Uploading with ws FTP
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Configuring wsFTP
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Open ws_ftp.
Click on sites -> Add to sites
Call the site anything you like, since its what it'll be referred to from this program
Select the folder from which you want to create the new site and click NEXT
Enter the host name or IP address. If your site DNS has fully propagated, you may enter ftp.yoursite.com where yoursite.com is replaced with your actual domain name.
If DNS has yet to propagate, enter the IP address or other hostname provided by us.
Click NEXT.
Enter the username and password provided to you in your welcome email and click NEXT.
Unless otherwise specified, automatic detect is fine
Click NEXT
Unless there is a firewall running on PC or network you can skip this section and just click FINISH.
Modifying the account
If your site is moved to another server or to another web host, you will need to change the settings.
To do this click on Sites from the menu bar at the top of the window then click "organize sites"
Highlight your site by clicking on it then click the edit button to the right.
Fill in the required fields (User ID & Password) on the first tab Host info.
Click on the Startup Tab and enter the name of the directory on your hard drive where you store all the files for you site in the field "Local folder"
Now enter the name of the directory where you will upload your site files in the field "remote site folder". Typically, this is yourdomain.com. Now each time that ws_ftp connects to your site it will automatically open to the right directory both locally and remotely.
Click ok
Deleting a site
From the organize Sites window, highlight a site by clicking on it. then click the delete button to the right.
Click ok to confirm deletion.
Creating a folder
On the organize sites window, click on the create folder button on the right of the window.
Enter the name of the new folder in the name field. for the "Create in" field browse to where you want to locate the new folder. Click finish when you are done.
Note you will not actually see the new folder until you close the window and re-open it.
Click close when your finished
Managing files in WS_FTP
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Open WS_FTP
Firstly, you will need to connect to the server, so from the menu bar
Click on "Sites" -> "My Sites" -> yoursitehere
You will then see your local files and the remote files
You may sort your files by name, file size, file type or date last modified.
Just click on the header of the column you wish to sort.
You can also change the way ws_ftp displays your files by clicking on the view buttons:
ws_ftp lets you easily see the details by clicking on the "Details" icon in the middle of the window.
This will display the information in a notepad window
You can also change the directory you are in with 2 methods
Either click on "ChgDir" and enter the directory by name, or you can browse to it.
Renaming a directory
Click on a directory you wish to rename,and then click on the "Rename" button in the middle of the window
Creating a new directory
Click on the "mkdir" button in the middle of the screen. A dialog box will appear asking you for the name of the new directory, enter the name and click ok
Deleting a directory
Highlight the directory you wish to delete and click the delete button in the middle of the window. WS_FTP will ask you for confirmation - just click ok
Setting file permissions
When you install a cgi script (such as a guestbook) it will ask you to set file permissions on one or more of its files. Other non-cgi scripts may also require specific file permissions to be set.
Locate the file for which you want to set permissions
Go to File -> Operations -> FTP Commands -> CHMOD ( unix )
this will open "Remote file permissions".
You may either change the permissions by clicking the check boxes or by entering the setting manually.
Transferring files in WS_FTP
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Open WS_FTP
Firstly check if your settings are correct in the Options section In the tool bar click on the options icon to launch options.
You should ensure that WS_FTP knows which file types you would like transferred in ASCII format. The following are the most common ones:
txt html htm cgi pl
Click on the Transfers tab, and set the number of times you want WS_FTP to automatically retry after a failed transfer. When you are done click ok
Next you will need to connect to the server to transfer some files.
Go to Sites -> MySites -> yousitenamehere
you should be able to see the files on your local computer and on the remote server.
If you want to upload multiple files, highlight the first file, then holding down the CTRL key highlight the last file. With the files highlighted, click the "upload" button.
Note if any files already exist on the server that are the same name, WS_FTP will prompt you if you wish to replace them. When the files have been successfully uploaded they will appear on the remote system section of the window.
It is also possible to view the contents of a file by highlighting the file and clicking in the "View" button in the middle of the window. This will open the file in notepad.
