Hi guys,

I just got a USB dongle (Vodafone UK) and am connecting online in this manner
ok - problem is that Dreamweaver doesn't seem to work with this means of ftp
transfer using a USB dongle.

When I try to change a page on a website, that page goes haywire and becomes
full of gibberish along the lines of:

"?p???N.0`??0`?$??.k4T??<|`#"...... ETC. ETC........................."

Any ideas why or how to resolve this issue?

Thanks!

Does any OTHER program work with that device to do FTP transfers?

never tried... only use dreamweaver...

Ok... find one of the many FREE programs (google will help) and try one or two

unfortunately that's not a solution.

"BigChris919" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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> unfortunately that's not a solution.

No, it's not, but he didn't intend it to be a solution. If you take 5
minutes to download a free FTP program and try it out, you'll gain some
valuable information. If it works fine, you'll know the "dongle" connection
probably isn't the problem.


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I now found the solution. For reference:

It seems to be a Vodafone software problem. To overcome it, don't connect to
the internet using the Vodafone shortcut on your desktop, instead go to the
windows Start menu > Connect To > and select Vodafone Mobile Connect. If you
connect in this manner, there seems to be no ftp problems when using
Dreamweaver.

Glad you got it sorted, and thank you for letting us know. However, it's
strange, because it seems unlikely that any particular method of connecting
to the Internet would affect whether or not DW can connect by FTP. Unless
there's a firewall of some type involved, but surely that isn't turned on by
using a desktop shortcut rather than the Start menu! Oh well, a mystery.

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"BigChris919" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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>I now found the solution. For reference:
>
> It seems to be a Vodafone software problem. To overcome it, don't connect
> to
> the internet using the Vodafone shortcut on your desktop, instead go to
> the
> windows Start menu > Connect To > and select Vodafone Mobile Connect. If
> you
> connect in this manner, there seems to be no ftp problems when using
> Dreamweaver.
>

I will GUESS that the desktop icon includes something ODD in the properties
that launch the program

Maybe extra options in the actual launch command, or something that is
confusing the program in the startup (a bad startup directory?)

Right clicking the desktop icon and looking at everything in the Properties
option MIGHT indicate the cause of the problem