Publishing projects, directories and files to a FTP server
Selecting items to send
The FTP Publish command will send to the server of your choice the project, or the directories and files you selected in the Solution Explorer.
Right-click on the selected item(s) and select "FTP Publish..." to publish your files.
Configuring the Publish command
When executed, a dialog box will appear asking where and how the files should be published :
- Select the server you want to publish to, or create a new one by clicking on "Configure servers..." ;
- Select the way existing files should be handled ;
- Select copy the source's timestamp if you want the files on the server to have the same date and time has the one on your workstation (this feature is not available on every servers).
Folders structure
The folders structure is replicated on the server, making the project's root match the FTP server's configured root path.
You can change the relative path if you want to publish your files somewhere else in the server. This path is relative to the root path.
Click on the "..." button next to the relative path field to browse for the folder :
Publishing
You can now click on OK to start publishing the files to the server. The files are being published in the background, so you can continue working.
Keep in mind that if you modify a file after starting the publication, but before it is ended, it may be sent as is was before the modification, or as it is after the modification, depending on the progress of the publication. To prevent this kind of problems, if you continue to work on the documents you are publishing, don't save them until the publication is complete.
A task will be added to the Tasks Progress dock, click on details to show detailed progress :
Publishing using drag and drop
You can drag files and folders from the Solution Explorer and drop them in the FTP Explorer to publish them in the selected directory:
