Webmasters and web designers often work with local copies of their web projects to be able to test new features and designs safely without interrupting the delivery of the actual website to Internet visitors. They then upload the changed files to the web server so that the new contents are shown and delivered to everyone. [...]

Categories: Software, Windows

Akira uses the synchronization capabilities of the popular file synchronization service Dropbox to provide basic networking functionality. The core idea of the software is to use shared folders to communicate between clients and servers using the Dropbox service. The program can be used with one Dropbox account that is used on different authorized computer systems [...]

Categories: Software, Windows

The first week of the Ghacks Christmas Giveaway has passed and I can already assure you that it will not be the last giveaway here at Ghacks. The majority loves the products that I have selected so far and I hope that this trend continues in the coming three weeks. Today’s offer is the file [...]

Categories: Software, Windows

The file syncing and hosting service DropBox was covered before at Ghacks and I recently had to check it out again because I needed a way to sync some files with a business partner of mine. Dropbox uses a combination of software client and web client which provide both access to the files unlike normal [...]

Categories: Online Services, The Web

I found the reference to Auto Ftp 2 at the Donation Coder blog. The free software can be used to copy or synchronize files between one local and multiple remote computers. You configure so called sessions in Auto Ftp 2 that have certain variables set such as local and remote path, the operations that should commence and the login details for the remote computer. Everything is looking pretty straight forward and I would like to explain only some of the options available.

Categories: Operating Systems, The Web, Tools, Windows