diff --git a/site/plugin.jelly b/site/plugin.jelly
index 28cd09c4..5dcf5bfc 100644
--- a/site/plugin.jelly
+++ b/site/plugin.jelly
@@ -64,6 +64,49 @@
 
     <attainGoal name="site:${maven.site.deploy.method}deploy"/>
   </goal>
+  
+  <!-- ================================================================== -->
+  <!-- S I T E  F T P  D E P L O Y                                        -->
+  <!-- Deploys the site using FTP                                         -->
+  <!-- ================================================================== -->
+
+  <goal name="site:ftpdeploy"
+    prereqs="site:init"
+    description="Deploy the generated site docs using ftp">
+
+    <maven:user-check user="${maven.username}"/>
+
+    <echo>
+      siteAddress = ${pom.siteAddress}
+      siteDirectory = ${pom.siteDirectory}
+      siteUser = ${maven.username}
+    </echo>
+
+    <!-- This needs to taken from the project properties -->
+    <property name="maven.homepage" value="${pom.siteDirectory}"/>
+
+    <tar tarfile="${maven.build.dir}/${maven.final.name}-site.tar" basedir="${docsDest}"/>
+    <gzip zipfile="${maven.build.dir}/${maven.final.name}-site.tar.gz" src="${maven.build.dir}/${maven.final.name}-site.tar"/>
+    <delete file="${maven.build.dir}/${maven.final.name}-site.tar"/>
+
+    <!-- FTP to the server -->
+    <ftp server="${pom.siteAddress}"
+    	 userid="${maven.username}"
+    	 password="${maven.password}"
+    	 remotedir="${pom.siteDirectory}">
+    	 <fileset dir="${maven.build.dir}" includes="${maven.final.name}-site.tar.gz" />
+    </ftp>
+
+	<!-- Expand on the server and chmod -->
+	<telnet server="${pom.siteAddress}" userid="${maven.username}" password="${maven.password}">
+		<read string="%"/>
+		<write string="cd ${maven.homepage};${maven.site.gunzip.executable} ${maven.final.name}-site.tar.gz;${maven.site.tar.executable} xUvf ${maven.final.name}-site.tar;chmod -R g+u *;rm ${maven.final.name}-site.tar"/>
+		<read string="%"/>
+	</telnet>
+
+    <!-- Delete local gzip file -->
+    <delete file="${maven.build.dir}/${maven.final.name}-site.tar.gz"/>
+  </goal>  
 
   <!-- ================================================================== -->
   <!-- S I T E  S S H  D E P L O Y                                        -->
diff --git a/site/xdocs/changes.xml b/site/xdocs/changes.xml
index 32008f58..e4c9a468 100644
--- a/site/xdocs/changes.xml
+++ b/site/xdocs/changes.xml
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@
 
   <body>
     <release version="1.4" date="in CVS">
+      <action dev="dion" type="update">
+        Apply MAVEN-703. Allows site deployment via ftp
+      </action>
       <action dev="dion" type="fix">
         Fix MAVEN-939. Top level site directory needs g+u
       </action>
