Originally Posted by
franko
I've done it no other way since 1996 when the first version of Fusion came out. There are many advantages to doing it this way - you can fully test your local publish before uploading it (apart from components that need to be on a web server to call the appropriate script) and you have complete control over what to upload (if you have a third party gallery, for example, you don't need to upload it every times you publish; only when you've changed it). And finally, dedicated ftp programs are much more sophisticated in detecting required server settings. I've never had a problem uploading with filezilla and I've used it to upload to multiple servers and configurations depending on where my clients have their sites hosted.
The Local Publish folder contains all the files you've published, that is, the whole site. You can choose to upload only those files you've changed (you can tell by the modification date) or clear out the Local Publish folder completely before publishing again (safer but longer). Fusion writes relative paths so you don't have to worry about changing any paths. Just upload the contents of your Local Publish folders to your web server. Easy.