Browser Based FTP

Ever been away from home and needed to FTP something to a server? Well, it's happened to me a few times and I needed to find a solution.

Net2FTP.com is that solution. Well, one solution anyway, the one I like using.

There was a time when my wireless antenna wasn't uploading and the company I was using couldn't figure it out. I had to upload web pages, images, download files from my server, you know, stuff I do every day, well, I couldn't from home. So I went to the library once and used Net2FTP, and a couple of times to my service provider's office. I've even uploaded using dial-up at my wife's parents property out in the middle of East Texas.

It's really saved me loads of trouble.

It looks just like an FTP client and works just like an FTP client. It's great.

There's a bit of a learning curve to figure out their controls, but once you've done it a few times, it's great. Actually, it really just took me figuring out that there are a couple different ways to upload a file. You can click next to the folder icon and then use the dropdown menu to upload, or you can double click the folder icon which will take you to that folder where you can upload from there.

The real caution is that it's real, and when you move stuff on your server or rename a file or delete a folder, you've done that for real.

Their interface is really nice. You can view folders, view and change permissions, move, delete, rename, change Chmod, upload zipped files, all sorts of stuff.

You can change the language and even the website skin.

Definitely easy to use once you get the hang of it. If you are familiar with using a desktop FTP client, it's cake.

Oh, and it's free. Nice.

Hope this helps.

What do you think?
1. Are you on a Mac or Windows?
2. What application do you use for FTP?
3. Do you have everything backed up somewhere in case you make a mistake or your server crashes?