Connecting with WS_FTP Pro
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Step 1 - Connect your computer to the
Internet.
Step 2 - Launch WS_FTP
Pro by clicking on the
WS_FTP Pro icon that's on your desktop. If
you do not have a WS_FTP Pro icon on your desktop, click on the Start button
and then select Programs, then WS_FTP, and then WS_FTP
Pro.
Step 3 - Connecting to an FTP site:
When you open WS_FTP Pro, you're taken directly to the Connect to
Remote Host Window. First, highlight the folder labeled
MySites
by clicking on it once. Once you've highlighted MySites, click on the
Create Site button from the right-hand side (this will create a new site profile
within the MySites folder).
When
you clicked the Create Site button, the WS_FTP Pro Site Profile Wizard
Window should have opened. Please enter your desired profile Name. This
Name can be anything you want. It is use as the display name within the MySites
folder.
Once you've enter the profile Name, click the Next
button. The WS_FTP Pro Site Profile Wizard will now ask you for
your Host Name or IP Address information:
Once you've entered the the Host Name or IP Address, click the Next button. The
WS_FTP Pro Site Profile Wizard will now ask you for a User Id and Password.
Please enter YOUR USER NAME for the User Id and YOUR PASSWORD
for the Password. Then check the Save Password checkbox, which will save your password so that you don't have to re-enter it every time you want to connect ( if you are concerned about security, do not check this box).
Once you've entered you User Id and Password (leave the Account
field blank), click the Finish button. This will bring you back at the
Connect to Remote Host Window. You'll notice a new folder for the FTP site has been added within the MySites directory.
We're now ready to connect. Click the Connect button and WS_FTP Pro will connect you to the FTP site. If you
have speakers on your computer, you'll hear the sound when you've
successfully connected.
Once connected, your WS_FTP Pro window should look
similar to this:
The left side (or left pane) is a view of the files on your computer or your
Local System. The
right side is a view of the files on the FTP site or Remote System.
To transfer files between your local system and your remote
system,
first highlight the file by clicking on the file name once. Then click the
appropriate green transfer arrow located between the right and left
pane. The right arrow transfers files from the left side (your
computer) to the right site ( Website) and visa versa.
Note: The default view of your Local System (left
pane) is 'C:\' To browse your computer, click on the 
browse button.
WEB
TIP:
Be sure to name your
'homepage' index.html.
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