You can easily save a set of connection options for a site. As you can see, there are a large number of options that can be set. This particular option tab is useful, because you can associate a local folder with the site, and WS_FTP will open that local folder when you connect to the site.
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WS_FTP Professional contains a lightweight development environment for writing automation scripts. This helps take the guesswork out of writing and debugging your code!
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WS_FTP allows you to search the remote site for files. This is an extremely useful feature that is not found in many FTP clients.
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This is just one tab of WS_FTP’s options. There is a dizzying array of things which can be set. Luckily, the default configuration works just fine.
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