Any Upload large photographs advice?

[TravelswCharlie]

I'm trying to figure out the best way to use the File Manager Upload File feature to upload some large high resolution photos.

The photos are on a PR site, and are there to be downloaded, so there's no chance that they are protected against being downloaded.

I downloaded the first few photos from the PR site to my computer, then used File Manager Upload File to get them to my Bluehost space.

That all worked fine, but, since I am on dial-up, very slow.

File Manager allows me to type in the file name and location, so I thought maybe I could skip the step to download to my computer, and download directly from the PR site.

But NOPE, it didn't work. Within seconds, File Manager announced that the download was successful, but all it had was the file name.

Is it just plain impossible, or is there another way I could have accomplished this task?

Thanks for any advice,

CJ

[walker]

Nope, you can't transfer a file from one remote server to another via cPanel...or even regular FTP for that matter. I notice wget is installed on my bluehost server though, so if you can arrange for SSH access (give bluehost a call), simply login (via cpanel or with software like putty), navigate to the directory where you'd like to store the photos (use the cd command; ie: cd public_html/image_dir/) and type wget http://prcompany.com/image.jpg. Job done.

[TravelswCharlie]

Nope, you can't transfer a file from one remote server to another via cPanel...or even regular FTP for that matter. I notice wget is installed on my bluehost server though, so if you can arrange for SSH access (give bluehost a call), simply login (via cpanel or with software like putty), navigate to the directory where you'd like to store the photos (use the cd command; ie: cd public_html/image_dir/) and type wget http://prcompany.com/image.jpg. Job done.

Thank you VERY much!

CJ