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    Can't find website files

    Evening All,

    plan be bought another company and I am trying to get all the website files of the new company.

    Problem is, in my ftp tool I cannot see most of their files.

    Eg,

    If I do HTTPWatch on their landing page I can see all the directories where the files are

    EG, there's a file www.newplanbcompany.com/css/mainpage

    If I logon with the FTP client, I cannot see this css directory


    Any idea why that is, why my FTP tool cannot see all of the directories of the web domain ?

    Thanks,

    Milan in doing the dirty work mode.

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    Originally posted by milanbenes View Post
    Evening All,

    plan be bought another company and I am trying to get all the website files of the new company.

    Problem is, in my ftp tool I cannot see most of their files.

    Eg,

    If I do HTTPWatch on their landing page I can see all the directories where the files are

    EG, there's a file www.newplanbcompany.com/css/mainpage

    If I logon with the FTP client, I cannot see this css directory


    Any idea why that is, why my FTP tool cannot see all of the directories of the web domain ?

    Thanks,

    Milan in doing the dirty work mode.
    “The period of the disintegration of the European Union has begun. And the first vessel to have departed is Britain”

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      #3
      Shaun,

      less of it.

      I'll have to talk to their geek

      Milan.

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        #4
        Originally posted by milanbenes View Post
        Can't find website files

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          #5
          So how about taking the blindfold off and telling us what you do see ?
          When freedom comes along, don't PISH in the water supply.....

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            #6
            https://www.123-reg.co.uk/support/an...ilezilla-4162/

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              #7
              Chances are they aren't hidden at all.

              If you're FTPing in at the top level of the domain, there could (should) be a load of directories there for scripts, logs etc.

              There should be a folder with a name like Public HTML or some such, or www or something. All your public browser reachable files will be there.
              When freedom comes along, don't PISH in the water supply.....

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                #8
                The path component of a URL doesn't have to have anything to do with the directory structure on disk. Things can be in a different place on the disk, or on different disks, or not on a disk at all as they're automagically generated on demand, or on a dozen different disks in different data centres around the world so people get a copy from a place that's near to them (in terms of the route across the Internet between them and the file). The web server(s) and maybe even the DNS system then work together to make it seem as if everything comes from the same place

                Talking to their tech people would probably be your best bet

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                  #9
                  I was going to post that you just need to FTP in and then Ctrl A then Ctrl D but the chance is there that he might actually do it. Get back to the veg farmer Benes!

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                    #10
                    yes yes good one lads

                    I was wondering if the FTP User that have doesn't have access to the right filesystem

                    anyway, I'll talk to their geek :-)

                    Milan.

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