FTP Explorer 

 
   



To host your website with FTP Explorer, you need to execute the following steps:

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Open your FTP Application from the Desktop or from the Start > Programs > FTP Explorer. Connect window appears as shown below. In the Connect window fill in the details for the new connection profile.

  1. In Profile Name you can make it as yourdomain name for example catchcal.

  2. In the Host Address you put either your domain name e.g. www.catchcal.net or you can give the IP address 67.18.133.84

  3. Make the Port as 21. the TCP/IP Port through which FTP connections are made is 21.

  4. Give the Login and Password which has been sent to you on server setup to logon to the remote server.

  5. Mention the number of Attempts and Retry Delay as you wish.

  6. Click on Add to add the details of the site for future use.

  7. Now click on Connect to get connected.

Optional : If you are behind a Firewall you have to do the settings for it. Enable the Firewall option on the Connect window. From the View option go to the Option menu and select Firewall. Give the IP address of your Firewall Host and make the Port as 21. Select the firewall type as user@hostname. Click OK.

  
 2  When you are successfully logged on to the remote host, it will show you the remote directories in the left panel and sub directories and files in the right panel. Click on the httpdocs folder to upload your website pages and images.



Given below is the description of subdirectories.
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anon_ftp  

This folder is used for uploading data which can be retrieved by any user through anonymous ftp access to our server. Anonymous FTP service is disabled by default on our server.
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bin  

This folder can be used for binary files for execution on the server.
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cert  

This folder contains details on your SSL encryption certificate.
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cgi-bin  

This folder is used for uploading your perl and cgi scripts on the server for execution of your feedback and other similar files.
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conf  

This folder contains configuration information about your website.
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error_docs  

This folder contains html error files which are displayed to the user when he is unable to retrieve any webpage on the server. You can edit the content to display any other appropriate message as you wish.
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ftpstat  

This is the default directory which is used to save your website stats report.
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httpdocs  

This is the main folder which is used for uploading website content for your site.
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httpsdocs  

This folder is used to upload your website files if you would like them to be viewed through SSL encryption services. By default, SSL services are disabled for your website.
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logs  

This folder contains raw unformatted access log files for your website for generating traffic and statistics report.
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pd  

This folder contains information on the database details if available.
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web_users  

This folders contain the list of other users created in the system and their files.
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webstat  

This folder contains the formatted log reports which can be viewed at www.yourdomain.com/webstat/
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webstat-ssl  

This folder is used for accessing the websites stats through ssl encryption services.
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You are ready to upload your files. Click on the Upload icon (as pointed out in the image) on the task bar which looks like an upward arrow. Upload window appears.

  1. This will ask you to select the files you want to upload . Select the files and click Open. This will start uploading all the selected files.

  2. Once all the files are uploaded it will show you as Transfer Complete on the bottom left status panel.
  
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For creating new folders click on File on the top menu bar. From the drop-down menus select New, then Folder. Name the folder created. You can upload selected files similarly in the new folder just like the Web folder, the only difference is that the web folder was already created for you.

Once all your files has been uploaded on the server, you can close your FTP application.
 
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