FTP software

TbirdX · 8 Oct 2008 at 16:23

Fired up my smart ftp and they no longer allow free use, so whats the thing, preferably free, to use for uploading stuff to my webspace?

I don't do anything heavy, it's mostly the odd image or file on very irregular occasions so simple would be good,

Cheers.

PhillyDee · 8 Oct 2008 at 16:28

Im using Filezilla.

http://filezilla-project.org/download.php

Rainmaker · 8 Oct 2008 at 16:29

TbirdX said:
I don't do anything heavy, it's mostly the odd image or file on very irregular occasions so simple would be good,

If your FTP usage is really so infrequent and basic I'd stick to using Explorer tbh.

uv · 8 Oct 2008 at 16:29

another thumbs up for filezilla

TbirdX · 8 Oct 2008 at 16:29

Cheers, I'll give it a look see.

TbirdX · 8 Oct 2008 at 16:31

Rainmaker said:
If your FTP usage is really so infrequent and basic I'd stick to using Explorer tbh.

I'm not using explorer, I'm using smartftp...which is no longer free.

Rainmaker · 8 Oct 2008 at 16:32

TbirdX said:
I'm not using explorer, I'm using smartftp...which is no longer free.

LOL Yeah, I got that. What I meant was, you may as well not even bother with a dedicated FTP client, just use Explorer's (as in the file manager in Windows) built in FTP capability.

Just open (My) Computer or any other folder, and type the FTP address into the address bar. Enter your user and pass, and voila. You can copy, cut and paste into it as though it was a local folder

bledd · 8 Oct 2008 at 16:35

filezilla

or if you use firefox, fireftp is a good extension for it

TbirdX · 8 Oct 2008 at 16:44

OK thanks fellas. Filezilla it is. Pretty similar to Smart, at least enough for me to use it ok.

Cheers all.

GFiSH · 8 Oct 2008 at 16:45

I used to use CuteFTP, but tried Filezilla and really like it, doesn't do everything that Cute did but it's free so I can live without it.

swinnie · 8 Oct 2008 at 19:03

Filezilla.

Or, if you would prefer a web based way, use www.webftp.co.uk

zzzJonny · 8 Oct 2008 at 21:48

Ya, Filezilla or you could try WInSCP (intended more towards securer protocols).

pjansell · 8 Oct 2008 at 21:54

Yeah +1 for cuteftp.

zzzJonny · 8 Oct 2008 at 22:09

Just a tip, there are portable versions of Filezilla and WinSCP, so you can try them out to see if you like them without installing them and then you can run them off removable media.

orderoftheflame · 8 Oct 2008 at 22:11

Another Filezilla user here.

Paul11 · 8 Oct 2008 at 22:19

another filezilla user here but im going to have a look at the add in for firefox