Uploading Files and Folders

In the Web Transfer Client, you can upload files and folders from your local computer to a remote server on which you have upload permission. Folder uploads and large file uploads are available in Chrome, Firefox, or Opera browsers only. If you want to upload folders in other browsers, you must compress them (make a ZIP file) and upload the ZIP file. Internet Explorer cannot upload files larger than 4GB.

To upload files between your local system and the server

  • Do one of the following:

    • To transfer files and folders to the server, click Upload.

    • Click and drag one or more files or folders from your local file system to the file list. (Empty folders will be ignored and not transferred.)

  • The PAUSE icon allows you to pause an in-progress transfer. If you want to clear the pane, you can click the CANCEL icon for each transfer

  • When the file is transferred, if there is a file with a duplicate name already in your folder on the server, the server will run a comparison on the contents. If the file contents are the same, the file is not uploaded, but there is no indication of this is the client.

  • You can upload multiple selected files at once by dragging and dropping from your local system to the WTC, or by clicking Upload and then selecting multiple files. The In-Progress pane displays the number of files selected to be uploaded until they are all uploaded. That is, if you are uploading 5 files and 3 of them have completed uploading, the display still says "Uploading 5 item(s)."

  • If you have exceeded your allowed disk quota on the server, a message appears when you attempt to upload more files. To continue to upload files, you must delete some of your old files from the server or ask your administrator to increase your allowed disk quota.

  • Before you can access the server using the WTC, the administrator must configure the server to allow WTC connections with your account.

  • If network connectivity is lost while the WTC is transferring files, you can retry transfers that previously failed or were incomplete. If a file partially transferred before the connection went down, the transfer will be resumed from the point that it left off.