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FTPplanet.com Newsletter - Week of September 27, 2004
Special WS_FTP Home Edition - http://www.ftpplanet.com
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In this issue ...
o FTP TIP -- ASCII, Binary or Auto?
o SITE OF THE WEEK -- Starscream's Halloween Site
o NEW REVIEWS -- Recently added products to Ratings
and Reviews
o FTP SUCCESS STORY -- Keeping sites fresh and
up-to-date
o SURVEY RESULTS - "What type of computer do you use
at home?"
o NEWSLETTER INFO -- Archives, subscribe/unsubscribe,
feedback
This week's tip comes straight out of the WS_FTP help
files, which
you can browser through by pressing F1 while WS_FTP is
open, or
by selecting the 'Help' drop down in the menu bar and
selecting
'Help Topics.'
Read on to determine the best way to transfer your
files....
Files can be transferred in ASCII, binary, or "Auto"
mode. A file that is
text, HTML, postscript, other ASCII format (.txt,
.html, .htm, .cgi), or
EBCDIC should be transferred in ASCII mode. Note:
Transferring a
binary file in ASCII format can damage the file.
A file that is a bitmap, an executable, or compressed
(.bmp, .jpg, .exe,
.zip) should be transferred in binary mode . (Binary
mode should also be
used if there is no file extension or the file
extension is not registered.)
If you select Auto mode, WS_FTP checks to see if the
file has an
extension that is listed on the ASCII Filenames
dialog. If so, ASCII
mode is used; if not, binary mode is used.
Have an FTP tip? Post it to our discussion forums for
a chance to win a
free copy of WS_FTP Home or WS_FTP Pro:
http://www.ftpplanet.com/nl.plx?092704:tips
Fall is here and Halloween is just around the corner.
Get yourself in the
mood for pumpkins, costumes, ghosts and haunted houses
with Starz'
Spooks 'n' Stuff Web site:
http://members.aol.com/starscr292/Halloween.htm
As the site says, it is "spookalicious!"
Congratulations to FTPplanet community member
Starscream,
author of the above site. Starscream wins a free copy
of WS_FTP
Home!
Post your Web site to the 'Your Web Site' discussion
forums with a
description of how FTP has helped you and you can win
a free copy
of WS_FTP Home: http://www.ftpplanet.com/discussions.htm
FTP SUCCESS STORY -- Keeping sites fresh and
up-to-date
Armadillo Web Design's portfolio of work runs the full
gamut from
Websites for churches to sites for collectible books.
This highly
creative firm provides its clients with innovative,
eye catching,
and easy to navigate sites.
Based in Texarkana, Texas, Armadillo Web Design is
more than
just another Web design firm. Naturally, it does
create Web sites
for businesses, professionals, and personal use, but
it also teaches
clients how to build their own Web sites. On
Armadillo's Web site,
they include links to services, tips, and ideas for
Web sites,
including instructions and examples on how to create a
Web page.
Armadillo's tool of choice for updating and
maintaining clients' Web
sites is WS_FTP Pro from Ipswitch, Inc. WS_FTP Pro is
considered
to be the most popular and powerful FTP client for
transferring files
over the Internet with millions of users worldwide.
It's an efficient,
fast, and secure way to transfer files, particularly
when uploading
files to Web sites, which can often be a cumbersome
task.
"The majority of data files I transfer fall into two
classes, plain ASCII
text documents, and binary image files," said Michael
Gordon, owner
of Armadillo Web Design. "The ASCII files are mostly
HTML
documents and Perl script applications. The binary
files are images
supporting Web site design, and separate collections
of images for
linking to eBay auctions." Gordon is a long-time
WS_FTP Pro user.
He first began using the product in 1997 when he
created his own
personal Web site. He bought WS_FTP Pro based on a
recommendation from his Internet Service Provider (Earthlink.net).
The recommendation was a good one and Gordon has been
hooked
on WS_FTP Pro ever since.
Gordon says that the newest version of WS_FTP Pro is
the best yet.
"When I click on the quick launch icon, WS_FTP Pro
opens to the
connection dialog box for the last server connection
made. After the
connection is made, the transfer window opens to the
default folder
and default directory for the hard drive and server,"
said Gordon.
"Additionally, the transfer manager in version 7.5 is
great because
it allows me to visually see the progress of the files
transferred,
pause the transfer, resume the transfer, and quit the
transfer."
At the present time, Armadillo maintains seven Web
sites for
clients so Gordon uses WS_FTP Pro almost every day and
is a
real power user of the product. "Recently, I tried the
file manager
with the auto transfer feature for the first time. I
selected the base
folder on the hard drive and the base directory on the
server
and easily uploaded six MBs of files," said Gordon.
"WS_FTP
Pro worked like a Swiss watch. Perfect."
For more information about Armadillo Web Design,
please visit
their Web site at http://www.armadilloweb.com
This success story comes to us courtesy of Ipswitch's
Web site. If you'd
like to see your success story featured, you can
contact Ipswitch at
http://success.ipswitch.com/interact/index.html
A majority of you use a desktop at home. Not
surprising, since desktops
are generally cheaper and more powerful than laptops.
See the complete
results in our survey archives:
http://www.ftpplanet.com/surveys/surveys.htm
Take our new homepage survey at http://www.ftpplanet.com:
"How often do you backup your files?"
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