Expediting FTP Uploads
For all you people who manually update and upload your sites like me, (as opposed to using a news script), here’s a way to automate your FTPs a little. It involves creating a batch file and using the scripting option of the dos ftp program (ftp <options> -s:<scriptingfilename> <hostname>). So make a batch file (and place a shortcut to it on your desktop for one-click uploading) called something like upload.bat and write something like this:
d:
cd \mysite\
echo Start of download log > transfer.log
ftp -s:ulscript.txt ftp.yourhost.com >> transfer.log
echo End log >> transfer.log
Then, in d:\mysite\, you’d have the ulscript.txt that provides the commands simulating what you’d type in an FTP session.
username
password
cd public_html
lcd d:/mysite/ (note: use forward slashes for directory) (note: use forward slashes for directory)
ascii
hash
put news.html
close
bye
Of course, you have to mod the files to your liking, but all you’ll have to do now is double click your desktop shortcut to upload files.
4:40pm (GMT +10.00) tomorrow 
