Need ftp help

OK, I have to admit up front....I am totally clueless about FTP. I've published my own websites for almost 10 years now without really using or even understanding FTP. (I did used to hand code, but I can't begin to remember how I uploaded. I've been using WYSIWYG programs for years now.)
So I'm working on creating a site in iWeb and uploading to my daughters' domain using (a trial version of) Transmit. I just selected a template and made one welcome page (with minimal changes) just to figure out what I'm doing.
I'm actually not sure I'm doing the "publish to a folder" thing correctly. (Just created a new folder down in Documents called PT.) So I don't really know what to select in Transmit to get the right things online. It actually seems like it worked (I can see my files listed in "their stuff.") But I can't see the page by going to the URL. I only see the old page I created and uploaded in DreamWeaver a long time ago.
I am feeling like a true idiot (though I usually consider myself intelligent). Can anyone point me to the instructions for truly clueless people? Thanks!

OK, I thought I uploaded both. Mainly b/c I wasn't sure which one to pick first, so I went with the index file. That didn't work, so I picked the folder. Oh wait ... I just checked, and they are both listed in "their stuff."
In Documents, I have a folder I created called PT. Inside that, I have my index file and my PT folder (b/c I named the site PT.) First, I am now remembering you said (on your site) not to use the same name everywhere, so did I mess that up? :blush:
The URL is www.princesstown.net. The DW page is purple and has animated stars. The iWeb page is the pink kids theme, and I only changed the top page title to "Welcome to PrincessTown.net".
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    * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
    * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
    * GNU General Public License for more details.
    * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
    * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
    * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.
    package com.lightdev.app.playlisteditor.data;
    import com.lightdev.lib.util.InfoThread;
    import java.io.File;
    * A class to collect audio data from a given storage location.
    * <p>
    * <code>CollectionThread</code> uses ID3 tag information to gain data.
    * </p>
    * <p>See <a href="http://www.id3.org">http://www.id3.org</a> for details about
    * ID3 tags.</p>
    * @author Ulrich Hilger
    * @author Light Development
    * @author <a href="http://www.lightdev.com">http://www.lightdev.com</a>
    * @author <a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>
    * @author published under the terms and conditions of the
    *      GNU General Public License,
    *      for details see file gpl.txt in the distribution
    *      package of this software as well as any licensing notes
    *      inside this documentation
    * @version 1, October 13, 2004
    public class CollectionThread extends InfoThread {
       * constructor
       * @param model  AudioDataModel  the data model to collect data to
      public CollectionThread(AudioDataModel model) {
        this.model = model;
       * constructor, creates a new empty AudioDataModel
      public CollectionThread() {
        this(new AudioDataModel());
       * set the data model to collect data to
       * @param model AudioDataModel  the model to collect data to
      public void setModel(AudioDataModel model) {
        this.model = model;
       * get the data model associated to this thread
       * @return AudioDataModel  the data model
      public AudioDataModel getModel() {
        return model;
       * set the directory to collect data from
       * @param rootDir File  the directory to collect data from
      public void setRootDirectory(File rootDir) {
        this.rootDir = rootDir;
       * do te actual work of this thread, i.e. iterate through a given directory
       * structure and collect audio data
       * @return boolean  true, if work is left
      protected boolean work() {
        boolean workIsLeft = true;
        maxValue = -1;
        filesProcessed = 0;
        if(getStatus() < STATUS_HALT_PENDING) {
          countElements(rootDir.listFiles());
        if(getStatus() < STATUS_HALT_PENDING) {
          workIsLeft = collect(rootDir.listFiles());
        return workIsLeft;
       * count the elements in a given file array including its subdirectories
       * @param files File[]
      private void countElements(File[] files) {
        int i = 0;
        while (i < files.length && getStatus() < STATUS_HALT_PENDING) {
          File file = files;
    if (file.isDirectory()) {
    countElements(file.listFiles());
    i++;
    maxValue++;
    * recursively read data into model
    * @param files File[] the file array representing the content of a given directory
    private boolean collect(File[] files) {
    int i = 0;
    while(i < files.length && getStatus() < STATUS_HALT_PENDING) {
    File file = files[i];
    if(file.isDirectory()) {
    collect(file.listFiles());
    else if(file.getName().toLowerCase().endsWith("mp3")) {
    try {
    model.addTrack(file);
    catch(Exception e) {
    fireThreadException(e);
    i++;
    filesProcessed++;
    fireThreadProgress(filesProcessed);
    return (i<files.length);
    /** the directory to collect data from */
    private File rootDir;
    /** the data model to collect data to */
    private AudioDataModel model;
    /** the number of files this thread processed so far while it is running */
    private long filesProcessed = 0;
    This is class InfoThread
    * Light Development Java Library
    * Copyright (C) 2003, 2004 Ulrich Hilger
    * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
    * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
    * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
    * of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
    * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
    * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
    * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
    * GNU General Public License for more details.
    * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
    * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
    * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.
    package com.lightdev.lib.util;
    import java.util.Vector;
    import java.util.Enumeration;
    * Abstract class <code>InfoThread</class> implements a status and listener concept.
    * An <code>InfoThread</code> object actively informs all objects registered as listeners about
    * status changes, progress and possible exceptions. This way the status of a running
    * thread does not require a polling mechanism to be monitored.
    * <p>
    * <code>InfoThread</code> implements the following working scheme
    * </p>
    * @author Ulrich Hilger
    * @author Light Development
    * @author <a href="http://www.lightdev.com">http://www.lightdev.com</a>
    * @author <a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>
    * @author published under the terms and conditions of the
    *      GNU General Public License,
    *      for details see file gpl.txt in the distribution
    *      package of this software
    * @version Version 1, October 13, 2004
    public abstract class InfoThread extends Thread {
       * construct an <code>InfoThread</code> object
       * <p>This class is meant to be used when a <code>Thread</code> object is needed that actively
       * informs other objects about its status</code>. It is a good idea therefore to register
       * one or more listeners with instances of this class before doing anything
       * else.</p>
       * @see addInfoThreadListener
      public InfoThread() {
       * set the amount of time this thread shall idle after it is through with one
       * work cycle and before a next work cycle is started. This influences the time
       * other threads have for their work.
       * @param millis long  the number of milliseconds to idle after one work cycle
      public void setIdleMillis(long millis) {
        idleMillis = millis;
       * Causes this thread to begin execution; the Java Virtual Machine calls the <code>run</code>
       * method of this thread. Calls method <code>prepareThread</code> before calling
       * <code>run</code>.
       * @see run
       * @see prepareThread
      public synchronized void start() {
        setStatus(STATUS_INITIALIZING);
        prepareThread();
        setStatus(STATUS_READY);
        super.start();
       * call method <code>start</code> instead of this method.
       * calling this method directly will lead to an exception
       * @see start
      public void run() {
        //System.out.println("InfoThread.run");
        if (status == STATUS_READY) {
          boolean workIsLeft = true;
          setStatus(STATUS_RUNNING);
          while (status < STATUS_STOP_PENDING && workIsLeft) {
            if (status < STATUS_HALT_PENDING) {
              workIsLeft = work();
              if(!workIsLeft) {
                setStatus(STATUS_WORK_COMPLETE);
            if (status == STATUS_HALT_PENDING) {
              setStatus(STATUS_HALTED);
            else if (status == STATUS_STOP_PENDING) {
              setStatus(STATUS_STOPPED);
            else {
              try {
                sleep(idleMillis);
              catch (InterruptedException e) {
                fireThreadException(e);
        else {
          // error: Thread is not ready to run
        setStatus(STATUS_THREAD_FINISHED);
       * stop this thread. This will terminate the thread irrevokably. Use method
       * <code>haltThread</code> to pause a thread with the possiblity to resume work later.
