[Discuss] Web Maintenance software (for Windows)

[gaf at blu.org (Jerry Feldman)]

On 06/06/2012 11:35 AM, Jerry Feldman wrote:
> The BLU hosts several guest web sites. One of our sites does not have a
> webmaster, and the new webmaster would like to use DreamWeaver, but his
> copy does not support SSH. Our server allows access only through SSH and
> encryption keys.
> What I would like to do is to find a solution for him that does not
> require the purchasing of a newer version of DreamWeaver. I personally
> use emacs and vi as does JABR, but these webmasters are not tech savy.
> Once we move to a VM we might add some things like drupal. The issue is
> that this guy knows how to use Dreamweaver, but is not-technical so I
> don't want to propose a high-learning curve solution.
>
So far,, let me summarize what I think are the viable solutions:
1. If the webmaster's version of DreamWeaver supports substituting a
command line for FTP (Bill Horne's solution) then it could call the
WinSCP command line commands or a WinSCP script. This is what I would
think is the most viable. It lets him use DreamWeaver directly with the
BLU guest server without compromising security. The webmaster would need
someone to help him at this point, but I don't think it is complicated.

2. Setting up a Putty SSH tunnel (port forwarding). This would require
setting up an ftp server on the BLU server that would only listen on
localhost. This should not compromise our security.

3. Possibly using OpenVPN. However, this would also require an ftp server.

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