Posted by cwdjrxyz on 08/27/06 00:21

John wrote:
> Thanks all!
>
> I have been gettin wrapped around trying to find a fix for this so that
> users of the website did not always get that error.
>
> And, yes, I am running Windows XP SP2 and IE 6.0 on my home computer.
>
> This is the first website I have ever uploaded to a hosting site, so the
> last element of my website design I was trying to fix was that error where
> it seems that my computer is protecting me from myself.
>
> It sounds like it goes away when I upload.

Writing a page on the computer and then uploading to the server using a
good ftp agent has considerable merit but, as you have found, things do
not always work the same when on your local computer and when the site
is on the server for general usage by others. There are many other
cases when things work in a different manner locally on the computer
and when you are on the web connecting to a server. I usually test a
new page a bit locally on the computer and then use ftp to upload a
directory containing the page and all needed images, audio, and video
to the server. I then finish refinement of the page on the server using
a php file manager there that is provided by the host. Of course you
can download the page via ftp, modify it, and then upload again, but
working on the server can be faster. For an extreme example, say you
have a large file on the sever that you want to copy to the directory
containing your new page. A 100 MB video file, for example, usually can
be copied much more rapidly on the server than uploaded via ftp from
the same file on your computer, even if you are on broadband. Things
have changed considerably in this area. Here in the US about 70% of
people now are on broadband and are connected all of the time, so there
is no savings of money by reducing the time you are connected to the
server. Also, server disc space and bandwidth have become very cheap
compared to just a few years ago. I have unlimited disc storage space
and 500 GB / month bandwidth for under $US 20 per month. Thus I often
have the same image stored in several directors to keep it in the same
directory with a page in which it is used. This is much more convenient
than having single directories for all images, etc. When you wish to
delete a page from the server, you just have to delete the complete
directory it is in without having to worry that some images etc that
will be deleted may be used by some other page.

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