Dreamweaver's Pathetic FTP Engine ...

HI,
I've been using DW for about 12 years now.
One of my major complaints about this software is its incompetent FTP engine; nothing seems to have changed since Adobe took over Macromedia.
On pretty much EVERY SITE SYNCH I do, even a single folder of a dozen documents, I get the error:
File activity incomplete. xx file(s) or folder(s) were not completed. This is typically a number of missed files ranging from one to a dozen or more.
I use a 3 year-old iMac; everything updated; Creative Cloud - updated. Fastest ISP broadband available. There ARE NO problems on my end.
I also use other 'accessory' FTP apps, which have NO PROBLEMS with "incomplete" file activity. Funny, huh?
What part of the world "FTP" do the Adobe Engineers NOT GET?
How tough would it be to program a patch that would pick out your 5 missed files out of the TEDIOUS LIST OF 500 ENTRIES, and and give you a chance to "RETRY MISSED FILES" ...?
We pay good money for this program. Why don't you hire good programmers?
Enough said.

I've used Dreamweaver since 2004 (DW3 on a 400mHz G3 iMac "Graphite"), and through EVERY build since then on a G4 iMac, a G4 Mini, a G5 iMac, an Intel MacBook Pro and now a late 2012 Mini with CS5.5 and CS6. With the one exception of a $%*#ing GoDaddy site, which was soon moved to a better host... I have NEVER experienced any FTP problems with over three dozen sites, four hosts, and ten builds of DW, on three different ISPs, and several Wi-fi "hotspots" I've used over the years when meeting with clients to make edits and upload them. I have no idea what the problem is, but I seriously doubt it's in DW's FTP protocols.

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my problem is that dreamweaver reconnects to ftp every time I upload a file, for example:
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Dreamweaver template update ftp files without synchronizing

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The synchronization can take time on big sites, I have cms and billing system on my site with many files.
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> option. These sites are not easily found by search
engines. Anyone have
> any
> solutions?... without having to stop using templates?
>
> THANKS MUCH
> cineaste_grrl
>

Dreamweaver CS3 strange FTP problem

Helllo,
I have just passed from windows to Mac (I got Leopard) .... I
have installed Dreamweaver CS3
and I have imported all the site definition (like Host FTP,
username, password, etc...) from the windows version
But when I try to connect to any server, I recive this error
"An FTP error occured - cannot make connection to host
no response from the server this may be due to one or more
reasons:
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properly set. Please verify that the firewall settings in the Site
category of the Preferences dialog box are properly set, and that
the Use Firewall option in the Site definition dialog box is
selected.
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active mode. Toggling the "Use Passive FTP" checkbox may help you
establish a connection.
- If you are connecting to an IPv6 enabled server, please
select "Use IPv6 transfer mode" checkbox in the Advanced site
definition dialog.
- Your local firewall may be blocking the incoming FTP data.
Please disable it to see if it makes a difference.
- It is possible your FTP may be using a non-standard FTP
port (21). If you need to specify a non-standard port, enter the
port number after host name separated by a colon":". "
I have tryed to use other FTP programs and I got mix results:
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Fugu and Filezilla for Mac do not connect to any server
I am clueless .... .... can someone give me a hand?
thanks in advance

Are you running a firewall?
http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=tn_14834&sliceId=2
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"sharemind1" <[email protected]> wrote in
message
news:[email protected]...
> Helllo,
>
> I have just passed from windows to Mac (I got Leopard)
.... I have
> installed
> Dreamweaver CS3
> and I have imported all the site definition (like Host
FTP, username,
> password, etc...) from the windows version
>
> But when I try to connect to any server, I recive this
error :
>
> "An FTP error occured - cannot make connection to host
> no response from the server this may be due to one or
more reasons:
>
> - Accessing the server requires firewall settings that
aren't properly
> set.
> Please verify that the firewall settings in the Site
category of the
> Preferences dialog box are properly set, and that the
Use Firewall option
> in
> the Site definition dialog box is selected.
>
> - The server may be accepting only passive mode or only
active mode.
> Toggling
> the "Use Passive FTP" checkbox may help you establish a
connection.
>
> - If you are connecting to an IPv6 enabled server,
please select "Use IPv6
> transfer mode" checkbox in the Advanced site definition
dialog.
>
> - Your local firewall may be blocking the incoming FTP
data. Please
> disable it
> to see if it makes a difference.
>
> - It is possible your FTP may be using a non-standard
FTP port (21). If
> you
> need to specify a non-standard port, enter the port
number after host name
> separated by a colon":". "
>
>
>
> I have tryed to use other FTP programs and I got mix
results:
>
> Cyber Duck and Fetch are working
>
> Fugu and Filezilla for Mac do not connect to any server
>
> I am clueless .... .... can someone give me a hand?
>
> thanks in advance
>

