Set-up an FTP Server on Windows 2003 Server

Setting up an FTP server on Windows 2003 Server is a pretty simple process.  Why would you need an FTP server?  Well, if you are hosting websites you might want to allow designers and customers access to their webfolders  (not me… no one accesses my server but me but you can.. ) and an FTP server is a great way to allow them access.  OR some Commercial Copiers have a scan to FTP or SMB service so, you could install an FTP server to allow a central place to save scanned documents.  Needless to say there are many reasons why you might need one and with Server 2003 it’s “Easy Cheesy”.

The Microsoft FTP server depends on the Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS),  so  IIS and the FTP Service must be installed on the computer.   To install IIS and the FTP Service, follow these steps:

These instructions can also be found at Microsoft’s Support site.

NOTE: In Windows Server 2003, the FTP Service is not installed by default when you install IIS.   If you already installed IIS on the computer, you must use the Add or Remove Programs tool in Control Panel to install the FTP Service.

1. Click Start, point to Control Panel, and then click Add or Remove Programs.
2. Click Add/Remove Windows Components.
3. In the Components list, click Application Server, click Internet Information Services (IIS) (but do not select or clear the check box), and then click Details.
4. Click to select the following check boxes (if they are not already selected):
   Common Files
   File Transfer Protocol (FTP) Service
   Internet Information Services Manager
5. Click to select the check boxes next to any other IIS-related service or subcomponent that you want to install, and then click OK.
6. Click Next.
7. When you are prompted, insert the Windows Server 2003 CD-ROM into the computer’s CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive or provide a path to the location of the files, and then click OK.
8. Click Finish.

You have now installed the IIS and FTP services but before you can start using your new FTP you must configure it. To configure the FTP Service follow these steps.

To configure the FTP Service to allow only anonymous connections:

1. Start Internet Information Services Manager or open the IIS snap-in.
2. Expand Server_name, where Server_name is the name of the server.
3. Expand FTP Sites
4. Right-click Default FTP Site, and then click Properties.
5. Click the Security Accounts tab.
6. Click to select the Allow Anonymous Connections check box (if it is not already selected), and then click to select the Allow only anonymous connections check box.  When you click to select the Allow only anonymous connections check box, you configure the FTP Service to allow only anonymous connections. Users cannot log on by using user names and passwords.
7. Click the Home Directory tab.
8. Click to select the Read and Log visits check boxes (if they are not already selected), and then click to clear the Write check box (if it is not already cleared).
9. Click OK.
10. Quit Internet Information Services Manager or close the IIS snap-in.

The FTP server is now configured to accept incoming FTP requests. Copy or move the files that you want to make available to the FTP publishing folder for access.  The default folder is drive:\Inetpub\Ftproot, where drive is the drive on which IIS is installed.

Anonymous access only is not a good way to leave your newly installed FTP server if your intent was to give users the ability to upload files and not merely to download.  So, in the next couple of days we’ll go over setting up virtual FTP sites and assign usernames and passwords to access each as well as giving those users read and write access to their folders.

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Export Dreamweaver CS4 Site Info

Ninety-nine percent of the time I work on websites for myself and others from the comfort of my home office. I can kick back relax and generally get a lot of work done.  Sometimes, however, I need a “Change of local”… The office gets a little confining.  Instead of copying the site (or sites) I’m working on from desktop to thumb-drive to laptop, I have devised another method.

This may not be the “best” method but, it works quite well for me. (Thank you very much )

First, I make use of a free Program/Utility from Microsoft called Live Mesh.  This utility lets me keep files and folders synchronized  between computers regardless of where they are located. I set up my working directory to be synchronized to my storage space in the Live Mesh and my Laptop.  Second, I use the “Export” command in Dreamweaver to copy my sites settings to an XML file. I save those files in a folder that is also synchronized to my laptop. Then I just import them back in when I am working on the laptop.  (I would recommend that you export your site settings regularly so that you have a backup copy if anything happens to the site.)

How do you export the site information in Dreamweaver CS4??  It’s super simple! Here’s what you do:

1. Open Dreamweaver CS4.
2. Select Site —> Manage sites.
3. Select one or more sites whose settings you want to export and click Export:
   *  To select more than one site, Control-click (Windows) or Command-click (Macintosh) each site.
   *  To select a range of sites, Shift-click the first and last site in the range.
4. If you want to back up your site settings, select the first option in the Exporting Site dialog box and click OK. Dreamweaver saves remote server login information, such as the user name and password, as well as local path information.
5. If you want to share your settings with other users, select the second option in the Exporting Site dialog box and click OK. (Dreamweaver does not save information that would not work for other users, such as your remote server login information and local paths.)
6. For each site whose settings you want to export, browse to a location where you want to save the site and click Save. (Dreamweaver saves each site’s settings as an XML file, with an .ste file extension.)
7. Click Done.

