eitemiller
08-10-2004, 07:33 PM
I really couldn't find a good forum to post this in, so my apologies if the padded room wasn't a good place.
My website is 25k pages big (380 Meg) and will grow to many times that size. Currently, I am using dos program to upload to my ftp site. If I make a major change (ie layout), then I have to re-upload the entire site. Even though I have an upload speed of 1000KB/s, this is a huge task. The upload speed is irrelevent - it's how fast can I upload thousands of pages - ya know? Currently, on my site, the state of Arizona has 1,100 attractions which equals about 100 meg. It takes me 90 minutes just to upload to that state.
What would be a better idea would be the ability to upload a zip file to my ftp site - then be able to unzip that file into the appropriate folder. Does anyone know how - or at least have the ability to point me in the right direction on how I can do this?
I am familar with WS_FTP, however, I am also familiar with its quirks - it gets hung up a lot of the time. If WS_FTP was reliable, it would probably be faster to set it and forget it. Maybe the dos program we have isn't the way to go, maybe there is a better FTP proggie. But I think it would be soooo much easier to zip up one state, upload it, and then have that ability to unzip it. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated. Thanks.
My website is 25k pages big (380 Meg) and will grow to many times that size. Currently, I am using dos program to upload to my ftp site. If I make a major change (ie layout), then I have to re-upload the entire site. Even though I have an upload speed of 1000KB/s, this is a huge task. The upload speed is irrelevent - it's how fast can I upload thousands of pages - ya know? Currently, on my site, the state of Arizona has 1,100 attractions which equals about 100 meg. It takes me 90 minutes just to upload to that state.
What would be a better idea would be the ability to upload a zip file to my ftp site - then be able to unzip that file into the appropriate folder. Does anyone know how - or at least have the ability to point me in the right direction on how I can do this?
I am familar with WS_FTP, however, I am also familiar with its quirks - it gets hung up a lot of the time. If WS_FTP was reliable, it would probably be faster to set it and forget it. Maybe the dos program we have isn't the way to go, maybe there is a better FTP proggie. But I think it would be soooo much easier to zip up one state, upload it, and then have that ability to unzip it. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated. Thanks.