{"id":946,"date":"2021-11-19T20:25:32","date_gmt":"2021-11-19T20:25:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianwebhost.com\/support\/?p=946"},"modified":"2022-09-05T18:50:12","modified_gmt":"2022-09-05T18:50:12","slug":"ftp-clients","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianwebhost.com\/support\/web-hosting\/cpanel-help-guides\/ftp-clients\/","title":{"rendered":"File Transfer Protocol (FTP) Clients"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"top\">Overview<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"#what-is-ftp\">What is FTP?<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#what-is-an-ftp-client\" data-type=\"internal\" data-id=\"#what-is-an-ftp-client\">What is an FTP client?<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#what-are-my-ftp-settings\" data-type=\"internal\" data-id=\"#what-are-my-ftp-settings\">What are my FTP settings?<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>The most common method of uploading files for your website is FTP or file transfer protocol. Here are some general guides to assist with using FTP with our servers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-dots\" id=\"what-is-ftp\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is FTP?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>FTP, or file transfer protocol is used to connect a client computer to a web server, in order to transfer files back and forth. Using an ftp client, you can easily upload all of your site files and images. Most ftp clients can be used to edit, move or delete files on your hosting server as well<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even if you use website development software, it is most likely that it will use ftp to connect to the server and upload the site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#top\" data-type=\"internal\" data-id=\"#top\">Back to Top<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-dots\" id=\"what-is-an-ftp-client\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is an FTP Client?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>An ftp client is a program or app used to connect your computer to your web server. There are several FTP clients available for all operating systems (Windows, Mac, Linux, etc). Way too many for us to give detailed guides on how to use each one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, we do have guides for some of the most common ftp clients, including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/christianwebhost.com\/support\/2021\/11\/16\/ftp-clients-filezilla\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"841\">FileZilla<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/christianwebhost.com\/support\/web-hosting\/cpanel-help-guides\/ftp-clients-coreftp\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"1031\">CoreFTP<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/christianwebhost.com\/support\/web-hosting\/cpanel-help-guides\/ftp-clients-winscp\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"1006\">WinSCP<\/a><\/li><li>CyberDuck (coming soon)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>For any others, you should be able to use the guides provided by the software vendor to connect to our servers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#top\" data-type=\"internal\" data-id=\"#top\">Back to Top<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-dots\" id=\"what-are-my-ftp-settings\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What are my FTP settings?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>While there are numerous ftp clients out there that you can use, as well as website builder software apps that also use ftp, the settings that these services use are fairly standard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity is-style-default\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">cPanel Web Hosting<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have cPanel based hosting, you can see your setting in the FTP Accounts app in the files section.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"990\" height=\"135\" src=\"https:\/\/christianwebhost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/cp-files.png\" alt=\"cPanel Files\" class=\"wp-image-124\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>If you do not know how to access your cPanel, you can find out <a href=\"https:\/\/christianwebhost.com\/support\/2021\/10\/26\/accessing-your-cpanel\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"288\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once the FTP accounts page loads, you should see a list of the FTP accounts at the bottom of the screen. If you need to create an FTP account, please check out <a href=\"https:\/\/christianwebhost.com\/support\/web-hosting\/cpanel-help-guides\/cpanel-ftp-connections\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"314\">this guide<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1439\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/christianwebhost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/cp-ftpaccs.png\" alt=\"A list of cPanel FTP accounts.\" class=\"wp-image-1605\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>If you click on Configure FTP Client, you should now see the Manual settings that are required for your FTP client to connect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1439\" height=\"648\" src=\"https:\/\/christianwebhost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/cp-ftpconfig.png\" alt=\"The ftp accounts in cpanel with the configure options displayed.\" class=\"wp-image-1606\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>There are also Configuration files that can be downloaded and then opened in their respective FTP client that will set up the FTP account for you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity is-style-default\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">General FTP Settings<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The main settings that are required are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Server or Host<ul><li>This is typically your domain name or the name or IP of the server your account is on.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Username<ul><li>This is your FTP account username. This is set up in your cPanel or other hosting service.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Password<ul><li>This is your FTP password, also set up when the FTP account was created.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Port<ul><li>The default port for FTP is 21. Most FTP clients will default to this port.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Example:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>Host: example.com\nUser: ftp@example.com\nPass: not123456\nPort: 21<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Using these settings and your software&#8217;s guides, you should have no issues connecting to our servers to upload your website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#top\" data-type=\"internal\" data-id=\"#top\">Back to Top<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have any further questions, please be sure to reach out to our support staff by using our chat service in your <a href=\"https:\/\/christianwebhost.com\/support\/2021\/10\/26\/accessing-your-client-area\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"249\">client area<\/a> or by submitting a <a href=\"https:\/\/christianwebhost.com\/support\/2021\/10\/25\/clientarea-supportticket\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/christianwebhost.com\/support\/2021\/10\/25\/clientarea-supportticket\/\">ticket<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Connect to your web hosting server and upload your new site.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2334,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-946","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cpanel-help-guides","category-web-hosting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianwebhost.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/946","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianwebhost.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianwebhost.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianwebhost.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianwebhost.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=946"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/christianwebhost.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/946\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2442,"href":"https:\/\/christianwebhost.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/946\/revisions\/2442"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianwebhost.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2334"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianwebhost.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianwebhost.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=946"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianwebhost.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}