[X4U] Browser for ftp?

[Mark Phillips]

If they are MacOS X 10.3 or higher, this might work: Use the ftp  
client built into the OS.

Pull down the Go menu and select Connect to Server. In the server  
address field, enter your URL and click the Connect button. The  
Finder will attempt to log on and "mount" the ftp site. If it works,  
the ftp directory will be displayed as a common Finder window.

When the window is opened, drag the file into the window area. The  
upload should take place.

I haven't tried this before. In some versions of OS X you could  
download but not upload.

Send me, off list, the proper URL and I will try it for you by  
uploading the "Bat Signal" jpg.

BTW, for most FTP transfers I have come to rely on Transmit. There  
are several good ftp clients and the built-in one is good too. I just  
prefer the Transmit interface.

Mark Phillips
Mophilly & Associates
On the web at http://www.mophilly.com
On the phone at 619 444-9210

On Feb 24, 2006, at 4:53 AM, Allan Rube¹ wrote:

> I am expanding my photography by offering to make fine art prints  
> up to 16
> by 20 from photographer's files. The idea is they prepare the file,  
> send it
> to me, I print it and mail it back to them.
>
> I created a folder for users to upload. Now, I am dealing with many  
> people
> who use a computer just for email, web browsing, and digital  
> imaging. I want
> to keep it simple.
>
> Window users can easily open their browser and use this form:
>
> ftp://username:password@nhbungalow.com to get to the folder. Then  
> they just
> drag their file to the browser window and their upload to me begins.
>
> It is not so easy on the Mac side. The above doesn't work. Now,  
> what I could
> do and write a big description of how to acquire an ftp client, but  
> I do not
> want to do that for Mac users who want to send me files but do not  
> want to
> learn to use an ftp client. I am sure they would simply take their  
> business
> elsewhere.
>
> Is it possible to upload the files to me through a Mac browser? If  
> so, how?
>
> Allan
>
> Nashua, New Hampshire
> www.nebirds.com
>
>
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