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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
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Where does this topic fit? Internet concepts – Applications – Technology (FTP) – Implications Internet skills – Application development (Web) – Content creation – User skills
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Web client to web server conversation Web client Web server
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FTP client FTP server FTP client to FTP server conversation Copy files
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Why Filezilla? It is open source. There is a portable version.
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Filezilla screen layout Host and account FTP commands, the client-server conversation Local directory listing Pending transfers and progress Remote directory listing
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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
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The client is not yet connected No remote directory listing
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Blank Reconnect to previous host Establish a connection to remote host
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Drag and drop to transfer a file or directory to or from the server
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Filezilla asks before overwriting a file
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Filezilla screen layout Host and account FTP commands, the client- server conversation Local directory listing Pending transfers and progress Remote directory listing
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Window sizes are adjustable
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Windows can be displayed or hidden
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A mirror copy
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Filezilla download from SourceForgedownload Portable Filezilla download from PortableAppsdownload
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Summary
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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?
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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.5min.com/Tag/filezilla?CategoryID=0 Other open source FTP clients: http://www.techsupportalert.com/best-free-ftp-client.htm
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