IE FTP Plugin Help

IE FTP Plugin adds an FTP button in the Internet Explorer toolbar allowing you to easily connect to all your FTP servers from your web browser.

To show or hide IE FTP Plugin in Internet Explorer simply right mouse click on the Internet Explorer toolbar and click the "IE FTP Plugin" popup menu. You can also select the "IE FTP Plugin" menu from Internet Explorers "View/Toolbars" menu.

Registration

You are entitled to use IE FTP Plugin free of charge for 30 days to evaluate it. You must then buy a registration code or uninstall the software. To buy a registration code you can click the 'Purchase registration code' menu from the 'FTP Servers' drop down menu button. To enter your registration number click the "Enter registration code" menu and fill out your name, company name if applicable and enter the serial number you received.

Menu options

Click the “FTP Servers” down arrow on the right of the button to show the drop down menu. You can also click the “FTP Servers” button to show the address book.

FTP address book

Click the "FTP address book" menu to bring up your FTP address book dialog. From here you can add, edit or delete FTP server addresses as well as connect to the selected server.

Add New

To enter a new address click the "Add new" button. This will show the New FTP server address dialog. You can save FTP server settings such as username, password, port number etc. in the address book. These details are stored in an AES 256 bit encrypted file on your computer so you can easily connect to all your FTP servers. If you have trouble connecting through a firewall you should check "Connect in passive mode".

If you check "Open Windows Explorer when connecting to this server", then a copy of Windows Explorer is loaded when you connect to this web site and opened at the directory path of your choice. This allows you to easily drag and drop files from your hard drive to your FTP server and vice versa.

Edit will allow you to alter the selected FTP server address.

Delete will remove the selected FTP server from your address book.

Connect will log onto the selected FTP server.

Uploading and downloading files

To download files simply select the files you wish to download from the connected site, right mouse click on the selected files and choose "Copy To Folder" from the popup menu. You then just choose the desired download folder and click OK. You can also drag and drop the selected files to a folder in Windows Explorer. (Except if you are running Windows 98 where this feature is not available).

To upload files simply select the files you wish to upload in Windows Explorer and then drag and drop them to the connected FTP site in Internet Explorer.

About

Click "About" to bring up the About IE FTP Plugin dialog. This will allow you to enter your name and registration number and also purchase a registration number online. It also displays the number of days you have remaining for your free trial.

Change directory to

This will show the "Change Directory" dialog. This allows you to quickly change to a directory path relative to the root folder. For example "pub/games/doom3" would take you to the folder "ftp://domain.com/pub/games/doom3" folder.

Enter registration code

This will allow you to enter your name and registration number.

Purchase registration code

This will allow you to purchase a registration code from a secure online site. The cost is $US9.95.

Connect (last used)

This will display the last FTP server you connected to allowing you to simply click this menu to reconnect.

Connect (all servers)

This will list all your FTP servers in the popup menu allowing you to simply click to connect to the server of your choice. It will initially be empty until you add addresses to your address book.

Popup Windows Explorer

If this menu option is checked it will popup Windows Explorer and open it to the folder path you have selected. This allows you to easily drag and drop files between your local paths and the FTP server.

IE FTP Plugin installs shortcuts in the Windows start menu "Start/Programs/IE FTP Plugin".

Help

This will load this help web page.

Uninstall

Before you uninstall, close all copies of Internet Explorer and windows explorer as they could lock up some of the installed files.

Email steve@stevefoxover.com if you have further questions.