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R8_UK, I hear your concerns, and they're rather common. I hope I can address
(and resolve) some of them here for you.
First, I use the FTP feature all the time and it never makes the IDE
"sleep". You may want to turn on the progress view (window>show
view>other>general>progress). It will tell you what's happening as FTP
processes are running. It will also tell you other processes going on in the
editor. You may be surprised to find something else causing the "sleeps" you
sense.
As for you saying that "it shows me the top level root and I have to drill
down each time for the destination where I want to upload", again I don't
have that problem. Are sure you didn't just make a mistake in setting up the
FTP connection? Admittedly, changing them is tough. You have to go to the
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you've made.
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that it makes you drill down? Well, you don't need to do that. You can
instead connect your project to an FTP connection (either in the project
properties and its synchronization section, or by just right-clicking
anywhere in the project and choose Synchronize>Create New Synchronize
Connection).
If you do that, then it also solves a common complaint I hear from some,
that it's complicated to do an FTP upload in CFBuilder. Well, I just right
click on the file (or on the editor workspace to upload the file I'm working
on, such as after changing and testing it locally), then choose
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There is also a more evolved "synchronize" feature that lets you do more
(including comparing the contents of a file locally to remote, which comes
in really handy). There's an even still more evolved interface in
Window>Show View>Other>HTML Standard Views>Sync Explorer. The latter two
come closer to the kind of two-paned interface for managing local/remote
files that some expected in DW.
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said you do NOT want to edit the file directly on the remote server. I hope
what I share above helps you. But those who DO like editing on the remote
server (indeed, at their peril) will groan that they wish they didn't have
to do even that simple manual effort to upload: they wish that on save it
would upload. I don't know if we can ever expect that from within a local
project in Eclipse. It just goes against the grain of better development
practices, and it's one area where perhaps it's a good thing if the IDE
pushes one to reconsider that.
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server.
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statement. If you're still not sold, keep pointing out your concerns.)
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Hi Guys,
I have a problem with dreamweaver at the moment. for some
reason its not remembering the user and pass in the FTP details of
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wireshop wrote:
> Dreamweaver does not save my FTP login info even though
I click the
> "Save" checkbox. I have to go in and reenter the
information in site
> management each time I open dreamweaver. Has anyone had
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> a fix?
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Dreamweaver not saving FTP login

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wireshop wrote:
> Dreamweaver does not save my FTP login info even though
I click the
> "Save" checkbox. I have to go in and reenter the
information in site
> management each time I open dreamweaver. Has anyone had
this problem?
> a fix?
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multi-step process for file editing? Is there a 3rd-party add-in
extension which handles this issue that I should know about? Will
the developing team @ Adobe be addressing an upgrade/add-in to
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Michael
"rushlover" <[email protected]> wrote in
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news:g0secu$p4s$[email protected]..
> Crystaltech, my hosting service, this last weekend
removed FTP as an
> option to
> connect to their servers, instead touting the FTPS
format/protocol. Now
> Dreamweaver won't connect to my server and I have to use
FileZilla to
> download
> files, open in Dreamweaver, save changes in Dreamweaver,
load FileZilla,
> connect to server, upload, then refresh browser for
changes. This is
> INSANE!!
> What used to take a minute for changes is now taking 5.
>
> Here are my questions: Has anyone else encountered this,
and if so, what
> solution did you use or is everyone having to do this
multi-step process
> for
> file editing? Is there a 3rd-party add-in extension
which handles this
> issue
> that I should know about? Will the developing team @
Adobe be addressing
> an
> upgrade/add-in to support this more-safe technology?
>
> Frustrated in Seattle,
>
> Douglas
>

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In the past couple of days, I've run into a new issue with DreamWeaver and the only logical explanation I can come up with is the following.
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HI,
have spent over 3 hours on this, and double checked
everything, even with ISP to make sure my host address is correct.
I can connect to the host address via other programs and ftp
I have the same settings in dreamweaver, but it won't
connect.
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helpx.adobe.com/dreamweaver/kb/troubleshoot-ftp-issues-dreamweaver-cs5.html
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