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FTP
Software Setup Instructions
Uploading
With WS_FTP LE (PC Users)
Let's start by opening WS_FTP LE. This is done by clicking
on the Start button and then selecting Programs, then WS_FTP
LE, and then WS_FTP LE.
When you open WS_FTP LE, you're taken directly to the Session
Properties Window. This is where you select which FTP site
you'd like to connect to. For this tutorial, we're going to
connect to a new FTP site so please click on the New button
located near the top right-hand side of the Session Properties
Window.
When you click the New button, all the fields will go blank.
To connect to your account, you'll need to fill in the following
information:
| Profile
Name: |
This
is a nickname of sorts, used for storing all the connection
information for your FTP site. It can be anything you
like, but for this tutorial we'll use the Profile Name
my_website |
| Host
Name/ Address: |
Put
your domain name here. If your domain name is not pointing
to your account use your account’s hostname. See note
below. |
| User
ID: |
Your
Account Username |
| Password: |
Your
Account Password |
Note:
Your account hostname and username can be found in the
Account Setup Confirmation Email that was sent to you when
your account was initially setup. Your account hostname is
usually something like “host01.ipowerweb.com” or “host02.ipowerweb.com”.
If you did not receive the Account Setup Confirmation Email
please contact our Support Department at (310) 314-1608 and
we will send it to the email address that you used when you
signed up.
Click
the OK button and WS_FTP LE will connect you to your account.
Special Note:
If you are having trouble connecting try disabling Passive
Transfer in order to connect. This can be done by clicking
on Options, then selecting the Session tab and removing
the check from "Use Passive Transfer Mode".
Congratulations,
if you’ve successfully connected to your account, your WS_FTP
LE screen should now look like this:
The left side (or left pane) is a view of the files on
your computer, or your Local System. The right side is a
view of the folders in your account (the remote site). You’ll
notice that there are several folders in your account on
the remote site. You should see a mail directory, a public_ftp
directory, a public_html directory, and a funny looking
www directory (actually a symbolic link).
Double click on the public_html directory on the remote
site. Your screen will look like the one below.
- Navigate
through your hard drive using the finder in the left window
of WS_FTP until you find your files. You can navigate
your hard drive to locate where your files are by double
clicking on the green arrow to move up to a different
directory, and by double clicking on a folder to go inside
that specific directory.
-
Locate your index page. Make sure it’s named index.html.
(Important: Your Web site’s initial page must be named
index.html otherwise visitors will not reach your domain
when typing in www.yourdomain.com.)
-
Highlight the index.html file by clicking it once as in
the example above.
-
Make sure the “ASCII” radio button at the bottom is selected
since the file that you are transferring is a text file.
If you are transferring image files such as files with
the .gif extension or .jpg extension you should have the
“Binary” radio button selected instead of the “ASCII”
button. Selecting the right transfer mode is very important.
If you are transferring a whole directory at a once, select
the “Auto” button and the program will try to figure out
the right mode for you. Generally the rule is this: If
you open the file up and it is human readable meaning
that you see characters that you recognize then it is
ASCII. If you open it up and it looks like a mess, then
it should be transferred in “Binary”. HTML files are human
readable and so we transfer them in ASCII mode.
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To transfer the file from the left side of the screen
to the right side, click the right transfer arrow located
between the right and left panes. WS_FTP LE will then
transfer the index.html file from your Local System to
your Remote Site. WS_FTP LE will inform you that there
is already a file on your Remote Site named index.html,
and ask you if sure you'd like to overwrite it.
Click the Yes button, which will overwrite the existing
index.html file that is already on your Remote Site with the
index.html file you're uploading from your Local System.
Congratulations, you’ve now successfully uploaded a file
to your account using WS_FTP LE |
