----- Original Message ----- From: "The PuterBug" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> This just makes no sense at all. I can't be the only > web designer in the world that keeps their connections > open when working, can I? Does everyone else open > the connection, upload, shut down, check pages, fix > pages, open the connection, upload, shut down, check > pages, fix pages, open the connection ..... etc ?????? That's what I do. I upload some files and check them in the browser, make some changes and by then the ftp connection has dropped so I click Close then Connect. With a 512K broadband always-on connection that isn't a problem, it takes two or three seconds to be reconnected to my usual server, maybe six seconds to Zenith Tech's. How come your cable modem takes so long? When all I had was an expensive 56K dialup connection that dropped after any inactivity, I just made sure I could test everything locally by running a Web server on my PC so that I only needed to upload stuff once when it was tested and I was happy with it... maybe you should go that route if the disconnecting bothers you so much? My PC - the one I work on - runs Personal Web Server, ASP, PHP, Perl, Cold Fusion Lite and mySQL without seemingly feeling the load or falling over unnecessarily. No ftp needed then, because the local Web server is looking at the file I just editied so all I do is hit Refresh Bj ____ � The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM � ____ To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Send Your Posts To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To change subscription settings to the wdvltalk digest version: http://wdvl.internet.com/WDVL/Forum/#sub ________________ http://www.wdvl.com _______________________ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