See? Super Easy! Now all you have to do is import them back into your other installation of Dreamweaver.  Here’s how you import it all back into the program:

1. Open Dreamweaver CS4.
2. Select Site —> Manage sites.
3. Click Import.
4. Browse to the folder where you saved the exported sites and select one or more sites. Remember, these sites are saved within files with an .ste file extension.
   *  To select more than one site, Control-click (Windows) or Command-click (Macintosh) each .ste file.
   *  To select a range of sites, Shift-click the first and last file in the range.
5. Click Open and then click Done.
6. After Dreamweaver imports the site settings, the site names appear in the Manage Sites dialog box.

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CSS – Long URL

This is an older post that did not make it through to the new site when I converted to WordPress. Hopefully this will still be relevant to someone out there.

CSS and the Long URL:

I was working on a webmail client a while back and had been having a few design problems. Sometimes when you subscribe to a blog, forum or usergroup the e-mails from those respective subscriptions will include an “unsubscribe url”. This Blog does. Now this URL can be really long and, in a normal email client (Outlook, Thunderbird etc) this is a non issue. But, writing a webmail client this became an issue.

In Firefox, if the url is longer than the width of the div area it would break my layout. In IE the long url would wrap to the next line as expected. The only Fix I could find for this was
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WordPress and Smileys

I don’t know about you but, sometimes on the web (twitter especially) the humor or sarcasm meant in a statement can be lost. So, I always try to add a little smiley so people know I’m not such a big jerk.  On a similar front, WordPress will convert text smileys into their graphic equivalent . The problem is, I can’t ever remember what the  “Proper” text for the smiley is supposed to be.

I did a little searching (via Bing, BTW)  and came across this list of smileys that will work with WordPress. And since they will work with WordPress, they must be good to use other places, right?

Well, here is a sampling of the text smileys and their graphic partners below. If these still don’t work for you in WordPress I would suggest checking out the WordPress Codex on Smileys for help.

Smiley images and the text used to produce them*:

* In some instances, multiple text options are available to display the same smiley.

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Hugged your Developer today?

I just ran across this video and thought it deserved a re-post.

Have you Hugged your Developer today?

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Windows 2003 Server does not stream FLV videos

I was having some trouble today getting a flash file to work. I was trying to stream a FLV (Flash video) file and although it was working great on my local machine it would not stream when I loaded it up on my server.

The SWF file would play, well.. the controls would come up but the file wouldn't stream.. I waisted a lot of time moving files around and re-making before I found this. Like always, thought I'd share..

Issue:

When Flash Player movie files that stream external FLV files (Flash videos) are placed on a Microsoft Windows 2003 server and then viewed in a browser, the SWF file plays correctly, but the FLV video does not stream. These files work correctly if tested on other operating systems. The issue affects all FLV files played via Windows 2003 server, including files made with the Flash Video Kit for Dreamweaver MX 2004.

Reason:

With IIS 6.0, Microsoft changed the way streaming media is handled. Previous versions of IIS did not require any modification to stream Flash Video. Microsoft IIS 6.0, the default web server that ships with Windows 2003, requires a MIME type to recognize that FLV files are streamed media.

Solution:

On the Windows 2003 server, open the Internet Information Services Manager.

Expand the Local Computer Server.

Right-click the local computer server and select Properties.

Select the MIME Types tab.

Click New and enter the following information:

Associated Extension box: .FLV

MIME Type box:flv-application/octet-stream

Click OK.

Restart the World Wide Web Publishing service.

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CFX_PFPro_Java Download – Finally

I’ve been pulling my hair out for a few days looking for the Coldfusion CFX tag for PayFlow Pro. I’m moving/upgrading a customer’s webstore and the old cfx tag would not work on the new server’s CF installation. So I had to get a more current tag. Only, PayPal no longer supplies the Coldfusion SDK and they don not have access to any older versions!?!?!

But, thanks to a very helpful person on the CFWebstore yahoo group I was directed to Apok-Technology. They had a copy of the tag and supplied a link to download the zip! Thanks guys!! You saved Me!

So, if you are searching for the Coldfusion SDK for PayflowPro I’ll attach the zip file to this entry for you to download or you can go visit Dave over at Apok Technology. Also, if you are having issues making this tag work on CF 8 Read a little deeper on that site, they have a fix for that as well!

Download the zipfile: cfx_pfpro_java

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