How To FTP Files And CHMOD With SmartFTPWEBMASTER SKILLSThis video shows you how to use a free program called SmartFTP to publish your files and website to your web server. Anyone managing websites needs to have this basic skill and abilit. SmartFTP is one of our favorite FTP clients for a variety of reasons. First it is free for the basic version and you can easily download and install it in just a few minutes. Second, it is a very powerful program allowing you to easily manage a large number of sites because it remembers your log in and allows you to easily swictch between sites in seconds. Finally it has a very intuitive interface that is very easy to learn to use. The key take aways for you to lean in this video are ~ What exactly you are doing when you FTP a file, pay attention to the folder demonstraition at the beginning ~ What folder you should place your files into for public viewing, the video shows you a folder called "public html" other common root folders with different hosts include "http docs" or "www root", contact your host if you have further questions about your server. ~ How to set premissions also known as CHMOD, many programs and platforms you may deal with in the future may instruct you to do this, so learn it now. ~ Pay attention to how you can save multiple log ins for multiple sites and how the program remembers the last sites you were working on when you close and re open it ~ Click Here and Download and Install SmartFTP and Start Using it Right Away
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