Uploading with FTP

Steps for uploading with FTP:

1. Download the Software:

Simply login to your Ultimate Locator v3 Member's Account and click the link provided to download the software to your computer. It will be a compressed (zip) file. Save the Zip file to your local hard drive when prompted.

2. Extract the Zip file:

After you have downloaded the Zip file to your computer, you will have to extract (Unzip) the files onto your computer's hard drive. You will have to use software programs such as WinZIP or PKZip to do this. Windows XP users may have Unzipping built in to their operating system. If you do not, you will need to install the unzipping software.

At this point, you should have the downloaded zip file unzipped and the contents of your download onto your computer. Just make sure you remember the locations where you saved your file. You'll need to access it later.

3. Create a new Folder on Your Server:

If you haven't done so already, create a new folder on your web server named locator. Just be sure to create this new folder in your public or web accessible directory on your web server. It should be created in the same folder where your homepage is located. i.e.: http://www.domain.com/locator

4. Upload the files:

Using your FTP client, locate your download and browse it until you find the /locator folder. The contents of this folder is what we are looking for and will be uploading to your server.

Upload all the files inside the /locator folder on your local computer and store them inside the web server's /locator folder. You can use 'Auto' transfer mode and your FTP client should upload all text/php files in ASCII and all image files in BINARY for you automatically. If not, please use the same transfer modes as just stated.

Once the entire contents of the /locator folder on your local computer are transferred to your web server, you are done uploading

5. Set Permissions:

Ultimate Locator v3 needs special write permission on some files and folders on your server. In order to perform an import or backup, the program must be able to write to files on your server. By default, your files and folders to do not have any special permission. So you must change them yourself.

You will have to change the permission of the following files and folders manually to have full read and write permissions.

FOLDERS: (Set to CHMOD 777 on Linux servers)

/locator/locationimages

/locator/templates_c

/locator/admin/templates_c

/locator/dbackup

/locator/dbackup/restore

/locator/dbackup/zipdata

/locator/dbackup/category

/locator/admin/install/templates_c

FILES: (Set to CHMOD 666 on Linux servers)

/locator/admin/mysql.php

/locator/css/admin.css

/locator/css/front_end_layout.css

/locator/css/visitor_add_form.css

/locator/css/tab-view.css

/locator/templates/generic_message.tpl

/locator/templates/result_details.tpl

/locator/templates/results_list_online.tpl

/locator/templates/search_form_int.tpl

/locator/templates/search_limit.tpl

/locator/templates/index.tpl

/locator/templates/results_list_format_online.tpl

/locator/templates/results_list.tpl

/locator/templates/search_form_online.tpl

/locator/templates/visitor_add.tpl

/locator/templates/print.tpl

/locator/templates/results_list_format.tpl

/locator/templates/search_form_ca.tpl

/locator/templates/search_form_us.tpl

The way a file permission is changed for a file or a folder is different among server types. With a Unix/Linux based system, you can simply change file permission with most FTP software. On a Windows server, you will have to launch your hosting control panel and give a specific web user (everyone) full read/write/modify access to these files/folders. Always ask your hosting support team or web administrator what the best way to change file permissions are. Their help documents will probably inform you as well.

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