FTP, File Transfer Protocol

If your a web designer or looking to become one FTP (file transfer protocol) is one thing that you my friend are going to have to become very familiar with. In simple terms most often it is uploading or download a website to the hosting server. but In my case I had to set up the virtual site and transfer my domain name dns settings before I could move on to FTP.

I recommend people use Filezilla for their FTP needs. It’s quick and easy to understand and has the ability to save off sites (helpful for business)

In advanced situations people use FTP to change permissions on files, make changes to robots.txt, or edit their .htaccess file.

The steps in the creation of my website are going to be documented in the first seriese of posts. this one is on how I was able to get my website up and running through FTP.

Download and open your ftp program.
In the host box type in the url of the website you are trying to connect to in my case (cssorigins.com) no need for www.
Type in your username and password (provided to you by your host), and press connect.
Congratulations your connected !!! But your not done yet.

Often times connecting to your website through FTP will not put you in the folder that holds your website by default. in this case you need to get what folder contains the files for your website, I for demonstration I will use /web. Now that you have all the information that is required and you are connected make sure to take care. If those files are moved or deleted they may be difficult to recover.

A typical WordPress install like my site is, is on average between 12-20MB with themes, plug-ins, uploads etc..