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 FTP (File Transfer Protocol) In This Section:  » Introduction to FTP » General Settings for ALL FTP Programs » Where to Put Your Files » What to Name Your Home Page » FREE FTP Software » Uploading with Fetch » Uploading with DOS FTP » Uploading with LapLink » Uploading with Bullet Proof FTP » Uploading with CuteFTP » Uploading with WSFTP  Introduction to FTP Top All of your files and subdirectories go into your /www directory. DO NOT DELETE ANY DIRECTORIES OR FILES IN YOUR ACCOUNT. The files pertaining to your web site that you design should be uploaded to your /www directory and should be the only files you ever replace. There are several ways depending on your computer system, that you can transfer files to your account directory. The process by which files are transferred to the web server is called "FTP" (File Transfer Protocol). You have unlimited access via FTP 24 hours a day. As such, you can create and maintain your web pages on your own computer and upload files to your web site at your leisure. Online services which offer an Internet gateway, such as AOL, CompuServe, and Prodigy may have a built-in FTP interface. If you have a PPP Internet account, you need an FTP program. Click here to download the newest version of WS_FTP for the PC, one of the most popular FTP programs on the web. For the Macintosh, a program called "Fetch" is used, and for Microsoft Windows systems a program called "WS_FTP" is used. You can also connect to your account via Telnet, all of these are described below General Settings for ALL FTP Programs Top Host Name/Address: yourdomain.com or your ip address if your domain name is not pointing to our servers yet User ID: Your Account User Name Password: Your Account Password Upload your files for your website to your /www directory. The userid and password will be the userid and password that you received in the welcome email when you signed up with LA InterWeb Hosting. Where To Put Your Files Top When you upload your web site files to our servers using FTP you need to put those files in your /www directory on your account. What to Name Your Home Page Top Remember to name your home page index.html in order to overwrite the 'Under Construction Page' that we created for you when you signed up. If you prefer to use another name for your home page you can go into your File Manager in your control panel and go to the /www directory and delete the index.html page. Here are the other files that can be used for your home page: default.htm index.phtml index.pht index.cgi index.shtml index.htm welcome.cgi welcome.html index.htm Free FTP Software Top To download free FTP software including FETCH, Admin FTP and more go here. To download a free trial of WSFTP Pro click here. Uploading with Fetch Top 1. Open Fetch by double-clicking on the Fetch icon.  You will see a window like this: (If you do not see this window, go to File --> New Connection.)  2. Enter the following information:  NOTE: If your domain name has not yet propagated, use your IP address. 3. Click OK. You will see a window like this:  4. Click Put File. You will see a window like this:  5. Search for the files you wish to upload. 6. Once you've located the file you want to upload, and click Open. The file will be transferred.  Uploading with DOS FTP Top 1. From the Start menu, select Run. 2. In the Open text box, type in command then hit OK. 3. After the black DOS window pops up, type in 'ftp yourdomain.com' (without quotes). It will look something like this: Connected to lainterweb.com 220 ftp.lainterweb.com FTP server (Version wu-2 4.2-academ [20:49:48 EDT 1997) ready. User (apollohosting.com:(none)): username (type your username in here) Password: ******** (type your password in here) 230 user login ok. ftp> To list directories, type dir. This will give you a list of all the directories and files in your path. To change a directory type cd directory. To upload a file type put file. To download a file type get file. After you download a file, you will see something like this: 200 PORT command successful. 150 Opening BINARY mode data connection for file.exe (239438 bytes). Uploading with LapLink Top 1. Click on the ? button.  2. Click Next.  3. Enter your domain and click Next.  4. Click Next.  5. Type in ftp.yourdomain. NOTE: If your domain name has not yet been transferred to our servers, use your IP address. 6. Click Next. 7. Enter your Username and Password. 8. Click Next. 9. Click Finish, and you will be connected. 10. Choose the file that you would like to upload from the directory at the bottom (You can click on the left hand side at the bottom to browse for files.) 11. Drag the file over to the directory at the top and let go. Note: If you are transferring your website your files must go into the www/ folder. Uploading with Bullet Proof FTP Top 1. In the Host text box, enter ftp.yourdomain.com. NOTE: Be sure to enter your own information not "yourdomain". 2. In the Login text box, enter the login/username that you were assigned 3. Enter your password in the Password text box. 4. Click on the two hands in the top left corner. This is the Connect button. A box will appear at the bottom. 5. From the directory on the left, choose the file that you would like to upload. You can hit the Browse button to find the correct folder you need. 6. Drag the selected file over to the right side of the window. NOTE: If you are transferring your website, your files must go into the www/ folder. Uploading with CuteFTP Top  1. Click the Add site button. A window like this will appear.  2. In the Site Label text box, enter a name for your site. 3. In the Host Address text box, enter ftp.yourdomain.com. NOTE 1: Be sure to enter your own information not "yourdomain". NOTE 2: If your domain name has not yet been enabled, use your IP address. 4. In the User ID text box, enter the username that you were assigned when you opened your account. 5. Enter your password in the Password text box. 6. Click the Advanced tab.  Uploading with WSFTP Top  1. Enter yourdomain.com or your IP address (ex: 208.56.203.120) in the Host Name text box. 2. In the User ID text box, enter the username you were assigned when you opened your account. 3. Enter your password in the Password text box 4. Click on Advanced Properties then the Advanced tab.  6. Make sure the Remote Port is set to 21. |
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