       * @see haltThread
      public void stopThread() {
        switch (status) {
          case STATUS_RUNNING:
            setStatus(STATUS_STOP_PENDING);
            break;
          case STATUS_HALT_PENDING:
            // exception: the thread already is about to halt
            break;
          case STATUS_STOP_PENDING:
            // exception: the thread already is about to stop
            break;
          default:
            // exception: a thread can not be stopped, when it is not running
            break;
       * halt this thread, i.e. pause working allowing to resume later
       * @see resumeThread
      public void haltThread() {
        switch (status) {
          case STATUS_RUNNING:
            setStatus(STATUS_STOP_PENDING);
            break;
          case STATUS_HALT_PENDING:
            // exception: the thread already is about to halt
            break;
          case STATUS_STOP_PENDING:
            // exception: the thread already is about to stop
            break;
          default:
            // exception: a thread can not be halted, when it is not running
            break;
       * resume this thread, i.e. resume previously halted work
       * @see haltThread
      public void resumeThread() {
        if(status == STATUS_HALTED || status == STATUS_HALT_PENDING) {
          setStatus(STATUS_RUNNING);
        else {
          // exception: only halted threads or threads that are about to halt can be resumed
       * this is the method to prepare a thread to run. It is not implemented in this abstract
       * class. Subclasses of <code>InfoThread</code> can implement this method to do anything
       * that might be required to put their thread into STATUS_READY. This method is called
       * automatically by method <code>start</code>.  When implementing this method, it should
       * call method <code>fireThreadException</code> accordingly.
       * @see start
       * @see fireThreadException
      protected void prepareThread() {
        // does nothing in this abstract class but might be needed in subclasses
       * this is the main activity method of this object. It is not implemented in this abstract
       * class. Subclasses of <code>InfoThread</code> must implement this method to do something
       * meaningful. When implementing this method, it should call methods
       * <code>fireThreadProgress</code> and <code>fireThreadException</code> accordingly.
       * @return boolean true, if work is left, false if not
       * @see fireThreadProgress
       * @see fireTreadException
      protected abstract boolean work();
       * add an <code>InfoTreadListener</code> to this instance of <code>InfoThread</code>
       * @param l InfoThreadListener  the listener to add
       * @see removeInfoThreadListener
      public void addInfoThreadListener(InfoThreadListener l) {
        listeners.add(l);
       * remove an <code>InfoTreadListener</code> from this instance of <code>InfoThread</code>
       * @param l InfoThreadListener  the listener to remove
      public void removeInfoThreadListener(InfoThreadListener l) {
        listeners.remove(l);
       * notify all <code>InfoThreadListener</code>s of a status change
       * @param fromStatus int  the status tis thread had before the change
       * @param toStatus int  the status this thread has now
      protected void fireThreadStatusChanged(int fromStatus, int toStatus) {
        Enumeration e = listeners.elements();
        while(e.hasMoreElements()) {
          Object l = e.nextElement();
          if(l instanceof InfoThreadListener) {
            ((InfoThreadListener) l).threadStatusChanged(this, fromStatus, toStatus);
       * notify all <code>InfoThreadListener</code>s of an exception in this thread
       * @param ex Exception  the exception that occurred
      protected void fireThreadException(Exception ex) {
        Enumeration e = listeners.elements();
        while(e.hasMoreElements()) {
          Object l = e.nextElement();
          if(l instanceof InfoThreadListener) {
            ((InfoThreadListener) l).threadException(this, ex);
       * notify all <code>InfoThreadListener</code>s of the progress of this thread
       * @param progressValue long  a value indicating the current thread progress
      protected void fireThreadProgress(long progressValue) {
        Enumeration e = listeners.elements();
        while(e.hasMoreElements()) {
          Object l = e.nextElement();
          if(l instanceof InfoThreadListener) {
            ((InfoThreadListener) l).threadProgress(this, progressValue, maxValue);
       * set the status of this thread and notify all listeners
       * @param newStatus int  the status this thread is to be changed to
      private void setStatus(int newStatus) {
        //System.out.println("InfoThread.setStatus oldStatus=" + status + ", newStatus=" + newStatus);
        int fromStatus = status;
        status = newStatus;
        fireThreadStatusChanged(fromStatus, newStatus);
       * get the current status of this thread
       * @return int  the status
      public int getStatus() {
        return status;
       * cleanup before actual destruction.
