About GoLive FTP clients

FTP clients connect to the Internet and use the services (such as access to files) provided by a server. GoLive has two FTP clients:

• Always use the FTP tab in the site window for uploading and maintaining a one-to-one synchronized relationship between local and remote files. This give you access to commands that permit incremental uploading and downloading, as well as one-step exporting and uploading. The FTP tab gives you direct access to all the assets in the site window. The FTP tab should not be used for general-purpose file transfer, especially not for dragging files from the desktop to transfer to a server. Doing so causes the site to request an incremental download of these files the next time you publish.
• Use the FTP browser for general-purpose file transfer. The FTP browser saves you the trouble of launching a third-party FTP application.

Both clients list the files and folders in the current FTP directory along with file size, modification date, and file type.

Note: Selecting a file or folder in the FTP tab or the FTP browser opens either the FTP File Inspector or FTP Folder Inspector. These Inspectors provide further information about individual files and folders. (See Inspecting file properties.)