Getting Started Guide - Publishing With Cute FTP

What IS FTP?

Publishing Using Internet Explorer FTP Function
Publishing With Cute FTP From Windows
Publishing With Cute FTP From UNIX
Publishing With WS_FTP From Unix
Publishing With WS_FTP From Windows

Publishing With Cute FTP (From Windows)

To publish your Web page using CuteFTP, perform the following steps:

Note:In the following article, CuteFTP 5.0 XP was used. Depending upon which version of CuteFTP you are using, the steps may vary.

Step one:From the Start menu, select Programs, select GlobalSCAPE, select CuteFTP, and then click CuteFTP.

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Step two:From the Site Manager File menu, click New Site.

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Step three:From the Site Settings for New Site text boxes, enter a generic Label for site (e.g., My Site), FTP Host Address (e.g., forexample-domain.com or your account IP address, e.g., 172.110.110.172), FTP site User Name, FTP site Password, and FTP site connection port.

Note:The default setting for the FTP site connection port is 21. If the site requires a port other than 21 to establish a connection, enter it in the FTP site connection port text box.

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Step four:From Login type, click to select Normal.

Step five:Click Edit.

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Step six:From the Default Remote Directory text box, enter /webroot.

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Step seven:Click OK.


 

 

Step eight:From the local site drop-down menu, click to select your local folder.

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Step nine:From your local folder, click to choose the file(s) to upload.

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Step ten:From the CuteFTP toolbar, click the Upload icon.
 

 

   Publishing With Cute FTP (Unix)

To publish your Web page using CuteFTP, perform the following steps:

Note:In the following article, CuteFTP 5.0 XP was used. Depending upon which version of CuteFTP you are using, the steps may vary.

Step one:From the Start menu, select Programs, select GlobalSCAPE, select CuteFTP, and then click CuteFTP.

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Step two:From the Site Manager File menu, click New Site.

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Step three:From the Site Settings for New Site text boxes, enter a generic Label for site (e.g., My Site), FTP Host Address (e.g., forexample-domain.com or your account IP address, e.g., 172.110.110.172), FTP site User Name, FTP site Password, and FTP site connection port.

Note:The default setting for the FTP site connection port is 21. If the site requires a port other than 21 to establish a connection, enter it in the FTP site connection port text box.

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Step four:From Login type, click to select Normal.

Step five:Click Connect.

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Step six:From the local site drop-down menu, click to select your local folder. From the remote site drop-down menu, click to select the remote site folder.

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Step seven:From your local folder, click to choose the file(s) to upload.

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Step eight:From the CuteFTP toolbar, click the Upload icon