Website publishing question

[ribol]

A very basic question from someone who knows very little about publishing a website.
Have uploaded a website, works ok, does what I want it to do, fine. I have lots images in one image folder and would like to delete that folder in one move and upload a new one to replace it. I cannot seem to delete the folder while it has files in it like I would with say a folder on my PC Desktop, I have to open it via FTP software and delete all the files one by one. Needless to say this is very long winded way of doing it and feel I must be missing something simple? I suppose I could have more image folders named differently but that will be harder to keep tidy so am trying to avoid that route. I am obviously doing something wrong here, how do you do it?

Ivan

[tja]

What FTP client are you using?

[ribol]

I have tried to do this with WS_FTP pro which I was told was one of the better ones. I use AOL webspace, they have their own FTP tool, does the same. I was told by a mate of mine "they all do that" but although he is a great bloke and very funny when pi55ed he does not know much more about the subject than I do (very little). I find it hard to believe that I am doing this the right way, it seems a crazy way to do it.

Ivan

[tja]

I've been using CuteFTP for years, always been able to delete non-empty directories. The program iterates through all the files for me

Can you navigate into the directory you want to delete, select all the files and hit delete or right click and see if there's a delete menu?

[ribol]

The only way I can delete the folder is to double click on it, when open hold down the ctrl key, click on each and every image and then delete the lot.
Not impossible, but it sounds like I would have been a lot better off with CuteFTP instead, which from what you say does exactly what I want to do a lot easier.

Ivan

[miniman]

CuteFTP does indeed support that function. As does FileZilla, IIRC.

[tja]

ribol said:

The only way I can delete the folder is to double click on it, when open hold down the ctrl key, click on each and every image and then delete the lot.

You should be able to click the first file and then, while holding down "shift", click the last file. This should select (inclusively) all the files in between.

[simpo two]

CuteFTP certainly works for me, though you can't view images by right clicking - you just get nonsense characters.

How about giving the new file the same name as the one you want to delete? Then it might be forced to give you a warning and a 'do you want to overwrite?' warning?

[furby]

tja said:

You should be able to click the first file and then, while holding down "shift", click the last file. This should select (inclusively) all the files in between.

That was going to be my suggestion, that is what i do for a bulk delete, then go back and delete the empty folder.

Or you could try naming teh new folder the same as teh old one and when you try to upload it it might ask if you wanna replace the old one with the same name with the new one and you say yes?

[arcturus]

By default, WS-FTP prohibits the deletion of non-empty folders however you can over ride this as follows: on the top toolbar click Options > Program Options. On the General Option, tick the box marked 'Allow deletion of non-empty folders' click OK and you should be good to go.

I am using version 8; apologies if this does not apply to your version.

[ribol]

arcturus said:

By default, WS-FTP prohibits the deletion of non-empty folders however you can over ride this as follows: on the top toolbar click Options > Program Options. On the General Option, tick the box marked 'Allow deletion of non-empty folders' click OK and you should be good to go. I am using version 8; apologies if this does not apply to your version.

I knew there had to be a way, alas not on my steam driven version 6.70. It sounds like CuteFTP also does it too. The shift key shortcut suggestion works and will help until I beg steal or borrow a later version that does it.
Thanks all for your help

Ivan