04.09.08
Wormhole In My Upload Folder
The indomitable Master_Kale has presently released his FTP program, WormholeFTP. While aimed largely at the IT-impaired, I was lucky enough to secure an early release candidate for testing and have determined that the program is also supremely suited for the lazy (such as myself). Since obtaining it, I have entirely stopped using FireFTP for uploading files to my blog - and because of our implementation of SVN into The Nameless Mod’s organizational structure, I’ve almost completely stopped using FireFTP in general - because WHFTP is simply far more convenient: It just sits there on my desktop, waiting for me to drop files into it at my leisure, and presenting me a direct link in return.
The program is very simple, which is indeed its strength as well as its main feature: You simply drag a file over to the little window and drop it into the wormhole graphic, then a progress bar appears, and once the file is on your server, the progress bar is replaced by a download link. Click the link to open the file in a browser or right-click it to copy it to your clipboard. At my request, it is possible to define the URL in the program’s settings seperately from the upload directory setting, such that the program can give you a functional URL even if you’re using an esoteric subdomain. It really is a splendidly handy program, and at $8 it presents very good value for the price.
EER said,
April 9, 2008 at 10:53
I’ll have to bother MK tonight, for a simple new feature … multiple configurations
Handy when uploading patches for different programs in different directories.
Nicholas 'NVShacker' Van Sickle said,
April 9, 2008 at 12:41
TNM uses SVN, not CVS (woo three acronyms).
Personally I have no use for a program like that, especially not if it’s not free. I’m already swimming in easy options for making a file available to the web and getting a link to it — besides just using smartftp I can also use gorillarape’s images subdomain to upload images via a php script or I can use a little send to shortcut to send files to my local webserver (I don’t actually do that any more but I am running apache for testing purposes so I definitely could)
Jonas said,
April 9, 2008 at 14:01
Ah bugger I got the acronyms mixed up. You’d think I’d get it right after all this time? Corrected the post.