Best FTP software for Ubuntu was: Web Commerce

[Aart Koelewijn]

On Thu, 23 Oct 2008 06:18:38 -0400, Hal Burgiss wrote:

> On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 08:40:17AM +0200, Knapp wrote:
>> 
>> Now the next question based on the Zen site statement: """
>> 2. Do you have FTP software?
>> 
>> If No, stop ... you need to obtain a decent FTP software package such
>> as FileZilla (free), FlashFXP or another FTP software program to
>> transfer files back and forth from your computer to your webserver.
>> Note: webserver meaning, the computer on the internet where you have
>> your domain hosted (See 1)
>> """
>> 
>> Any suggestions or warnings here?
> 
> If I remember the first part of the thread, you are doing this at home?
> On a local ubuntu system? In which case, you wouldn't need ftp tools,
> which would be necessary for use with most hosting companies.
> 
> That being said, I am a command line guy and use ncftp.

If you use different computers to buid the website and to host it (which 
I would recommend, as it makes it much easier to test changes) you can 
use sitecopy to synch both. I use it as a command-line tool, but I think 
there is a gui version too. It uses some ftp tools for the transfer, but 
saves you from all the hassles.

Aart