de-mystifying FTP
1. GETTING THE FTP SOFTWARE and SETTING IT UP
The first thing you need is an FTP program. I use WS_FTP from Ipswitch. It has always worked just fine for me. It's FREE, if you get the "Lite" version, and use it only for non-commercial websites.
If you want to use another FTP program, I can't help you, so to get this one, go to:
www.ipswitch.com>
Click on "Downloads", and scroll down to WS-FTP Limited Edition 4.x. Click on the link to download.
Once you have installed the program, run it and you will get a screen like this:
Setting WS_FTP up may be the most difficult part. Once you do this, though, you can pretty well forget about it. Yes, it will work on many of the other free web hosts and on ALL private domain hosts.
There are 5 items that require your attention and here's the short version:
Under the small top window, in the large window underneath, are all your web page files on your hard disk for your website,
In more detail:
SETTING THE OPTIONS
Click on the "Options" button and you get more menus with tabs. Click on the Session tab and you will get
Click on the "General" tab, and you will get
ENTERING THE SETTINGS TO CONNECT TO TRIPOD
This is what I do to connect to my host Tripod. Click on the "Connect" button and you get more tabbed menus
Click on "General and you get:
Click on New and fill in the blanks as shown except:
Since I don't share my computer, I check "Save Password".
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The only thing needing to be filled out is the "Initial Local Directory".
This is the directory/folder on your hard drive where you store your .htm/.html files, such as c:\MyWebSite. |
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