[cduser]

For non-technical users, dropbox (self hosted) is a good replacement for FTP, IMO

[danbee]

How do you self host dropbox?

[cduser]

http://www.readwriteweb.com/cloud/2011/05/4-ways-to-build-yo...

http://lifehacker.com/5821145/how-to-set-up-a-file+syncing-d...