Free FTP Software

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Download it now and begin uploading your web pages immediately.

Once you've installed the FTP software on your PC, return here to learn how to use it.  I've created some screenshots to help you along.  There are also instructions inside the folder you downloaded.

Using The FTP Software

In order for this to work properly, you must have a web host that provides FTP access.  Almost all non-free web hosting plans provide this, but if you need a web host, websitepalace.com has some affordable plans starting at $3.

Once you've installed and launched the program, you will see something like this below...

The area circled in red is where you need to enter the FTP information from your web host.   They should have provided you with...

1) Your server name (usually 'yourdomain.com' or 'ftp.yoursite.com')

2) Your FTP username

3) Your FTP password

Once you've completed those three fields, hit the "Connect" button to connect to your host's server.

When you're connected to your FTP server, you will see a folder that contains your list of web files.  They will appear in Section A on the diagram above.  This is a map of the files on your web site. 

When you first connect, you may only see one folder named "htdocs" or "www".  Click once to get inside this folder.  This is where you need to be in order to save your web files.

Notice in the example above, "enhance" is the name of the folder and when you click the folder, Section E, lists all the files that live inside the "enhance" folder.

So any file saved here would have the web address... http://www.yoursite.com/enhance/name_of_file.html

Let's say you want to upload a file to this folder.  First navigate to the folder where your .html files are saved on your PC. (See Section B)  Click to open the folder and the files will appear in Section D.

To upload the file, simply select it with your mouse and click the "Upload File" button (Section C).  To upload multiple files, hold down the "Control" key on your keyboard and select the files with your mouse.

To download files from your web server to your PC, simply highlight them in Section E with your mouse, and select the "Download" button in Section C.  This will download the files to your PC in the folder you have opened in Section D.