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. Filezilla, an FTP client
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 FTP server FTP client to FTP server conversation Copy files
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
Wire frame diagram Host and account FTP commands, the client-server conversation Local directory listing Pending transfers and progress Remote directory listing Filezilla command menu
The client is not yet connected No remote directory listing
Blank Reconnect to previous host Establish a connection to remote 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 client- server 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 SourceForgedownload Portable Filezilla download from PortableAppsdownload
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: The Filezilla page on Sourceforge: A repository of portable software you can use from a flash drive: Portable Filezilla download: Filezilla user’s guide: Filezilla FAQ: Filezilla tutorial videos: Other open source FTP clients: