I have found out that you can use InternetExplorer for FTP, and would like to know how to set it up for use with my Dynadot web hostings.
With IE, I get a directory page for the website just like having a window open showing the contents on your C: drive or F:pendrive or etc. You drag across items just like to transfer between two pen or disc drives via your own PCs 'my computer'. You just need to log into a remote server via IE to get it.
I already use this for webhosting elsewhere, but not yet for here.
Could I get some advice on how to set up IE-FTP for use with my Dynadot webhostings please?
Further to the simple drag and drop feature, I have found it hard to track the many websites I have, so I have created a HTML page with all their links on that one page. Just open it up in IE, click on the link and I do directly into the directory of the right web hosting.
Naturally, I would value having access to ALL web hostings via this method.
Have added a nice little javascript/DOM/cookie feature where, when I click on one, its label changes to another color. Stays that way until I click on 'clear all'. This function is fantastic if I say need to update one particular page across all websites. Spend an afternoon clicking on one at a time to transfer to one at a time, all at the same time keeping track at which ones I have done so far.
Thanks for your patience. Instead of a url like http://www.dynadot.com try ftp://user@host where the user is the ftp username and host is the hostname.
I have tried it, and had been somewhat successful with each of a number of websites.
I got into the web hosting, and got that drag and drop zone, just like I am trying to do/get.
I do have a few websites, currently 12 and hope closer to 20 soon.
It seems like InternetExplorer only sees the text to the right of the @ symbool, therefore site #1 of mine is the same as site #2 and site #3 of mine.
After doing site #2, site #3 and up to I think site #5, I chose to see if IE would remember #1 if I went back to that one again. Sadly no it did not. It prompted me for the log in details of site #5.
I understand this to be more of an issue with IE than with Dynadot, but it would be handy if I can just use 'mydomain.com' rather than mydomain.com@dynadot
There has been one major step forward in this so far, as I can now use the IE FTP for the websites I have with Dynadot.
while I got the username for site #5, I had to type in the username/url for site #1, wondering if IE would remember the password from before.
Answer = Yes it did. So that is something positive.
But for lazy old me, I had to type in the username/url again into the log in box. The idea of my html/ftp directory page is that I can click on a link, and does all of that for me.