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AIBaon

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    FTP Site Empty
    « on: April 26, 2009, 10:06:22 AM »
    I use a server to host my website, accessing it via FTP.

    Yesterday, when I connected to it, FireFTP (The small FTP client for Firefox) that I used showed that there were zero files on the server side.  I went to the website to make sure it still worked and it does, I can also "view the source" of any page on the site, however I can't edit anything because nothing shows up when I connect to it using FTP.

    I tried typing the URL in directly (ftp:// ...) and using a different FTP client (Filezilla).
    Is there something I'm doing incorrectly, or do I somehow not have access to that anymore?

    Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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    Re: FTP Site Empty
    « Reply #1 on: April 26, 2009, 01:12:30 PM »
    I tried typing the URL in directly (ftp:// ...) and using a different FTP client (Filezilla).

    ...and?

    Are you using the administrator account?

    AIBaon

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      Re: FTP Site Empty
      « Reply #2 on: April 26, 2009, 02:12:35 PM »
      ...and?

      When I used ftp:// ... in the address bar, it just showed that nothing was there, I tried going to a specific folder within the site --"550 Error, the system cannot find the file specified."
      Using Filezilla showed the same thing as FireFTP, I was just showing that I tried simple fixes first before coming here for help.

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      Are you using the administrator account?

      I'm not sure if I'm using an admin account, but it's not anonymous, and the account I use is the only one there is to access it.

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        Re: FTP Site Empty
        « Reply #3 on: April 27, 2009, 09:04:52 PM »
        Anyone?

        I'm not sure if this is related or not, but could it be that the domain has expired?
        I'm pretty sure we bought it for 5 years, but I'm not in charge of the expenses, is the a side-effect of an expired domain?

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        Re: FTP Site Empty
        « Reply #4 on: May 05, 2009, 05:25:34 AM »
        Sounds very much like something has been changed at the server end - in which case you'll need to contact your host for support.
        Only able to visit the forums sporadically, sorry.

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