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I. Launching The Programme When you first launch CUTEFTP you should be at the main Site Manager screen as shown above. We will need to make a profile for this connection, so click the NEW button below to create an entry.
II. Creating A Profile On this screen, we will need to make many entries as shown in the picture above. Where you see Type In A Name Here choose a name for this connection. This is just a name to know this connection profile by, and serves no other purpose than a place-name. Once you choose a name, it will also appear in the box on the right labeled Label for site. Where you see FTP Host Address, you have to enter the address of the FTP server. Enter mydomain.com in the blank, where mydomain.com is the name of your domain. Do NOT enter the www. The FTP site User Name needs to be entered in the FTP site User Name blank. This was in your Welcome email. Type in your account password in the FTP site Password blank. This was also in your Welcome email. Your FTP site connection port should be set at 21. At the bottom, under FTP site connection port select NORMAL as the default set up is for Anonymous. Click Connect when all of the above steps have been completed. III. Uploading your files Once you have logged on successfully you will see the above displayed on your screen. Find the folder in the Local Folders section that has your webpage and open it so that you can see all your pages. As soon as you click on any item in the Local Folders area, the arrow on the toolbar that points up will highlight. The Folders on the Server rea will have a folder named public_html. Double click that to open the folder. All of the pages for your new website have to be uploaded into that folder. You may then begin the transfer of files to the server. You are now connected and ready to move files back and forth from your PC to the Internet Server. Below are some notes and explanations of your connection : The Status Windows, or Activity Window, shows you that you are currently connected, and scrolls the activity you generate. The window on the left, labeled SIDE A is considered Local, or your hard drives on your PC. This is similar to windows file manager. The window on the right is the directory tree of the internet server to which you have connected. If you are going to upload a website to the servers, you need to find the Document Root directory, also referred to as your main web directory. This is the directory called /public_html, as in the example above. To Upload files, or send them to the server, select them in the left-hand window, and choose the big UP arrow as shown in the picture. To Download files, or receive files from the server, select them in the right-hand window, and choose the big DOWN arrow as sown in the picture.