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Originally Posted by incompleatangle  I downloaded cyberduck (any better--but free--ftp software out there?), and got all sorts of error messages. I'm not convinced I understand how to upload my files via ftp. Is there a nice easy step-by-step instruction site out there for remedial web authors?
Greg |
That's one reason I mentioned WebDAV as being supported by 1&1.
With a WebDAV enabled server you can mount the server on your Desktop for read/write access. You can save directly to the server and pretty much treat it like any other disk you might have connected to your machine. File duplication, deletion and so on, it's all Finder operations.
For more technically minded people you still need ftp to change file or folder permissions (or shell). But for newbies it's just like using iDisk (which is also a WebDAV connection).
You connect to it using the Finder Go menu -> Connect to Server.
The address is simply
http://yourdomain.com:81. The finder keeps track of your user name and password via Keychain.