Here is a tutorial that explains how to use FTP (File Transfer Protocol) to update your website with OKPublic.

What is FTP? Here is a quick definition from Wikipedia:

“FTP or File Transfer Protocol is used to connect two computers over the Internet so that the user of one computer can transfer files and perform file commands on the other computer.”

So in order to use FTP, you first need to obtain an FTP client or software program. We recommend Filezilla as it’s:

• Open Source (Free!)
• Easy to use
• Updated often

You can download Filezilla here: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=21558
(For our purposes, it’s best to get the non-Beta version of the program or stable version.)

Once you download and install the program (the default options that Filezilla specifies during installation will work fine), start it up and you’ll see an interface that looks similar to the one below. Click on the computer icon as shown below:

The below screen will come up. Click on the “New Site” button as shown by the arrow below (click on the image to view the full-size version):

Now you need to enter in the details for the new FTP site that were contained in the email you should have received that contained the subject line: “Domain Account Activation”. You need to substitute mydomain.com, myusername, and mypassword with your own information contained in that email.
You can view the image below to determine where that information needs to be placed in Filezilla:

• Host: ftp.mydomain.com (If the domain name that you are using is for example a .net extension, then it would be ftp.mydomain.net).
• Servertype: FTP
• Logontype: normal
• User: myusername
• Password: mypassword
  

When you’ve finishing filling in that information, click on the advanced tab as shown above.

The settings in the Advanced window should be:

• Default local directory: This should be the path to where you store or would like to store the files that you want to put up with your website. Click on the
• Default remote directory: public_html/ (This is your directory on the server that is accessible by the web)

Once you’re done with that, click on the “Save and Exit” button back at the main screen.

That should do it! Now you can connect to your site and upload files from your computer to it.

For more detailed information on how to use Filezilla specifically, you can visit the Filezilla Documentation area.

One Response to “FTP Tutorial for OKPublic Hosting Accounts (Filezilla)”

1. OK|Public Web Hosting » Archive » How to Move Your Site Over to OK Public Says:
   October 27th, 2009 at 3:21 pm

   [...] your current server, you need to contact your current host. If you don’t have an FTP client, we suggest using the open source [...]

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