Dragging files from my server to my computer

Some may laugh at this but I am like a deer in headlights - can't explain at the moment.

I have to move web hosts and would like to move some of the files from my directory stored at my host to my hard drive.

Is there a simple way to do this?

Cheers

 

Bulletproof FTP is what I use, i'm sure there are some other good ones as well.

 

FTP is the way to go.

 

Id use FTP too. If on a Windows box you could just zip up all your files and download it via HTTP which I have done in the past. I am not sure of your set up and the way to do this on Nix though.

 

if it's a cPanel Take a site backup and download it from /home/account-user/
Download it via FTP. Use some multi threaded FTP like 3dFTP or Filezilla (Free).
Get it from Downloads.com
or for a mannual backup, just download the files via FTP but mind it ... if you need to do it fast then better go for multi threaded FTP.

 

I work with wget ... is most simple if you use linux

Regards

 

Hi Guys,
Thanks for the info. I acutally found a back up section in cpanel that enables me to download the whole directory and then the databases in .gz format.

I also already had Smart FTP on my computer and didn't realize. It wasn't until someone mentioned FTP that I woke up!

Thanks
Dean

 

lol that's what i said buddy. take the backup and download via ftp Cheers

 

If you are travelling and don't have your own computer in front of you (I use IE)

Use:

ftp://username:password@domainname.com/

Code (markup):

1.) Depending on how your browser is configured - putting this code in our address bar - changing the URL paramaters to match YOURS - will bring you INTO the files of your website

2.) Right Clicking on the HTML file of your choice - select "OPEN" then "VIEW SOURCE" for the opened html file

3.) Make your changes and save it to your harddrive - desktop - A drive etc...

4.) Select the HTML ICON and right click and select "COPY"

5.) Open up your FTP window and either right click or edit--> paste