WinPlanet has published a review of FTPEditor called “Easing the Pain of Routine Web Edits“. In this article the author describes the advantages of FTPEditor over standard FTP clients and normal text editors.

It’s not at all uncommon to routinely make small changes to your Web pages in order to correct grammar or spelling mistakes or update sections of information. This process typically involves opening the file in an editing program where the mistake is corrected, but if the file isn’t on your hard drive or if others also work on the file, you’ll need to first download the file before editing it. After that, the file is uploaded by means of an FTP client.

The end result is a lot of time and work to make simple corrections or changes, but what if you were able to edit the files right on the server, using one program?

Besides that the article mentions another benefit of FTPEditor - its ease of use:

Using the program is a breeze. If you already have experience using FTP programs and text editors, you can use FTPEditor “right out of the box.”

There is only one point in which the tester missed a feature. The article mentions that when you want local copies of your files you would have to sync them manually. However - to create a local backup of files edited on a remote server just activate “Create local backup” in the SiteManager.
Seems we have to work on better advertising this feature.
Thanks to WinPlanet for the review.

Users who want to use FTPEditor from behind corporate or personal firewalls often are having problems with establishing connections to ftp server.
Mostly using passive mode (a special feature in the FTP protocol) can be the solution for this.

To enter passive mode, set FTPEditor to use a proxy server in the Options Dialog, then switch on passive mode by checking the field. Now disable proxy server use again, if you don’t need it.

FTPEditor will now use passive mode with all connections.

When you need to reinstall FTPEditor, due to whatever reason, you may simply follow these steps:

• Get your order confirmation email which contains the product version you ordered and the serial number.
• Download and install the trial version of the version you purchased: FTPEditor or FTPEditor Pro
• Launch FTPEditor - on the first screen click the button “Enter registration code” (screenshot)
• Enter your serial number (for details see note below)
• Follow the instructions to activate the installation
• That’s it - you’re done!

If you are having questions about this procedure or need further assistance, please contact us.

Note

Serial numbers for FTPEditor start with “FTPEDIT“.
For FTPEditor Pro the serial numbers start with “PROFTPE“.

FTPEditor Pro has been granted the “SAFE TO INSTALL” certificate by FindMySoft.com.

“This means that your software contains no viruses, spyware, adware, trojans and backdoors and causes no threat when installed.”

We’ve updated the screenshot page. Not only it now shows the current version (3.3) but it also comes with an improved functionality. We used the Lightbox Javascript by Lokesh Dhakar.