Live FTP Editor

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    I'm looking for a great live FTP editor.
    By this I mean something that I can open my hosted files, and edit them directly, and then when I save, it automatically uploads them onto the host.

    I have been using Notepad++ for this, as it has what's called a "FTP Sync" but today it made me quite mad.
    Turns out the work i did last night didn't get uploaded, and now it's lost.

    Btw, I am on Windows, so Coda wouldn't be an option.

    Any suggestions would be great.

    Thanks
     
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  2. SearchBliss

    SearchBliss Well-Known Member

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    I use www2ftp, but the English version is deactived, yet the German version isn't. It's not difficult to understand what to do. Once you login to your server, the edit buttons are in English, but when the edit page appears, what you need to know it "speichern" means "save". You can use babblefish to translate as well. Hope this helps.

    Here's the URL: http://www2ftp.de/
     
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    kk5st Prominent Member

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    FTP doesn't allow that. It's a File Transfer Protocol, nothing more. What you can do is download the file, edit it on your machine, and upload back to the server. There may be tools that help you keep everything in order.

    CPanel of some similar site control app may allow something like that. You'll have to check for yourself, or wait for someone else to comment on that. I use CPanel for so little, I have no clue about its functionality.

    You could ssh into your host and open whichever editor is installed there. If your host is on a modern OS, you likely have vi(m), plus one or more of nano, gedit and jed. My own host has also installed Emacs, which I appreciate since that's my main editor.

    cheers,

    gary
     
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    steve875 Peon

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    SearchBliss..> Thanks, but I'm looking for a program that's local on my computer.

    kk5st..> Maybe I don't undestand, but it is allowed because I have been doing it with NotePad++. I'm trying to save the step of having to copy it onto the server every time I want to see what it looks like (Working on a Wordpress theme and it's .PHP)

    Well, I just came across another editor that I will be giving a try. It's called "PSPad" and it has the FTP sync as well.
    If you have any other programs, please share.
     
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    thank you.
     
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    My bad, I misunderstood you. You're talking about an editor that has a built in (or calls an) ftp client, or perhaps a telnet client. Probably the latter. I'm sure there are several out there, especially for Windows users. I would not go that way at all. It is dangerous to edit or test within the live server.

    cheers,

    gary
     
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