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Install you website with FTP

The following guide will help you to install your web pages on your hosting using FTP. We take as an example the freeware FileZilla providing simplicity and speed. However you can of course use any other software offering features FTP client.

• Getting FileZilla
  
• Setting up a website
  
• Install the files on your site
  
• Setting advanced FTP
  

 Getting FileZilla

1. Click on this link to download the free software
2. Install the software on your computer
3. Read the documentation about software and its features.

 Setting up a website

1.Take your account data. These informations have been sent to you in the confirmation email you recevied when you created the account.
2. Click on <File> then <
3. Click on <File> and specify a name.
4. In the right part <Site Detail> indicates the connection settings.

	Hôte	ftp.<your domain name>
	Port	21
	Server Type	FTP
	Authentication Type	Normal
	User	le login FTP
	Password	the FTP password

5. Click on "Save and Exit"
6. Test the connection by clicking on the first icon on the toolbar, then click on the name of newly created site .

If you get:
Status: Connected
Status: Retrieving directory listing ...
Command: PWD
Response: 257 "/" is current directory.
State: Success of the directory listing

Congratulations, you are properly connected to your hpsting, you can switch to next step

 If you get:
Status : ftp.<your domain name> ...
Error: Unable to connect!

This means that:
- either you made a mistake in the host parameter
- Or the domain name is still not valid.
- Or the hosting is not forwarded to the domain name, you must in this case verify that the DNS domain are those indicated in the email. Change them if they are not correct. Contact Support.

In the latter two cases, can replace the set "host" the IP address specified in the mail to get a good connection.

 If you get:
Réponse : 220 ProFTPD 1.2.10 Server (ProFTPD)
Commande : USER votre_login
Réponse : 331 Password required for votre_login.
Commande : PASS **********
Réponse : 530 Login incorrect.
Erreur : Unabled to connect !

It means that you made a mistake in the settings "user" or "password". Codes provided may be incorrect.

 Install the files on your site

1. Once connected, you can check the tree form of your website on "Remote Site"

	httpdocs	directory of your site with access http://www.<your domain name>
	httpsdocs	directory of your site with secure access https://www.<your domain name>
	cgi-bin	for your perl CGI scripts by example
	error_docs	to define custom error pages
	private	for your personal files

2. View the tree from your computer in the "Local Site"
3. Drag your files from the "Local Site" to the "Remote Site"
    So place your webiste, it must be copied into the public_html directory

  If you try to write in a directory where you're not allowed to, you will get an error message. In all cases, you will not make any mishandling.

 You'll get a page "Fedora Core Test page" visiting the site in a browser if the httpdocs folder does not contain a default file like index.html or index.php. We recall you  that we have placed a default page, remember to remove or replace your default page.Be carefull, index.html has priority on index.php and index.htm and is not      recognized

 Setting advanced FTP

1. Back in the setting of the connection: Menu "File" then "Site Manager"
2. Click on the name of your website and then click on "Advanced"
3. You can set the local directory by default: the web directory on your computer .
    (you'll be automatically in your working index under "local site")
3. You can set the default remote directory such as public_html
    (you'll be automatically connected to that directory in the "remote site")