How to Update My Site With FTP
File Transfer Protocol (FTP) enables file transfers between computers over the Internet. FTP is one set of communication protocols within the TCP/IP suite of Internet Protocols. Web host companies provides their account holders access to FTP servers and with that access they can log in, update and make changes to their websites. For users to connect to FTP servers, they need to use and configure an FTP client.
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Instructions
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Create a folder on your local C drive. Name this folder "webfiles" for example.
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Open your web browser and navigate to FileZilla (see "Resources").
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Click to download the FileZilla client. Choose "win32-setup.exe" and click "Run" on the file download box to install FileZilla. Follow the prompts to install the program.
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Open FileZilla. Click "File," "Site Manager." The Site Manager window opens.
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Click on the "New Site" button and give the new site a name.
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Look to the right pane of the screen and type your FTP server information under the "General" tab. This information includes the host name, server type, logon type should be set to "normal" and lastly your user name and password.
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Click the "Connect" button to access your FTP server files and folders. You now have access to your remote FTP files on the right side and your local computer files on the left side of FileZilla. Navigate to the remote folder on the server where the files you want to update are.
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Navigate and open the "webfiles" folder from your C drive, and drag the files from the remote folder into the "webfiles" folder on the left side of the FileZilla screen. Open the files on your local C drive, make changes to them and save them back into the "webfiles" folder.
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Drag the saved and updated files to the right of the FileZilla screen back into the same remote folder from the local "webfiles" folder.
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