FTP Support

How do I upload pages to the server?
To upload your website to the server you will need an FTP client installed on your computer.
There are many FTP clients available on the market and many web design packages such as Adobe Dreamweaver, formally Macromedia's Dreamweaver and Microsoft's FrontPage now come bundled with FTP programs.

If you have not got an FTP client installed on your computer we recommend that you download an evaluation version of any of the following:

Cute FTP (www.cuteftp.com - Preferred Choice)
WS_FTP (www.ipswitch.com)
SmartFTP (www.smartftp.com)

Free copy of FileZilla (filezilla-project.org).

Free Secure UnlimitedFTP Online (UnlimitedFTP Online - Access your FTP sites from anywhere with this free web based FTP client! ).

We have prepared some tutorials using Cute FTP and WS_FTP.
All FTP clients work in a similar way.

If you have any specific questions about your client, please contact us.

Configure Cute FTP Support

How to Configuring your CuteFTP 8 Professional Program
Once you have installed your CuteFTP 8 Professional program and read through the documentation you will be ready to configure your CuteFTP 8 Professional Software.
The example below uses CuteFTP 8 Professional, although all clients work in a similar way.
1. Open CuteFTP 8 Professional. When the program loads click on File then New then FTP_Site... This will open a pop-up Site Properties window.
2. Fill in the following details:
  - Label: This is a user-friendly name you can remember. Usually your web site name goes here.
  - Host address: The server name or your domain name without the http://www. If your domain name was just registered, it may not be resolving to its IP address just yet. In this case the IP address of the server. If the domain name is resolving to its IP address then enter the domain name.
  - Username: Type in your FTP Username
  - Password: Type in your FTP Password. Please note that the password is Case Sensitive.
  - Login method. Leave as is.
3. Next Click on the Actions Tab
4. Fill in the following details:
  - When client connects, switch to this remote folder: Type in the directory name that all your website files will be ftp uploaded to. Usually wwwroot or public_html.
  - When client connects, switch to this local folder: Click the Yellow Folder Icon to brows your computer to find the directory where you have stored your website files.
5. Click OK to Save the account settings or Click Connect to Save the account settings and Connect to the web server via FTP.
6. To Upload the website files from your computer to the FTP Server where your website is sitting you need to Place you mouse over each file (within the left panel) and Right Click and choose the Upload Option.
  This will then FTP upload the file from your local computer to the FTP Server.
7. Once you have uploaded all your website files then you should check your website to make sure it all working correctly.
Please refer to the CuteFTP 8 Professional program documentation for instructions on how to transfer files between your computer and the web server.
Configure WS_FTP Support

How to Configuring WS_FTP Program

Once you have installed your FTP client and read through the documentation you will be ready to configure your WS_FTP Software.
The example below uses WS_FTP, although all clients work in a similar way.
1. Open WS_FTP. When the program loads it will come up with the 'Session Properties' window. This window allows you to add, edit and delete FTP account profiles
2. To add a new profile click on the 'New' button
3. Fill in the following details:
  Profile Name: This is a user-friendly name you can remember. Usually your web site name goes here.
  Host Name/Address: The server name or your domain name. If your domain name was just registered, it may not be resolving to its IP address just yet. In this case the IP address of the server. If the domain name is resolving to its IP address then enter the domain name.
  User ID: Enter your FTP username.
  Password: Enter your FTP password. Please note that the passwords are case sensitive.
4. Check the 'Save PWD' check box if you would like the FTP client to remember the password next time you use the application.
5. Click on the 'Apply' button to save the changes.
6. Click the 'OK' button to connect to the FTP server. Details on where to upload your files are provided with the account information sent to you when your account was setup.
Please refer to the WS_FTP client documentation for instructions on how to transfer files between your computer and the web server.