Need to go into client's website and change info (server, working, password)

[anifani821]

So I have their password - I do their copy but they figure I can go in and just make some "word changes" on the website.

How do I do this? I only need to make a few changes on some copy.

[Bowie]

What software do you use to send pages to the site?

[anifani821]

Originally Posted by Bowie

What software do you use to send pages to the site?

Good question. I have no clue. I am Mac-based. I downloaded a neat little program - Cyberduck. Have never used it tho.

I am a writer, but any time I have uploaded to a website, it was stuff like blogs, or used a PDF . . .

So I am totally a website virgin. I thought I could look at the source code, make any changes and somehow do this. LOL! I have been working on Macs for 19 years, and am very good at reading directions . . . so any help would be MOST appreciated!

I can hear people laughing right now! I thought this couldn't be that big of a deal. I am willing to go read on a website, follow step by step instructions . . . heck, send you a payment via paypal if you can help me!!! I was such a dummy - I said "Oh yeah - no problem." Now my client is asking if I will have those changes done TODAY. Should be a few minute thing if I HAD A CLUE!!!!!

[Bowie]

OK, that gives me enough to work with.

What you will do with Cyberduck is use it to access the client's site with the password.

Before you do that, make a note of the page on which the text that needs to be changed appears.

One you know the page you're looking for, you'll use the login information from the client to access the web server using Cyberduck for a process called FTP. Once you're connected to the server, you can either manually edit the file with the name that matches that page you noted earlier or you can:

* download the file with that name to your computer
* edit the downloaded file to include the changes you need (on your local computer)
* save the updated file to your computer
* Use Cyberduck to upload the new version of the file from your computer to the web server and have it replace the version that's there.

The process with the steps is more complicated, but it would be better for you to have copies of all of the original pages on your computer, in case the copy on the server is lost for some reason.

[anifani821]

Originally Posted by Bowie

OK, that gives me enough to work with.

What you will do with Cyberduck is use it to access the client's site with the password.

Before you do that, make a note of the page on which the text that needs to be changed appears.

One you know the page you're looking for, you'll use the login information from the client to access the web server using Cyberduck for a process called FTP. Once you're connected to the server, you can either manually edit the file with the name that matches that page you noted earlier or you can:

* download the file with that name to your computer
* edit the downloaded file to include the changes you need (on your local computer)
* save the updated file to your computer
* Use Cyberduck to upload the new version of the file from your computer to the web server and have it replace the version that's there.

The process with the steps is more complicated, but it would be better for you to have copies of all of the original pages on your computer, in case the copy on the server is lost for some reason.

And that's it? OMG - you are a LIFE SAVER. Thank you, thank you. Please contact me if I can ever help you with anything. I sooo appreciate this!!!!

OK - I think I can do this. YOU ARE MY HERO!

[Bowie]

Originally Posted by anifani821

And that's it? OMG - you are a LIFE SAVER. Thank you, thank you. Please contact me if I can ever help you with anything. I sooo appreciate this!!!!

OK - I think I can do this. YOU ARE MY HERO!

Aw, shucks. I'm just glad my advice was helpful.