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Posted by Joe Dayvie
Joe Dayvie
11,956 Points

FTP Question for Updating Website

Hello,

I know this is completely unrelated to Treehouse but since there are so many resourceful and helpful people here, I thought it would be worth asking.

Does anyone know why there is sometimes such a delay when using FTP to update a Website? Additionally, is there anyway to avoid this issue? After doing some research, I have some knowledge as to why but wanted to hear what others say too.

Thank you =)

Joe

3 Answers

Alex Hedley
Alex Hedley
16,381 Points
Alex Hedley
Alex Hedley
16,381 Points

I guess this would depend on your internet speed, so how long it takes you to transfer the file from your local machine to the web server then to reload the site.

Which FTP program do you use? Are you getting an indication that the file has been successfully uploaded then reloading the page and not seeing the updates?

Joe Dayvie
Joe Dayvie
11,956 Points
Joe Dayvie
Joe Dayvie
11,956 Points

Alex,

I used to update manually until I learned about FTP and the one was I saw was via Firefox's add-on. It says the files uploaded successfully but there is a delay of a couple hours until its updated.

Joe

Alex Hedley
Alex Hedley
16,381 Points
Alex Hedley
Alex Hedley
16,381 Points

Which Firefox plugin is it?

Are you on a Mac or PC?

You could either use FileZilla (https://filezilla-project.org) or Notepad++ has an inbuilt client.

I use ForkLift on the mac http://www.binarynights.com

Joe Dayvie
Joe Dayvie
11,956 Points

Alex,

I have FireFTP? Don't really know anything about it but I know how to use it. I have a Mac :)

I will have to research those two (probably more ForkLift) when I get some time. I do appreciate that.