, where when you open the ftp file it gets copied to a local cache. Whenever you save the file (presuming you are still connected to the ftp site) it gets saved locally then uploaded automatically back to the web site.
This has made my editing of web site files so much easier over the past couple of years, and yes, Notepad++ supports unicode of many flavours too.
I have to develop it on his server, so he can keep an eye on the development I’m doing … simply uploading changed files once I’ve tested and edited them locally isn’t what I need to do 