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Saving a Group of Files for Repeat Uploads in FileZilla

I’m currently managing over 50 WordPress installations and continuing adding new clients that I begin installing WordPress for their use as well. As part of my management of their sites, I have a group of WordPress plugins that I like to use and always install for clients.

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I’ve chosen FileZilla as my FTP program of choice. I’ve used CuteFTP, SmartFTP, and FireFTP within Firefox to manage transferring files. Given that I’m using FileZilla and it’s a powerful application there’s something I’d think it should be able to do and it can’t.

I want to save a group of files or folders as a set and then be able to upload that group of files with one click after I’ve connected to the server and location that I want to upload. Right now I can’t determine if that’s really possible with FileZilla.

The closest I’ve come is to pause the upload queue and drag folders and files into the queue. I can then export the queue as an XML file to reuse later. The only challenge with that is that the XML file also includes the remote server’s connection information. That’s where it gets hung up the destination server is what’s going to change each time.

If someone knows how to do that in FileZilla, please let me know. If one of the other apps I mentioned earlier can do it. Let me know that too, and I’ll go check them out again.

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There I Fixed It… NOT!

Do you love feeling good about yourself? You like thinking of yourself as smarter than the average person. We also enjoy getting a good laugh when we see others look stupid, because after all that makes us feel smarter too right?

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The There, I Fixed It website follows in the footsteps of some of the other great photo sites on the web, many of which we’ve highlighted here on Uncover the Internet. If it’s not broke, don’t fix it doesn’t apply here. The images and situations shared on the There, I Fixed It website are definitely broken, I’m just not sure there anymore fixed than they started. In some instances they could be more broken than they started because now there’s the illusion of it being fixed when it’s not.

There, I Fixed It highlights just what can be done with some duct tape and a Git R Done mentality. Go uncover some good laughs, self-esteem and in some cases maybe some repair tips.

Visit There, I Fixed It and fix what ails you.

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Identifying CSS Bugs in Browsers

Today I learned a little bit more about CSS styling and setting up themes and skins for ASP.NET pages. If you’ve done CSS styling you know that there are certain things that don’t work in some browsers. Another individual in the class asked if there was a website that identified all of these known bugs and hacks.

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After posting the question/need on twitter, Jonic Linley came back and let me know about the Position Is Everything website that does exactly what we needed.

Normally I’d feature a website like this in one of my posts on Uncover the Internet, but given the topic of CSS styling and how to do it right, I thought it would fit more under the topic of Computers in general.

The Position Is Everything website serves as a helpful resource for CSS questions in general. The focus though is on finding and illustrating the browser differences for some specific CSS design issues that you may or may not face in your upcoming design projects.

Each issue that’s shared on the site links to a very detailed and interactive illustration of the change at hand.

If you’ve got a question about CSS styling bugs, I’d start checking out Position Is Everything website first. When I’ve got a CSS question I try to figure it out myself, unless I’m in a hurry or in a bind, if that’s the case then I go to my meCSSiah, srcoley.