Setting Up Popular FTP Clients (FileZilla, FAR, Total Commander, and others)

FileZilla
FAR
Total Commander
iWeb
CuteFTP
FlashFXP
Macromedia Dreamweaver 8

FileZilla

You can download FileZilla from the official website: http://filezilla-project.org/. To use FileZilla, follow these steps (illustrated with screenshots in the original guide):

1. Launch FileZilla, then go to the Site Manager.

2. In the Site Manager window, click the New Site button.

3. Using the instructions from the FTP — Uploading Files to the Server section, fill in the following fields:

Host: FTP server address
Server Type: FTP — File Transfer Protocol
Logon Type: Normal
User: FTP username
Password: FTP password
Encryption: Use plain FTP (not secure)

4. Go to the Transfer Settings tab: Select Passive Mode Enable Limit number of simultaneous connections set Maximum number of connections to 2 Click Connect to start the session.

5. You will now be connected to the server and can begin working using FileZilla’s two-panel interface — local files on the left, server files on the right.

Note: Your website files must be uploaded to /home/login/your_domain/docs/

FAR

To use FAR Manager, follow these steps (illustrated with images in the original guide):

1. Launch FAR Decide in which panel you want to establish the FTP connection. For example, the right panel. Press Alt + F2, and in the pop-up window, select the FTP option.To use FileZilla you should configure it taking the below steps with the illustrations.

2. Press Shift + F4 — a window will appear where you can enter connection parameters.

3. Complete the required fields: In the Description field, assign any name to the FTP connection (e.g., “My Hosting”). Enable Passive Mode.

4. Click the Save button.

5. The FTP connection name will now appear in the selected FAR panel (in this example — the right panel). Highlight the connection and press Enter.

6. FAR will connect to the FTP server, and you can start working in the standard two-panel file manager interface.

Total Commander

Total Commander FTP client is available for download at http://ghisler.com/.

1. Open the program, then from the top menu, select Network — Connect to FTP Server.

2. In the new window, click the Add button.

3. Using the instructions from the FTP — Uploading Files to the Server section, fill in the following:

Connection Name — any label (e.g., Hosting login).
Server — FTP server address.
User Account — FTP username.
Password — FTP password.

Enable the checkbox for Passive Mode (like a web browser).

Click OK to save.

4. Select the created connection and click Connect.

5. Total Commander will connect to the server, and you can begin managing files in its familiar two-panel interface.

Note: Your website files must be uploaded to /home/login/your_domain/docs/

iWeb

Once you've created your website, the iWeb program window will display your site content.

On the left-hand side, click on the name of the website you want to publish. In this example, the site is named My Site.

On the page that opens, fill in the required fields for publishing.
In the Publishing section:
Publish to: FTP
Website name: Your website name
Contact email: you email address

In the FTP Server Settings section:
Server Address: ftp.your_login.nichost.ru
Username: your FTP username (usually your_login_ftp)
Password: your FTP password
Directory/Path: your_site/docs
Protocol: FTP
Port: 21

URL: Specify your website’s address (e.g., http://yourdomain.com)

Click the Test Connection button. If the test is successful, you will see the message: «Test successful» Now you can publish the site on the selected FTP server.

If unsuccessful, check again that the parameters entered are correct.
Once the test passes, click Publish Site at the bottom panel.

If the upload is successful, you’ll see the message: «Your site has been published».

Note: By default, iWeb uses UTF-8 text encoding. On this hosting, the default encoding is Windows-1251. To ensure your site displays correctly, go to the Hosting Control Panel — Web Server — Sites — select your site, then set the Site Encoding to UTF-8.

CuteFTP (version 7.0)

1. Launch CuteFTP, then in the top menu click Tools.

2. Select the Site Manager option.

3. In the window that appears, select Display Site Manager.

4. In the new window, click the New button.

5. Two submenu lines will appear at the bottom. Select FTP Site.

6. A new window will appear:

7. Fill in the required fields in this window.

8. Without closing this window, click the Type button.

9. In the new window, under the Data Connection Type section, select Use PASV — this enables passive transfer mode.

10. Then, from the row of buttons at the bottom, click Connect.

11. The connection to the server will be established, and you can begin working in the familiar two-panel file manager interface.

FlashFXP

You can download the trial version here: http://www.inicom.net/pages/en.ffxp-download.php
After installation, there are two ways to connect to the server: Using Site Manager or Quick Connect.

Quick Connect

1. To connect quickly, click the lightning bolt icon and select Quick Connect, or press the F8 key.

2. A form will open:

3. Fill in the fields: Server or URL, User Name, Password

4. Your FTP account will open.

5. Then navigate to the folder named after your website, and within it, open the Docs folder. On the left side, open the folder containing the files you want to upload to your website.

Site Manager

1. To open the Site Manager, go to the Sites tab — Site Manager, or press F4.

2. In the window that opens:

3. Click New Site. In the window that opens:

4. Enter the name of your site and click OK. Then fill in the fields IP Adress, User name, Password.

5. Instead of test111, enter your actual hosting identifier. Click Apply. Then, click the lightning bolt icon and select your saved connection from the dropdown menu.