Adding Reply Topic FTP in Webhosting Membername   Not a member? Sign Up Free (takes 20 seconds) Password   Forgotten your password? Post Font: Verdana Arial Black Georgia Comic Sans Impact   Size: Tiny Normal Big Huge   Color: Default Dark Red Red Orange Brown Green Olive Cyan Blue Dark Blue Indigo Black [ Check Spelling ] [ Post Preview ] [ LiveTags ] FAQ Keyword Search: Post Options Favorites Manager Notify me of new replies to this topic by email Notify me of new replies to this topic by private message Original Post spikeyhair Posted at 10:40 pm on June 8, 2009 i was planning to use Filezilla for my site when i put it up, but when i was reading some of the hosting descriptions it said "ftp access". does that mean i can transfer files for free as part of the service or do i still need Filezilla? thanks.

Replies anonomouse Posted at 1:22 am on June 29, 2009 Quote: from spikeyhair at 10:54 pm on June 8, 2009 so either way i HAVE to get a FTP program? the host doesnt have one installed? Well, an FTP program is something that is on your computer. FTP is just the name of a protocol ("File transfer protocol") just like the internet's protocol is (usually) HTTP ("hyper text transfer protocol"). You use an internet browser to connect using HTTP (like going to http://google.com/ ) and you use an FTP client (like filezilla) to connect using FTP (like ftp://ftp.adobe.com/ ) Your host allows FTP access to its servers, but you need some way to access them from your computer. If you don't want to install anything (not that filezilla is free), you can use Filezilla Portable that lets you run Filezilla without installing anything to your computer and lets you run it if you are not a computer administrator. A lot of the time, web hosts will provide a "file manager" that lets you do everything an ftp program does, but online (in your web browser). If your hosting provider doesn't do that, you can mimic that functionality by using a service like net2ftp (which is, by the way, the core of what many hosting providers use for their "file manager"). net2ftp is just like filezilla except online. The reason I like using filezilla for my comupter is because I can save certain login information for my different websites and filezilla integrates with explorer, meaning I can find a file on my computer (or even on my desktop) and drag it into filezilla to upload it to my website. If you are planning on coding your site by hand, I would recommend using Notepad++ which comes with a plugin that lets you access ftp sites and open/save files directly on the site. (Well, how it does it isn't direct, but it seems so--its pretty much seamless). Ask if you need any help. Sector Corrupt Posted at 1:22 am on June 11, 2009 Yep, you'll need to use FileZilla most likely if you're on ... *shudder* Windows. Ahh, if only I had more money I'd upgrade to the nice package for my web host where I can get some Shell Access.... I hate using SFTP. pleaseremove Posted at 4:09 am on June 9, 2009 Quote: from spikeyhair at 6:54 am on June 9, 2009 so either way i HAVE to get a FTP program? the host doesnt have one installed? FTP is a protocol you use to connect to your hosts FTP servers. What you just said I like saying does google have a browser install on their servers for me to view their site? In short, yes, you need an FTP client to get to FTP, like you need a web browser to get to HTTP... spikeyhair Posted at 10:54 pm on June 8, 2009 so either way i HAVE to get a FTP program? the host doesnt have one installed? revived5656 Posted at 10:44 pm on June 8, 2009 Quote: from drifting at 1:43 am on June 9, 2009 You can use an FTP client and post files, but it will go against your bandwith count/storage space ^ this dreamweaver Posted at 10:44 pm on June 8, 2009 FTP access just means you can use any FTP program in order to access files for your website. So you should be able to use Filezilla to do just that for free. drifting Posted at 10:43 pm on June 8, 2009 You can use an FTP client and post files, but it will go against your bandwith count/storage space All 7 previous replies displayed.