The file tranfer features of Windows XP Home Edition are actually much better than 
the Windows 98 Web Publishing Wizard.  You can create a folder that will open ANY 
web site (to which you have FTP access) and allow you to transfer files using usual 
Windows drag and drop.

You do this in "My Network Places," from the Start menu.  Open My Network Places, 
then click "Add a Network Place."  Then follow the instructions.  You'll be entering 
in a URL to your site, a user ID, and a password, all of which should be available 
from your ISP.  Note that if your site is http://www.mysite.com, you'll want to enter 
ftp://www.mysite.com in the address field.  Once you're done, there will be a new 
folder in My Network Places.  If you double-click this folder, Windows XP will log 
in and show the files in the window.  You may then drag files and folders into and 
out of this window at will.  You can even set permissions of files on Unix hosts 
(right-click the file, then go to Properties...)!

I still use third-party FTP software (WS_FTP) most of the time for my clients, because 
it opens windows showing both remote and local files.  But for just quickly dropping 
a file into one of my own sites, this method is very nice.

I do have two complaints about this otherwise very convenient feature.  First, if 
you double click a file (say, a .html file) Windows XP treats it as a local file. 
 Second, if you put your web folder on the desktop, you can't drag it back to My 
Network Places.  Very strange.

For more info, go to Windows XP Help (from the Start menu).  Type in "FTP" as your 
search keyword.

HTH,
Jason






On Tuesday, May 6, 2003 at 7:57 pm, Cal wrote:
>With XP, many of the old features are gone.  MS decided to hose their customers 
over 
>and make the Web Publishing Wizard only work with "their" selected choices or those 
>hosting sites that would pay them to be included.  Linux is looking better all the 
>time for those of us who are serious.
>
>At www.ipswitch.com/downloads/index.html they have a limited edition FTP program 
>which you can download.  Third party software is where Microsoft wants you to go 
>anyway, right?  
>
>Or you can open up your "DOS window" and use FTP.  This works well except that you 
>have to learn the commands (which is something us old-timers have been doing for 
>years).  You also can only do one file at a time this way and you have to switch 
>the mode to ASCII for html files and to binary for images and such.
>
>That's about all I can suggest since Microsoft has decided to operate like Apple 
>and target their systems towards people who don't or can't do much with their computers. 
> For us techies, they just create one nightmare after the other with every new release.
>
>Hope this helps.
>
>You can also complain to Mircosoft about it but it may take a lot of voices before 
>Microsofts ears are undeafened.
>
>

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