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YES FOLKs - this REALLY works

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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

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Right Clicking on the HTML file of your choice - select "OPEN"


then "VIEW SOURCE" for the opened html file

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make your changes and save it to your harddrive - desktop - A drive etc...


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Select the HTML ICON and right click and select "COPY"

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

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or - Add the FTP shortcut and DRAG and DROP from the same folder


VOILA' you will have automacally updated your WEB PAGE

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That browser trick can be convenient for quick one-off edits, but it is fragile and risky. shows it works in some setups, and is right that full FTP clients make multi-file work far easier. However, embedding credentials in a URL or relying on a browser FTP view exposes passwords to browser history, server logs, proxies, referer headers and (if published) search-engine caches — exactly the kind of leak warned about. Many browsers and hosts also treat userinfo-in-URLs inconsistently, so the method may stop working without notice.

Use a secure, reproducible workflow instead:

  • Connect with SFTP or FTPS (encrypts credentials in transit). If your host only offers plain FTP, ask them about SFTP or use a client that supports explicit TLS.
  • Edit locally in a proper text editor (Notepad++ is a good lightweight choice noted earlier) and keep a dated backup copy before uploading.
  • Upload with a client that supports drag/drop and remote editing (this is what was suggesting). Clients also let you set correct permissions (typical web defaults: 644 for files, 755 for directories).
  • Verify the live page with a hard refresh or by checking headers to avoid stale-cache confusion.

Quick verification examples:

# test SSH/SFTP connect (example)
sftp user@example.com

# check HTTP headers to confirm you see the new file
curl -I http://example.com/path/to/file.html

If the browser-address approach is tempting for speed, limit it to throwaway accounts and never paste credentials into public pages. For real sites, use an encrypted transfer method, versioned backups, and a client with remote-edit features to stay efficient and secure.

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Member Avatar for YoungCoder

I'm confused as to why this is spectacular???

With a program such as cuteFTP you could make your entire website and drag and drop it acroos sending 5 files at a time (not sure how many acctualyl i havent used cuteftp for a while)

Member Avatar for Killer_Typo

i dunno how safe that way is. ive seen many people get sites passwords and usernames by typing "@domainname.com" in google, sometimes google caches that little bit and will display it in the search results. i know thats a common way to steal porn site passwords at least..

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http://winscp.sourceforge.net/eng/

Much better...drag and drop just like what you're talking about...but can go through proxies and firewalls and is secure.

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