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How do I use CuteFTP to upload my website?

CuteFTP is a commercial FTP client. Once installed, you can follow the steps below to connect to your hosting account and upload your website.

  1. From the 'File' menu select 'New', then select 'FTP Site'.
  2. Enter a memorable name, like that of your site for example in the 'Label' field.
  3. Enter 'ftp.example.com' (replace example.com with your domain name) into the 'Host Address' field.
  4. In the 'User Name' field enter your accounts username and domain name in the format of 'username@example.com'.
  5. Enter your account's password in the 'Password' field.
  6. Click on the 'Actions' tab and enter '/var/www/html' in the 'When client connects, switch to this remote folder' field.
  7. Click the 'Connect' button.
  8. Drag the files from the local computer section to the remote directory.
If you wish to upload CGI scripts to the account just enter '/var/www' as the initial directory at step 6. Then when uploading files, place the CGI scripts in the cgi-bin directory and the HTML files in the html directory.

These instructions relate to CuteFTP 7, but are similar in other versions.

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