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A: THESE INSTRUCTIONS ARE FOR LEAPFTP, DOWNLOAD AT http://www-hosting.net/lftp262.exe
Launch the LeapFTP application, wait for the Site Manager Screen.
1. Select Add Site and type in dum.com, press Return or Enter
2. At the Site Manager, type in your IP address under your Site Name (IP is above)
3. UNCHECK “Anonymous” and type your user name, then press Tab or go to the next field.
4. Type your password when asked for password, then press Tab or move to the next field..
5. For Local Path, type in the path to your web page files or select the ? to find them, This takes you to the directory for your site home page.
6. In Remote Path: type in /public_html/
7. Click on “Apply” and then Connect
8. You are now logged into your FTP Account
9. Name your Main page index.html and upload it after you connect along with all your images and other folders you may have created
10. To exit, go to File ----> Exit and that will terminate your FTP session.
A: 1. Open CuteFTP (v1.0)
2. Go to File ---> NEW
3. Select FTP Site
4. Enter the following information in the pop up window titled "Site Properties"
A. LABEL: yourdomain.com
B. HOST ADDRESS: your new ip (or yourdomain.com IF its transfered to our servers)
C. USER NAME: your user name from the confirmation email
D. PASSWORD: password from confirmation email (easiest to copy and paste)
E. LOGIN METHOD: Select NORMAL if not already selected
5. Now click on the "ACTIONS" Tab and type the following
A. On connect, swhich to this remote folder: /public_html
B. On connect, switch to this local folder: (select the folder which your html resides in)
6. HIT CONNECT
Once you select Connect, the program will save the new ftp site into your Site Manager area
A: Here's instructions for WS_FTP Pro
1. Open WS_FTP Pro
2. When WS opens up, it should popup the Site Manager
3. Go to FILE ----> NEW SITE
4. Enter the following information in the pop up window titled "New Site"
A. SITE NAME: yourdomain.com
B. HOST ADDRESS: your new ip (or yourdomain.com IF its transfered to our servers) Click Finish
5. The Site Manager should open back up, now enter the following info in the correct fields
A. USERID: your user name from the confirmation email
B. PASSWORD: password from confirmation email (easiest to copy and paste)
C. Checkmark SAVE PASSWORD
D. Checkmark PASSIVE
E. Local Folder: (select the folder which your html resides in)
6. Hit ADVANCED PROPERTIES
A. Under the tab "Session" change the STARTUP TRANSFER MODE to "AUTO DETECT"
B. Under the tab "Startup" under Remote Site Folder, input: public_html
C. HIT OK
6. HIT SAVE
Once you select SAVE, the program will save the new ftp site into your Site Manager area, now just hit Connect to connect to your website.
A: When you initially log into the root of your account, dependant upon the method which you choose to log in, you will see various hidden files and directories, among them, the two that hold the most importance are the public_html and public_ftp directories.
public_ftp
public_html
DO NOT DELETE OR RENAME any of these directories or any hidden files that you may find. These directories are automatically setup by the system and required in order for your account to function. Deleting or renaming any of them will cause fatal errors that can only be repaired by deleting and resetting your account. Deleting and resetting your account will inadvertently cause you to experience DNS problems. DNS problems are not something that can be manually fixed, as they can only work themselves out in an unpredictable amount of time.
Of these directories, the ONLY ONE that is important to you is the public_html directory. This is the directory where you will upload your web pages and create other subdirectories that will pertain to your web site and be viewable from your web browser. Your pages WILL NOT be viewable on a web browser unless they are uploaded to this directory.
When you initially enter your public_html directory, you will see only one directory, which is your cgi-bin. The cgi-bin is where you upload your cgi scripts. DO NOT DELETE OR RENAME your cgi-bin. As you add features from your Control Panel, the system will automatically create other directories within this area. ANY AND ALL sub-directories and/or files created by the system are required by the system to make a particular function operate and SHOULD NOT BE DELETED OR ALTERED IN ANY WAY. The index.html page is the default entry page for your account and this file SHOULD BE REPLACED by one of your own design, but IT MUST BE named index.html.
A: When you are logging into an FTP you created through the control panel, make sure you are using 'account@domain.com' for the login name.
For example an FTP account bob, for the domain bob.com, would use the login bob@bob.com
A: When you are logging into anonymous FTP, make sure you are using 'anonymous@domain.com' for the login name.
For example the domain bob.com, would use the login anonymous@bob.com
A: For the subdomain subdomain.yourmaindomain.com, create an FTP account with the login 'subdomain', with subdomain matching the first part of the subdomain you created.
When you are logging into an FTP you created, make sure you are using:
'subdomain@domain.com'
for the login name.
