FTP stands for File Transfer Protocol. You need an FTP client (software) running on your computer to connect to your web server. I prefer FileZilla.
When you first open FileZilla, you will want to store your website information.
- Go to File -> Site Manager.
- Click New Site.
- Enter a name for the site.
- Under Site details, you will want to put the following information:
- Host: This is usually in the form of ftp.website.com where website.com is your domain name.
- Port: Keep the defaults for this.
- Server type: Use FTP unless you know for sure your web host has specified something else.
- Log On Type: Select Normal.
- User: Put your FTP username.
- Password: Put your FTP password here.
- Click the Connect button.
- You will see that your window is divided into 2 parts. The first part on the left says “Local Site”. You will see a listing of the files and folders on your computer. Browse to the folder where the files are you want to upload.
- On the right side, you will see under “Remote Site” a list of all the folders/files on your website. Open the folder where you want to put the files you are uploading.
- Click and drag from the left side “Local Site” to the right side “Remote Site” and the files will begin transferring.
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