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FTP server?

stressers
stressers Posts: 191 Forumite
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Anyone know a free FTP server? My friend and me are trying to do a website. I downloaded Filezilla and FreeFTP but cannot get either to work.
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  • 456789
    456789 Posts: 2,305 Forumite
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    why don't they work? you probably need to forward ports on your router
  • bungle4x4
    bungle4x4 Posts: 254 Forumite
    filezilla works, your settings will be wrong.
  • caryl1507
    caryl1507 Posts: 20 Forumite
    stressers wrote: »
    Anyone know a free FTP server? My friend and me are trying to do a website. I downloaded Filezilla and FreeFTP but cannot get either to work.

    which browser you are using?
  • caryl1507
    caryl1507 Posts: 20 Forumite
    If you are using Firefox then there is a plugin "fire ftp" just install this add-on and you can use it via firefox browser.
  • 456789
    456789 Posts: 2,305 Forumite
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    he wants a server not a client
  • bikerboi87
    bikerboi87 Posts: 87 Forumite
    an FTP server is not a website. FTP stands for "File Transfer Protocol". for a website you would need a http server - the most common one which powers a majority of the worlds website is Apache, which is free
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  • GeoffX
    GeoffX Posts: 417 Forumite
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    As the previous poster said, you want Apache. You should also look at PHP and MySQL ( the MySQL Community Server version ).

    The Free Country and its sister site The Site Wizard have some well written guides that may help you get started.
  • 456789
    456789 Posts: 2,305 Forumite
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    yes you need a http server to serve the files but he might want an ftp server to get the files onto the computer he is hosting from
  • robt_2
    robt_2 Posts: 3,401 Forumite
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    The OP needs to be clearer explaining what they are actually doing and trying to achieve.
  • Bikertov
    Bikertov Posts: 1,598 Forumite
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    We have successfully used Apache (webserver), Filezilla (FTP Server) and PHP at work.

    They are reasonably straight forward to setup, and work on Window Server machines (as well as Linux). You can also set up secure sites (https) with these.
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