FTP

Note: Please follow these steps carefully, it is easy to misunderstand.

Who can log in?

You can only use FTP if you are the using the email address and password of an administrator on the site.  

How do I log in with an FTP client?

  1. Open up your FTP client.  If you do not have one you can download Filezilla, a free FTP client.
  2. Below I am using information as if my publishpath.com address was http://testing.publishpath.com. 

    You will need to substitute the information below with your publishpath.com address that you signed up with.  If you do not do this, it will not work.

    • Host- ftp.testing.publishpath.com
    • Username- your@email_address.com/testing.publishpath.com
    • Password- your password you used when you signed up for the site.

What are some other noteworthy features?

  • It will only allow uploads of files within a whitelist of extensions.  How was the whitelist determined?  It is the aggregate of all the whitelist extensions currently imposed on your CMS through the web interface.  That whitelist is currently:
    • zip, txt, html, htm, js, css, ico, xml, swf, gif, jpg, jpeg, bmp, png, aif, aifc, aiff, asf, asx, au, avi, class, flv, m1v, m3u, mid, midi, mov, mp2, mp2v, mp3, mpa,  mpe, mpeg, mpg, mpv2, mvr, rm, rma, rmi, rmv, snd, wav, wax, wm, wma, wmp, wmv, wmx, wvx, doc, docx, pdf, xls, xlsx, ppt, pptx.
  • It will only allow uploads of files with sizes of 250 MB or less.
  • It takes into account your website's storage limitations.  If you're over the limit, it won't let you upload anything.
  • It will not let you delete files from any special directories.  For instance, when you attach a file to a blog post, it gets stored in the system as /Blog/<contentID>/<filename>.  Since these directories have special meanings you can't touch 'em.  You can download from them, however.
  • You can create and upload to any directories you want outside the special directories.
  • The templates directory is NOT marked as a special directory.  There will be complete freedom in this directory to add/delete files.  This will enable you to directly edit your templates and designs in Dreamweaver.