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How to use FTP: Video Tutorials

How to download and install the Filezilla FTP client.

How to use FTP. (Filezilla)

Additional tips with Filezilla FTP.

• Editing files live on the remote server.
• Navigating up to a parent folder using the two dots [..] folder.
• Using the Textpad text editor instead of Notepad.

Setting the transfer type in Filezilla FTP

• Auto, ascii or binary (Just leave it set to the default: "Auto" which autodetects the best method).
• Transferring Binary files in ASCII mode can corrupt them.

How to backup a website using FTP: Video Tutorials

How to use FTP to make a backup of your website

• This just covers backing up the folders and files. Sites containing a database such as online stores (e.g. OS Commerce, LiteCommerce, X-cart) or content management systems (e.g. Drupal, Joomla, Mambo) also need to have the database backed up as a separate process. See below.

Litecommerce: Video Tutorials

How to backup a database in litecommerce (see also video above on backing up with FTP)

• Save historical copies to your local computer. In case the last backup contains bad data, you'll need to have a history of backups to revert to a known good backup.

Litecommerce Product options Video Tutorial (Optional Plugin Module for Litecommerce)

An optional module that can be purchased for litecommerce to allow price / weight variations on product options such as different sizes, colours, models or customisations of products. It creates a better user experience, and saves time managing your catalogue compared with having to create a unique product item for such variation options.

1. Manually entering product options.
2. How to export product options in litecommerce.
3. Cleaning up product option data (applies to tidying up any product data exported from a database.
4. Text qaulifiers in CSV files.
5. List separator / delimiter in CSV Files.
6. Pipe and slash symbols in product option data.
7. Text Area Dimensions in product option data (text entry options).

How to use the JOOMLA CMS: Video Tutorials

Joomla 1.0 Manual PDF - Download Now. This is the essential PDF reference guide for anyone managing a Joomla website. Chapters 1-4 & 8 relate to setup & installation. For website owners, you really only need to look at chapters 5, 6 & 7.

The clips linked below are streaming flash videos. If you would prefer to download the whole files first please use the following links for the original AVI video files: Clip 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. Just right click each number above and click "Save Target As" (They are larger files, but better quality than the streaming clips below and if you are on a slow connection it may be easier to download them for future reference rather than waiting for the streaming flash videos to load each time you wish to review).

1. How to log in to Joomla
2. The main control panel in Joomla
3. Menu Links and Content Items
4. The Content Items manager
5. Editing Content Items
6. Menu Items
7. Plugins (Components, Modules, Bots)
8. Global Configuration Settings & SEO
9. Media Manager (Uploading images)
10. Inserting Images in Content Items.