Introduction

If you are running the Microsoft Windows O/S on your PC, WS_FTP is an extremely friendly, intuitive and easy-to-use FTP Client. Specific instructions about how to use WS_FTP are included below: Establish a connection to your Virtual Private Servers by selecting the "Connect" button. Specify your company name as the "Profile Name", your domain name (or temporary domain name if your domain name has not yet been registered) as the "Host Name/Address", your login name as the "User ID", and your login password as the "Password". Once a connection is established, two columns will appear on your screen. The column on the left displays files on your computer while the column on the right represents directories and files on your Virtual Private Servers. You will want to navigate to the "www/htdocs" or "usr/local/etc/httpd/htdocs" folder on your Virtual Private Servers (the right side of the dialog). This is the directory where you will store your web content. Select the appropriate files or directories that you want to transfer from your computer (the left side) to your Virtual Private Servers (the right side) by selecting them with your mouse. You can select more than one by holding down the shift key. Once these files are selected you simply hit the arrow "-->" pointing toward the right or toward the Virtual Private Servers directory window. Be sure that all HTML documents and cgi script are transferred in ASCII mode. Graphics should be transferred in Binary format. The latest versions of WS_FTP provide an "Auto" toggle button you can select- WS_FTP will then automatically determine which mode to transfer the file (we recommend you use the "Auto" mode).