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File Management

How to recover hidden passwords from FileZilla

FileZilla FTP Program Screen Capture

From time to time, I discover that for whatever reason I don't have a client's cPanel login credentials on file but I can still log in via FTP with FileZilla. Getting the username is easy. The password, on the other hand, seems to be a different story because it's masked behind asterisks. Fortunately, it's not too difficult to retrieve the password in a few simple … [Read more...] about How to recover hidden passwords from FileZilla

WordPress 404 error with .htaccess password protected folder

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This is the second time I'm writing this post today; remember to save your work before clicking the X argh! O.K. now it's time to get down to business. I was attempting to password protect a directory to store the old files from a website I just finished converting into WordPress. The problem was that every time I tried to password protect the folder (even though it existed), I … [Read more...] about WordPress 404 error with .htaccess password protected folder

Website files upload with FTP but they don’t change

FileZilla FTP Program Screen Capture

You keep trying to upload new files with FileZilla to your website but they never update. FileZilla appears to be running correctly and you see the files being uploaded and replaced but still no changes. The most likely causes of this issue are: You do not have proper permissions configured for your website.You have exceeded your site's file quota so the server isn't … [Read more...] about Website files upload with FTP but they don’t change

FileZilla uploads slowed to a Crawl on Windows 10

FileZilla FTP Program Screen Capture

After upgrading to windows 10 from Windows 7 I discovered that FileZilla upload speeds had dropped to a crawl. A 350 MB file took 7 hours to upload! Obviously something was wrong, so I hit Google. Unfortunately, nothing was coming up that would explain the problem - of course it may have helped to remember the old saying "Correlation Is Not Causation). In … [Read more...] about FileZilla uploads slowed to a Crawl on Windows 10

Lost your website? Use the Wayback Machine

The Internet Archiver is building a digital library of Internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. Like a paper library, they provide free access to researchers, historians, scholars, and the general public. One of their coolest features for webmasters is the Internet Archive: Wayback Machine, aptly named for the WABAC machine used by Mr. Peabody and his boy … [Read more...] about Lost your website? Use the Wayback Machine

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