February 03 2012

To Share or Not to Share

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Did you know that you can allow multiple users access to the same files?

Many FTP Today customers have used our service since long before we ever released our own software in March 2010. Our old system was only capable of letting each user access one folder. That works fine if all you want is private FTP folders.

With our current system, you can still restrict a user to one private workspace (FTP folder) if you want, but you can also allow any user access to as many other workspaces as you want (both private FTP and shared FTP folders).

Each user can also have unique permissions for each workspace (upload, download, delete, list). So, sharing folders is not only easy, but also very controllable. Here are a couple of examples:

Example 1
You might want someone on your staff to manage multiple FTP workspaces and files, while at the same time you might want your customer logins to be limited to one workspace each. Maybe you also want your customers limited to download-only, one staff member limited to upload-only, and yet another staff member to control the deletion of files.

Example 2
You might want each customer or end user to have access to two folders, one only for uploads and one only for downloads. To do this, firstcreate two workspaces per user. You then make the <FTP Site Root> their Starting Workspace (a.k.a. Home Directory) so they see both workspaces upon login and can navigate to either one. Don’t worry, just because they start in Root, they will not see any other workspaces. You can then further limit their Upload and Download settings on each workspace accordingly.

There is almost no limit to how many combinations of access and permissions can be fulfilled by proper set up of your FTP Today account.

December 30 2011

iPad / iPhone Web App released

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It is now easy to add FTP Today Site Admin to your iOS device.

  1. Browse to your FTP Today Site Admin URL in Safari on your iOS device.
  2. Tap the Action button then tap Add to Home Screen.
  3. Tap the Add button. This puts the FTP Today SA icon on your home screen.

You can then launch Site Admin directly from the FTP Today SA icon on your iPad or iPhone’s Home Screen. FTP Today SA launches in full screen web app mode.

Please note that this is not a native iPhone App; it is a web app.
A web app uses the Safari browser. This web app is therefore
not sensitive to the screen size of an iPhone. 

We are planning on developing a true iPhone App in 2012 that
will be custom designed for the mobile phone screen size.
December 07 2011

New Report – Disk Usage by Folder/File

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On the Reports tab you will now find a new report “Disk Usage by Folder/File“. This report can be run in alphabetical order or by size (largest folder first). The latter sort method is the reason we developed this report in the first place, so you could instantly see what folders and files are occupying the largest portions of your storage limit.

November 16 2011

Enable/Disable FTP, FTPeS, FTPS, SFTP and HTTPS at will!

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FTP Today is proud to announce a powerful new feature — Advanced Protocol Controls.

Site administrators can now decide for yourself which protocols are enabled for file transfer, including FTP, FTPeS, FTPS, SFTP, HTTP and HTTPS. This gives you the power to enforce encryption (for example, by turning off FTP and turning on Explicit FTPS). Also, enabling only the protocols that you currently use provides added security by protecting the server from unwanted connection attempts on open ports.

Please note that we have not changed the way your FTP site functions, but you may still wish to disable some protocols that were formerly enabled simply because they came with your hosting plan.

Next time you log in to your FTP Today site administration system, visit the ‘Site Settings’ section. Use the ‘Change Site Settings’ icon to turn each protocol on or off at the site level. We have a knowledge base article on this topic posted here: http://support.ftptoday.com/index.php?_m=knowledgebase&_a=viewarticle&kbarticleid=92

October 20 2011

1 User & 1GB Upgrades Now Available

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À-la-carte users and storage upgrades are now available with any plan.

The User tab has been updated to allow an FTP site to exceed the number of users allocated to their FTP hosting plan. The New User form will present a message informing the admin that they are exceeding their allotment and that they will be billed 95¢ per month ($119.40 per year for annual prepays) for each additional user.  The admin must specifically check a box approving the fee, and can then proceed with creating the new user.

À-la-carte Storage upgrades are also available in 1 GB increments for $9.95 per month per GB. At the present time, storage upgrades per GB must be ordered via support ticket or email.

August 31 2011

Email Notifications can now have custom From Address and more

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Customers whose plans include Email Alerts can now customize the From Address, the Subject and a body Intro Clause to appear in any email alerts that are set up on their FTP site.

June 24 2011

Encryption at Rest now available to Enterprise customers

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Enterprise customers can now opt for encrypted data at rest. This feature is currently only available to Enteprise hosting plans, and at an added cost. Contact sales for more information.

Data-at-rest (DaR) encryption is transparent to all end users and happens on the fly with all uploads and downloads. The feature uses an encrypted file system and at no point during the process of uploading a file is any temporary unencrypted copy stored on our server hard drives. Beware of other implementations that involve “post upload encryption” via a script.

Even though FTP Today’s privacy policy assures that no technical staff will view or open any of your files (unless expressly directed to by you), the DaR feature provides added assurance that no one with command line access can view unencrypted data.

April 22 2011

Import Users enhanced

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The import process has been updated to allow current users to be modified, new workspaces to be created and user access to be changed.  There is the sample import.csv file that is available in siteadmin that explains how everything works.

April 11 2011

Metrics Reports now available

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16 new “metrics” reports are now available on the Reports tab. These reports track various things over time, such as disk usage, traffic, logins, files transfered, and much more.

Each report allows you to choose the historical timeframe by which to render the graph of the particular metric — by Month (view of most recent year), by Day (view of most recent month), by Hour (view of most recent day), and so on.