[pmwiki-users] Numbers with / without shell access

[Patrick R. Michaud]

On Mon, Mar 26, 2007 at 05:06:41PM -0400, Sandy wrote:
> Is there a significant number of users (potential and actual) who don't 
> have shell access? I'm still relying on FTP, and I expect others renting 
> host space might be in the same situation. (So far, I've not needed it, 
> and the extra power to mess things up is more than I want.)
> 
> I'm (slowly) writing a short walk-through of pmwiki, and realized that 
> most of the instructions for installation and backups assume shell access.
> 
> So, is there a need for non-shell instructions?

Yes.  I haven't written any, because, well, I wouldn't even know what
FTP tools most people would be using.  :-)

This would make a great article for the online magazine, btw. 
I'm already working on my first article.  :-)

Pm