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    1. [FreeHelp]Notes to Neil
    2. Charles Carothers
    3. Hi Neil, Just a few random thoughts that might be helpful. There may be a way inside Filezilla to launch Kompozer for a file (or with any editor of choice), but I never do it that way. I use the editor to edit and Filezilla to upload. Period. They are two separate software packages and are not related in any way I am aware of. Keeping that concept in mind is important. The left pane in Filezilla represents your local copy of your site directories and files on your local hard drive on your local computer. Left == Local. That's really important too. Always, always, always edit only your local files. If you don't know where they are, but can open them in Kompozer I understand that it will show you where they are. Make a note of that so you will always know where they are. If you can open them with Kompozer, then you are ready to edit them as you desire. If not, find them first. Once you find them, drawing a macro level sketch of your local directory structure is not a bad idea. You could note the entire path to your highest level directory on that same piece of paper - surely wouldn't hurt. At the risk of confusing you further, here is the entire path to the highest level directory where I work most of the time. D:\0ACCStuff\CCDoc\BLITestWebSite\public_html. Please remember that is only an example. Your path will definitely be different!!! It will start with a drive letter, usually C: or D: are the two most likely values I think. The most important thing to note about that path is that public_html is the name of the highest level directory on both my local hard drive and the remote host. Making that so has saved me no end of confusion. File Explorer is a great tool for finding things. I think unfortunately microsoft does not show it on the home screen by default. (Another of their poor decisions.) If it is not visible, click on Start and find it. Right click on it and select Send To Desktop or Pin To Taskbar, whichever is available. (It's been almost 2 years since I did that, and I've forgotten the details.) As I sit here looking at my windows-10 screen, the icon for it is sitting in the taskbar just to the right of the calculator. But your view will almost certainly be different. Then use it to find the file you want to edit. Right click on it and select Open With - Kompozer. When you are done editing the file and want to send it to your site, save it, fire up Filezilla, navigate until you an see the file you just edited in the local pane, make sure the remote/right-hand pane is showing the same directory, right click on the file in the left pane and select Upload. If it asks for permission, allow it. Open your browser and go to your web site. View the page associated with the file you just edited and uploaded. If you are me, see what you did wrong and go back to the edit step to try to correct it. Repeat the entire edit/save/upload/check process until you are happy with the results. Only you are the judge of the suitability of your web site. Others may express differing opinions, but you are The Man as far as your web site is concerned. And isn't that great! At times, I must confess it seems almost magical. :-) And that, in probably too many words, describes my work flow for maintaining the site below my signature. Are there exceptions to many of my statements above? You betcha!!! But from what you've said so far, my perception is that you need to get this basic sequence ingrained. Once you've done that, then you can branch out if you so desire. And above all, "Never ever quit!" (OK, that's the mantra of my favorite baseball team.) But I think it's good advice here too. Best regards, -- Charlie Carothers http://www.freebiblecommentary.org <http://freebiblecommentary.org>

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