FileZilla - FTP application
FileZilla FTP program (application) - This is a terrific small FTP program which handles UMKC sites very well. FileZilla allow you to move (copy) files between your own machine (local) and the web server (remote). FileZilla is especially nice in that it can be installed on a thumb drive and used on any machine you are at where you can install a thumb drive.
Download Page: http://portableapps.com/news/2009-02-21_-_filezilla_portable_3.2.2
Documentation: http://filezilla.sourceforge.net/documentationFTP for UMKC Students - using FileZilla
In the Video Below we:
1) Set up the first connection using FileZilla at the top
2) Adjust the folders for local and remote
3) Save the current site connection for future use
4) Transfer files (to = upload, from = download)
5) Close down the connection
6) Use the Site Manager to open the saved connection
7) Close the connection again
This animation Repeats
Below this animated demo are step-by-step instructions for FileZilla.
Setting Up FileZilla
Download FileZilla from the link above and install it on your computer at home.
Also, install it on a thumb drive so you can take it with you.Making the Initial Connection
When Connected it looks like this
Use the file-manager explorer panels (left shows local, right shows remote) to get to the file copies.
On the left side use the file tree to local your local copy of the web files on your local computer.
On the right side use the file tree to view all your files on the remote computer.
Save the Connection Information
The Site Manager Holds Your Saved Connections
Transfering Files
The Panels
Before you do the transfer for critical files you might want to rename the existing file first. This isn't for everything, but it does give you a backup just in case. In the case below you can see that we are going to rename the database file before we do the actual transfer. Note that this file has a couple of versions, each with a different name. In this case I am renaming the soon-to-be-replaced file with an underscore and a "psuedo-Julian" date (yyyymmdd format).
The Options - in PopUp Menus
Below - what happens when you select a file or files and right-click the selection in the local panel. Clicking on the "Upload" option gets the ball rolling to transfer the files.
Note: You can also just drag the file to the other window.
Below - what happens when you select a file or files and right-click the selection in the remote panel. Clicking on the "Download" option gets the ball rolling to transfer the files.
Note: You can also just drag the file to the other window.
During Transfer
While the transfer is in progress you will get a constant report in the panel just below the local and remote panels. The direction of the process is confirmed in the "Direction" column and from the title of the next column (here it says "Remote file"). The "gas gauge" shows the percent of transfer so far completed.
Disconnect
There are really three ways you disconnect from the current FTP connection.
- FileZilla will, all by itself, disconnect if you don't have any activity for a while
- Manually you can either
- Click on the disconnect icon at the top
- Click on the disconnect option from the "Server" pull down menu
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Sidebar: at the Labs (on campus )
When you are in the UMKC computer labs you can edit your own files directly on the server. You can get to your personal lab files in an Information Services Computer Lab at: N:\home\FirstCharInUsername\Username - where Username is your UMKC username and where FOLDER is the UMKC folder which is the first letter of your UMKC username. "N" is the drive letter on the UMKC system.
Remember, if you directly edited files on the server when you were at the labs on UMKC you will need to drag those changes from the Remote to the Local when you get back home so that you can update the files on your local computer using your FTP application.