I’ve been trying to work this one out for ages, but I’ve finally figured it out. I always like to be able to edit my .htaccess files, but seeing as they are hidden files, Transmit FTP would never show them. I always ended up going back to my PC and using CuteFTP Pro.
Turns out there is a simple option to show hidden files such as .htaccess in Transmit FTP. Simply select View -> Show Invisible Files.
So simple! I can’t believe I have missed this option all this time.
Nice one.
I have a problem where Transmit doesn’t show hidden files in “their stuff”, only “my stuff”.
Also, when I try to copy an .htaccess file to a site, Transmit gives me this error:
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Could not upload “.htaccess”.
Server said:
.htaccess: Forbidden filename
Error -160: could not start data transfer
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Any ideas?
It sounds like your web host blocks the use of .htaccess files, unless of course the server is Windows, running IIS, in which case you can’t use .htaccess files.
Thanks! My coworkers Transmit were all showing the .htaccess file except mine. Now i don’t feel so left out anymore
Thanks!
You just ended 2 hours of my misery trying to get custom permalinks working on NFS. THANK YOU!
Nice !
.. Thanks buddy..
thanks !
i also missed this feature.
Jonno, name the file htaccess.txt, upload it, then rename it to .htaccess using your FTP client.
Sorted!
Thanks Alex. I had the exact same problem.
Alex,
Thanks!
A great tip.
Carl.
Haha! I was looking for the same thing for months! Thanks for the hind!!
Regards
i feel stupid now. I have been looking for this for days
ha! I just wrote about this, I hope Panic makes an adjustment so it’s easier for new Transmit users to find.
Thanks a lot for the tip.. I could not see .htaccess file on Transmit. So I had to use Fetch. But now I know .htaccess is also visible in Transmit
Thanks for the tip, appreciate it.
Thank you very much for this tip. I was wondering to go back with captain ftp …
Thank you, this really helped. Also, JJ’s comment for creating an htaccess file helped a lot.
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Thanks It was a great help and avoided lot of hassel
A great help. Many thanks!
Ah Thanks a lot! Just what I was looking for
Great one! Missed it as well. Just moved to a Mac and must say I am loving it. Not to find out how to show hidden files in finder
Thanks, I just “telneted” to a client’s server to do it the proper old school way. Glad I found this before spending all morning typing commands
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Great post. Just what I was looking for. I regularly transfer entires sites with transmit before I have them in version control. So missing those hidden files can be really pesky.
Thanks for this post, saved me a lot of headache. Funny how so many people are having to find the answer to this question on a blog post from 4 years ago.
Thanks man, it was so simple. Why missed it? Porke? =]