to get my files to the site and then shut it down completely. It's not a very secure FTP program, but quick, easy, and functional when I need it. I don't use it all for sharing files with people because it is a security risk.
As for setting it up.....you will need to fill in the Connect area with the actual website log in information (including the actual path they have assigned to your URL so if your site is at www.joeblow.com as the hosting site, but your account is named bettyboop, then you might have to enter the URL as www.joeblow.com/bettyboop instead. Check with the hosting site first. (This is the HOST ADDRESS) Then you have to enter your username and password they gave you. And put a checkmark in 'save' or you will have to enter it every time you have changes to upload. The Remote Site area will be the URL assigned to you, and will fill in automatically.
If you have a Firewall (and you should have one) set it up in this Connections area as well.
As for the folders themselves.....on the left hand side of the screen, it defaults to the folder where WS_FTP installed to, which is ridiculous in itself, so use the Browse button to get to the folder My Webs or wherever your website files are located on your harddrive. Once you have that path correct on the left hand side, you should be able to use that same path as the default "Local Folder" to be shown every time you open the program.
The Advanced/Options area has places to 'use passive' so that most times you don't get errors when transferring your pages or files to the site, among other things that are mostly self-explanatory.
Now, when your website files/folders show up on the left hand side, you can select them all and click ADD and it will send the files to the hosted URL on the right hand side. When you have new files to transfer later, just highlight the new ones or ones you have changed and click ADD again and it will send the new files over and overwrite the older versions if you have changed any of the files with the same name.
You have to click the Connect button before you can transfer and it will use the saved information to log in with. If something needs to be changed in that saved information just go to the Connect button, get the window up again, make your changes, and click SAVE again so it will now save your changes.
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I am a bit slow in getting started. I have been trying to use one or the other of the above FTP to upload a web site but no success.Does anybody have a simple step by step how to instruction?
I am a bit confuse with terms like site LABEL, HOST ADDRESS and SERVER Address.

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