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How to download a folder from remote to local directory with Notepad++?

I'd like to use NotePad++ to download a remote folder to my local directory but don't see a way to do that. I have the Remove view open in one pane and the Explorer plugin open in another pane. I see that I can upload folders from the local tree to the remote tree by dragging the local folder up to the remote pane. But I can't drag a folder from the remote pane down to the local tree. Is there a way to do that?

Thanks

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Marco Gasi

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steva

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Thanks! I was using Aptana, which was great, but then WP Engine, where I host my WordPress sites, began blocking Aptana FTP requests earlier this month because they didn't feel their encoding cipher was strong enough. I reached out to Aptana support but got no response. It looks like the thing has been abandoned. I'm happy to try Netbeans and see if it will communicate with WP Engine.

Marco Gasi

Unfortunately, I have no experience of WP Engine: let me know if Netbeans can communicate with it.
And thnks for points.
Cheers

steva

ASKER

Hi Marco,

I downloaded Netbeans from https://netbeans.org/downloads/ and chose the right "All" column. I installed it (Windows 7) but when I try to create a new project PHP is not in Categories:

Do you know what the problem might be?

Thanks

Marco Gasi

That's strange. I've downloaded the last version (I was using the previous version) today and I have all right... During installation it asks which modules you want to install: are you sure to have not erroneously unchecked some item? It look like you have just the Java version. mayb you can try to reinstall it

Marco Gasi

Did you succeed installing Netbeans?

steva

ASKER

No. I finally figured out that I had to install a PHP plugin to make PHP available for a project.

Then I tried to set up a remote connection. The Help file talks about a Remote Connection window but doesn't say how to open it. It's not under Windows tab, that I can see. I just don't have the time now.

There's way too much going on here and I don't have a day or more to slog through the documentation just to see if will connect to WP Engine.

It turns out that WeBuilder now does connect to WP Engine, so I'll just use that, or Notepad++.

Thanks

Marco Gasi

Okay. But when you'll want to come back to Netbeans, take a look at this video: it might help you to configure your remote connection. It's really a joke :-) https://www.experts-exchange.com/videos/573/PHP-Remote-Project-Synchronization.html

steva

ASKER

Thanks Marco! It looks like a great tutorial and I'll certainly go through it if I come back to Netbeans. Did you do any other Netbeans tutorials?

I'm sure Netbeans is a wonderful IDE and when I have the time to learn it I'd like to come back to it.

Steve

Marco Gasi

I have published some other video here: https://www.experts-exchange.com/members/marqusG.html
If you like some of them don't forget to vote it ;-)