Don't know about the "don't interpret" part but how many pages are you talking about? I was on an ACS 3.4 project that pretty successfully used the file-manager to avoid having to turn on FTP to the server. You can restrict upload to certain directories (OK it is not fool proof as folks can navigate the full site from clicking the www link, but...), have it exec CVS for you (my favorite feature), and - the part that makes this relevant to your question - do some screening for bad html and adp tags before allowing the upload. Having to upload file by file makes this not a great solution for volume transfers, but it does allow someone without shell access to find out how templated pages are going to look with content filled in.