      public void destroy() {
        //System.out.println("InfoThread.destroy");
        cleanup();
        super.destroy();
       * cleanup all references this thread maintains
      private void cleanup() {
        //System.out.println("InfoThread.cleanup");
        listeners.removeAllElements();
        listeners = null;
      /* ----------------------- class fields start ------------------------ */
      /** storage for the objects this thread notifies about status changes and progress */
      private Vector listeners = new Vector();
      /** indicator for the status of this thread */
      private int status = STATUS_NONE;
      /** maximum value for threadProgress */
      protected long maxValue = -1;
      /** the idle time inside one work cycle in milliseconds */
      protected long idleMillis = 1;
      /* ----------------------- class fields end -------------------------- */
      /* ----------------------- constants start --------------------------- */
      /** constant value indicating that no status has been set so far */
      public static final int STATUS_NONE = 0;
      /** constant value indicating that the thread is currently initializing */
      public static final int STATUS_INITIALIZING = 1;
      /** constant value indicating that the thread is ready to run */
      public static final int STATUS_READY = 2;
      /** constant value indicating that the thread is running */
      public static final int STATUS_RUNNING = 3;
      /** constant value indicating that the thread is about to halt */
      public static final int STATUS_HALT_PENDING = 4;
      /** constant value indicating that the thread is halted */
      public static final int STATUS_HALTED = 5;
      /** constant value indicating that the work of this thread is complete */
      public static final int STATUS_WORK_COMPLETE = 6;
      /** constant value indicating that the thread is about to stop */
      public static final int STATUS_STOP_PENDING = 7;
      /** constant value indicating that the thread is stopped */
      public static final int STATUS_STOPPED = 8;
      /** constant value indicating that the thread is finished */
      public static final int STATUS_THREAD_FINISHED = 9;
      /* ----------------------- constants end --------------------------- */
    }this is the InfoThreadListener interface
    * Light Development Java Library
    * Copyright (C) 2003, 2004 Ulrich Hilger
    * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
    * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
    * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
    * of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
    * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
    * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
    * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
    * GNU General Public License for more details.
    * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
    * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
    * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.
    package com.lightdev.lib.util;
    * An interface classes interested to receive events from objects
    * of class <code>InfoThread</code> need to implement.
    * @author Ulrich Hilger
    * @author Light Development
    * @author <a href="http://www.lightdev.com">http://www.lightdev.com</a>
    * @author <a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>
    * @author published under the terms and conditions of the
    *      GNU General Public License,
    *      for details see file gpl.txt in the distribution
    *      package of this software
    * @version Version 1, October 13, 2004
    public interface InfoThreadListener {
       * method to receive a status change notification from a thread
       * @param thread InfoThread  the thread which status changed
       * @param fromStatus int  the status which the thread had before the change
       * @param toStatus int  the status which the thread has now
      public void threadStatusChanged(InfoThread thread, int fromStatus, int toStatus);
       * method to receive a notification about the progress of a thread
       * @param thread InfoThread  the thread which notified about its progress
       * @param progressValue long  the value (e.g. 10 if 100 percent completed, 20 of 1 million files processed, etc.)
      public void threadProgress(InfoThread thread, long progressValue, long maxValue);
       * method to receive a notifiaction about the fact that an exception occurred in a thread
       * @param thread InfoThread  the thread for which an exception occurred
       * @param e Exception  the exception that occurred
      public void threadException(InfoThread thread, Exception e);
    }This is class AudioFileDescriptor
    * Light Development Java Library
    * Copyright (C) 2004 Ulrich Hilger
    * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
    * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
    * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
    * of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
    * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
    * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
    * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
    * GNU General Public License for more details.
    * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
    * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
    * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.
    package com.lightdev.lib.audio;
    import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
    import java.io.IOException;
    import java.io.RandomAccessFile;
    import java.io.Serializable;
    import java.text.DecimalFormat;
    * This class models characteristics of an audio file such as the absolute path
    * of the file, its tag contents (if any) and the play duration, etc.
    * <p>See <a href="http://www.id3.org">http://www.id3.org</a> for details about
    * ID3 tags.</p>
    * @author Ulrich Hilger
    * @author Light Development
    * @author <a href="http://www.lightdev.com">http://www.lightdev.com</a>
    * @author <a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>
    * @author published under the terms and conditions of the
    *      GNU General Public License,
    *      for details see file gpl.txt in the distribution
    *      package of this software
    * @version Version 1, October 13, 2004
    public class AudioFileDescriptor implements Serializable, Comparable {
      public AudioFileDescriptor(String absolutePath) throws FileNotFoundException, IOException {
        load(absolutePath);
      public boolean equals(Object o) {
        if(o != null && o instanceof AudioFileDescriptor) {
          return ((AudioFileDescriptor) o).getAbsolutePath().equalsIgnoreCase(this.getAbsolutePath());
        else {
          return false;
      public void load(String absolutePath) throws FileNotFoundException, IOException {
        this.absolutePath = absolutePath;
        RandomAccessFile rf = new RandomAccessFile(absolutePath, "r");
        if(id3v11Tag == null) {
          id3v11Tag = new ID3v11Tag(rf, false);
        else {
          id3v11Tag.readTag(rf, rf.length() - 128);
        rf.close();
      public String getAbsolutePath() {
        return absolutePath;
      public ID3v11Tag getID3v11Tag() {
        return id3v11Tag;
      public void setID3v11Tag(ID3v11Tag tag) {
        this.id3v11Tag = tag;
      public String toString() {
        DecimalFormat df = new DecimalFormat("00");
        return id3v11Tag.getArtist() + ", " + id3v11Tag.getAlbum() + " - " +
            df.format(id3v11Tag.getTrackNumber()) + " " + id3v11Tag.getTitle();
       * Compares this object with the specified object for order.
       * @param o the Object to be compared.
       * @return a negative integer, zero, or a positive integer as this object is less than, equal to,
       *   or greater than the specified object.
       * @todo Implement this java.lang.Comparable method
      public int compareTo(Object o) {
        return toString().compareTo(o.toString());
      private String absolutePath;
      private ID3v11Tag id3v11Tag;
      private transient long duration = -1;
      private transient int type = TYPE_UNKNOWN;
      public static final transient int TYPE_UNKNOWN = 0;
      public static final transient int TYPE_MP3 = 1;
    }This is class ID3V11Tag into which the data is actually stored
    * Light Development Java Library
    * Copyright (C) 2004 Ulrich Hilger
    * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
    * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
    * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
    * of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
    * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
    * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
    * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
    * GNU General Public License for more details.
    * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
    * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
    * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.
    package com.lightdev.lib.audio;
    import java.io.File;
    import java.io.RandomAccessFile;
    import java.io.IOException;
    import java.io.Serializable;
    import java.text.DecimalFormat;
    * This class is a very simple implementation of an ID3v11Tag. It models an ID3 tag
    * pretty much the same way as it is physically stored inside an audio file.
