Filezilla an FTP client Skills install and use

Filezilla, an FTP client Skills: install and use Filezilla Concepts: client-server, file transfer protocol (FTP), portable software, wire-frame user interface diagram, Web site mirror This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3. 0 License.

Where does this topic fit? • Internet concepts – Applications – Technology (FTP) – Implications • Internet skills – Application development (Web) – Content creation – User skills

Web client to web server conversation Web client Web server

FTP client to FTP server conversation Copy files FTP client FTP server

Why Filezilla? • It is open source. • There is a portable version.

Filezilla screen layout Host and account FTP commands, the client-server conversation Local directory listing Pending transfers and progress Remote directory listing

Filezilla command menu Wire frame diagram Host and account FTP commands, the client-server conversation Local directory listing Pending transfers and progress Remote directory listing

The client is not yet connected No remote directory listing

Establish a connection to remote host Blank Reconnect to previous host

Drag and drop to transfer a file or directory to or from the server

Filezilla asks before overwriting a file

Filezilla screen layout Host and account FTP commands, the clientserver conversation Local directory listing Pending transfers and progress Remote directory listing

Window sizes are adjustable

Windows can be displayed or hidden

A mirror copy

Filezilla download from Source. Forge Portable Filezilla download from Portable. Apps

Summary

Self study questions 1. Will a Filezilla client work with any FTP server program or must the server be running the Filezilla server? Explain your answer. 2. We summarized the Filezilla user interface with a wire-frame diagram. Can you reconstruct it from memory? 3. Would a Web developer typically be transferring files to a server or from a server? 4. When would a Wed developer want to transfer a file from the server to his or her client? 5. Explain why a Web server would also need to run an FTP server?

Resources Sourceforge, a repository with thousands of open source programs: http: //sourceforge. net/ The Filezilla page on Sourceforge: http: //sourceforge. net/projects/filezilla/files/ A repository of portable software you can use from a flash drive: http: //portableapps. com Portable Filezilla download: http: //portableapps. com/apps/internet/filezilla_portable Filezilla user’s guide: http: //wiki. filezilla-project. org/Using Filezilla FAQ: http: //wiki. filezilla-project. org/FAQ Filezilla tutorial videos: http: //www. 5 min. com/Tag/filezilla? Category. ID=0 Other open source FTP clients: http: //www. techsupportalert. com/best-free-ftp-client. htm