Using Internet or Windows Explorer to Upload Your Site

Getting Your FTP Settings
You will need the following information from your FTP settings in order to use Internet
Explorer to upload your Web site:
FTP User Name. The user name for your hosting account.
FTP Password. Your password for your hosting account.
FTP Site URL. The URL of the FTP site for your domain name, for example,
f t p://www.coolexample.com, where coolexample.com is the name of your Web site.
If you are missing any of this information, you can log in to your Account Manager to find
your user name, password, and URL.

Your Internet Explorer FTP client functionality might not be turned on by default. To
enable your FTP client, go to Tools >Internet Options >Advanced tab, and select
Enable Folder view for FTP sites.




To Connect to Your Web Server
1. Open Internet Explorer.
2. In the Address bar, enter your FTP Site URL. For example:
ftp://www.coolexample.com. Note that you are using ftp:// and not http://.
3. In the Log On As window, enter your FTP User Name and Password.

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4. Click Log On.
NOTE: If the Log On As window does not automatically display, go to File >Login As to
open the FTP login prompt.
Your Web site's file structure displays in the browser window. You can now upload and
download files to your Web site.
NOTE: You should place files in the root, not in sub folders of the root. The root is the home
directory that opens when you first log on.
When you are finished uploading your files, you can check your Web site in your Internet
browser to make sure that your files were uploaded correctly.
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Using Windows Explorer to Upload Files
Once you have your FTP settings, you're ready to connect to your Web server and start
using Windows Explorer to upload your Web site.

To Connect to Your Web Server Quick start
1. Open a My Computer window by clicking on the Start Menu and selecting My
Computer.
2. In the Address bar, enter your FTP Site URL. For example:
ftp://coolexample.com. Note that you are using ftp:// and not http://.
3. In the Log On As window, enter your FTP User Name and Password.

Quick Start Using Internet or Windows Explorer to Upload Your Site
4. Click Log On.
NOTE: If the Log On As window does not automatically display, go to File >Login
As to open the FTP login prompt.
5. Your Web site's file structure displays in the Windows Explorer window. You can
now upload and download files to your Web site.
NOTE: You should place files in the root, not in sub folders of the root. The root is the
home directory that opens when you first log on.
6. When you are finished uploading your files, you can check your Web site in your
Internet browser to make sure that your files were uploaded correctly.