    * <p>See <a href="http://www.id3.org">http://www.id3.org</a> for details about
    * ID3 tags.</p>
    * @author Ulrich Hilger
    * @author Light Development
    * @author <a href="http://www.lightdev.com">http://www.lightdev.com</a>
    * @author <a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>
    * @author published under the terms and conditions of the
    *      GNU General Public License,
    *      for details see file gpl.txt in the distribution
    *      package of this software
    * @version Version 1, October 13, 2004
    public class ID3v11Tag implements Serializable, Comparable {
       * construct an ID3v11Tag and read tag content from a given file
       * <p>This constructor can be used for cases where a RandomAccessFile has already
       * been opened and will be closed elsewhere</p>
       * @param rf RandomAccessFile  the open file to read from
       * @param isAtTagStartPos boolean  true, if the file pointer is at the
       * position where the ID3 tag starts; when false, the pointer is positioned accordingly here
       * @throws IOException
      public ID3v11Tag(RandomAccessFile rf, boolean isAtTagStartPos) throws IOException {
        if(isAtTagStartPos) {
          readTag(rf);
        else {
          readTag(rf, rf.length() - 128);
       * construct an ID3v11Tag and read tag content from a file at a given location
       * <p>This constructor opens and closes the audio file for reading</p>
       * @param absolutePath String  the absolute path to the audio file to open
       * @throws IOException
      public ID3v11Tag(String absolutePath) throws IOException {
        RandomAccessFile rf = new RandomAccessFile(absolutePath, "r");
        readTag(rf, rf.length() - 128);
        rf.close();
       * construct an ID3v11Tag and read tag content from a given file
       * <p>This constructor opens and closes the audio file for reading</p>
       * @param audioFile File  the audio file to read from
       * @throws IOException
      public ID3v11Tag(File audioFile) throws IOException {
        this(audioFile.getAbsolutePath());
       * get a string representation of this object
       * @return String
      public String toString() {
        DecimalFormat df = new DecimalFormat("00");
        return getArtist() + ", " + getAlbum() + " - " + df.format(getTrackNumber()) + " " + getTitle();
       * position to file pointer and read the tag
       * @param rf RandomAccessFile  the file to read from
       * @param jumpPos long  the position to jump to (the tag start position)
       * @throws IOException
      public void readTag(RandomAccessFile rf, long jumpPos) throws IOException {
        rf.seek(jumpPos);
        readTag(rf);
       * read the tag from a given file, assuming the file pointer to be at the tag start position
       * @param rf RandomAccessFile  the file to read from
       * @throws IOException
      public void readTag(RandomAccessFile rf) throws IOException {
        rf.read(tagBuf);
        if(tag.equalsIgnoreCase(new String(tagBuf))) {
          rf.read(title);
          rf.read(artist);
          rf.read(album);
          rf.read(year);
          rf.read(comment);
          rf.read(trackNo);
          rf.read(genre);
      public String getTitle() {
        return new String(title).trim();
      public String getArtist() {
        return new String(artist).trim();
      public String getAlbum() {
        return new String(album).trim();
      public String getYear() {
        return new String(year).trim();
      public String getComment() {
        return new String(comment).trim();
      public int getGenreId() {
        try {
          int id = new Byte(genre[0]).intValue();
          if(id < GENRE_ID_MIN || id > GENRE_ID_MAX) {
            return GENRE_ID_OTHER;
          else {
            return id;
        catch(Exception ex) {
          return GENRE_ID_OTHER;
      public String getGenreName() {
        return genreNames[getGenreId()];
      public int getTrackNumber() {
        try {
          return (int) trackNo[0];
        catch(Exception e) {
          return 0;
       * Compares this object with the specified object for order.
       * @param o the Object to be compared.
       * @return a negative integer, zero, or a positive integer as this object is less than, equal to,
       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    * Light Development Playlist Editor
    * Copyright (C) 2004 Ulrich Hilger
    * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
    * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
    * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
    * of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
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    * GNU General Public License for more details.
    * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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