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# Haha
Now THIS, I like =]

Minor TJ:

Does anyone use the FireFTP plugin?
I haven't changed any settings or my connection, but I can't connect to my sites to upload and it's irritating me =[
(, Thu 29 Nov 2007, 20:24, archived)
# I use it
but someone else set it up because i'm 36 and retarded
(, Thu 29 Nov 2007, 20:28, archived)
# I haven't changed any of the settings, which irritates me =[
And they all look fine.. I can't work it out *sob*

It either tells me straight away "Unable to make a connection. Please try again." or pretends it's connecting for a minute and then tells me that.

I do not like it =[
(, Thu 29 Nov 2007, 20:30, archived)
# Can you connect by ordinary FTP?
(, Thu 29 Nov 2007, 20:33, archived)
# I haven't tried yet, I've been fiddling with stuff on FireFTP to try and make it work =[
I shall hunt around for another FTP thang now though.
(, Thu 29 Nov 2007, 20:34, archived)
# start->run->ftp
if you're on windows. (But I have a vague memory that you've got a mac?)
(, Thu 29 Nov 2007, 20:36, archived)
# I am indoodly.
I'm grabbing Cyberduck now to see if it works
(, Thu 29 Nov 2007, 20:38, archived)
# your computer already has one
:)
(, Thu 29 Nov 2007, 20:37, archived)
# yes
be a man! open up a command prompt

and type "ftp"

:D
(, Thu 29 Nov 2007, 20:35, archived)
# HOW DO YOU OPEN DOS ON OS X
(, Thu 29 Nov 2007, 20:39, archived)
# use that boot camp thing
:)

open up a shell on your mac

and type ftp :)
(, Thu 29 Nov 2007, 20:41, archived)
# I do not own boot camp
Nor do I have windows on a separate partition.

You are a silly, SILLY man.
(, Thu 29 Nov 2007, 20:44, archived)
# no you minge
open a shell/terminal on the mac

presumably running something bsd'ish they have something resembling a cli

be a hero, use the command line
(, Thu 29 Nov 2007, 20:49, archived)
# Good question, actually, how do you open a shell prompt on OS X?
I get the impression from this page that there's an equivalent built-in FTP command to the windows one:
www.ss64.com/osx/ftp.html
I have never used OS X, though.
Edit:
www.macedition.com/bolts/bolts_20020805.php
"terminal.app" is the answer, apparently.
(, Thu 29 Nov 2007, 20:45, archived)
# I don't know what I'm doing well enough to risk this..
I've broken several computers in my days, and I haven't paid this one off yet.

I think I'll just fiddle with some settings and/or give up in a bit =]

If I was more confident, I might give it a go, but I'm feeling a bit like a pansy tonight =D

Cheers for the help though
(, Thu 29 Nov 2007, 20:55, archived)
# Open up Terminal.app...
... and discover you've got a fully-fledged UNIX system already installed?

Last login: Thu Nov 29 22:35:32 on ttys001
Soyuz:~ afoster$ uname -a
Darwin Soyuz.local 9.1.0 Darwin Kernel Version 9.1.0: Wed Oct 31 17:46:22 PDT 2007; root:xnu-1228.0.2~1/RELEASE_I386 i386

The userland is basically FreeBSD in disguise. It's fantastic!

...

Yes, I am a nerd.

(, Thu 29 Nov 2007, 21:41, archived)
# It's set on the right account?
Mine sometimes resets itself for no apparent reason
(, Thu 29 Nov 2007, 20:34, archived)
# I have 3 different accounts, all with the right settings
Tried them all to no avail =[
(, Thu 29 Nov 2007, 20:39, archived)
# Firewall?
(, Thu 29 Nov 2007, 20:44, archived)
# Never been a problem before..
I can't seem to connect through the FTP program I just downloaded either, but it didn't give me an option to put in a password, so I don't know whether it's user error with this thing...

I've never had problems before today, it was fine earlier this morning in fact, I'm confused now =[
(, Thu 29 Nov 2007, 20:50, archived)
# Meh
it happened to me once. Don't know what did it, and don't know what solved it :(
(, Thu 29 Nov 2007, 20:53, archived)
# Might just be a problem with firefox..
I can wait without any uploads for a moment, it's no big deal..
(, Thu 29 Nov 2007, 21:01, archived)
# Usually, it's when the server switches between ACTIVE and PASSVE mode
it's the first thing I fiddle with when I can't connect. But then again, I have to connect to some crappy servers sometimes
(, Thu 29 Nov 2007, 20:40, archived)
# FileZilla
is ace, it's Free Software, and has an OS X version:

filezilla-project.org
(, Thu 29 Nov 2007, 22:56, archived)