Scenarios

These scenarios offer a quick overview from some main features of FLOE.

The lists show typical tasks solved in the most common way and compared to the solution with FLOE.

Scenario 1: Web-Development

Typical task

Most common way

With usage of FLOE

Upload a local edited file (e.g. script, flash-object or applet)

1.	Requires a FTP client.

2.	Requires opened network port at the firewall for FTP protocol.

Module: "Multi uploader"

Manage multiple code snippets while editing scripts

1.	Requires a text-editor with multi-clipboard feature.

Module: "Virtual clipboard"

Change permissions of path(s)

1.	Requires a FTP client.

2.	Requires opened network port at the firewall for FTP protocol.

Filesystem > Permissions

Compress files (e.g. log-files, old content, database backups)

1.	Requires a compression utility.

2.	Requires a FTP client.

3.	Requires opened network port at the firewall for FTP protocol.

Download, compress the files and upload the compressed packages.

Filesystem > Pack

Password protection for files

1.	Requires a FTP client.

2.	Requires opened network port at the firewall for FTP protocol.

3.	Utility for password encryption.

Create a .htaccess file. This also requires good know-how in building these files.

Filesystem > Share

Share files even if there paths are outside from the document root and protect them with passwords if necessary. You can also add a time limit to the share.

Scenario 2: Server administration

Typical task

Most common way

With usage of FLOE

Execute shell commands

1.	Requires a SSH client.

2.	Requires opened network port at the firewall for SSH protocol.

Tools > Shell

Network analysis (e.g. ping, DNS queries, trace route, ...)

1.	Requires a SSH client.

2.	Requires opened network port at the firewall for SSH protocol.

Tools > DNS lookup

Tools > Ping

Tools > Trace route

Access and work with files which are outside of document root

1.	Requires a SSH client.

2.	Requires opened network port at the firewall for SSH protocol.

File browser

FLOE is created to work independent of typcial path restrictions.

Network port testing

1.	Requires a Telnet client.

2.	Requires opened network ports at the firewall for the individual protocols.

Tools > Socket connect

Scenario 3: File management

Typical task

Most common way

With usage of FLOE

Copy, delete, move or rename paths (files and folders within sub-elements) and create new directories.

1.	Requires a FTP client.

2.	Requires opened network port at the firewall for FTP protocol.

Even typical FTP clients cannot copy paths or not correctly.

File browser > Toolbar

Link path(s)

1.	Requires a SSH client.

2.	Requires opened network port at the firewall for SSH protocol.

File browser > Toolbar

Search paths and content

1.	Requires a SSH client.

2.	Requires opened network port at the firewall for SSH protocol.

File browser > Search

* See client requirements for details.