Category: Using FTP

To attach images, simply use the small icon next to the ‘upload/insert’ button.

For larger files, usually mixes, you will need to use FTP.  This is direct access to your server and is just like copying a file to any other location on your computer.

Using FTP – Mac

Unlocking the FTP is now easier.

Simply follow these instructions.

1.  Log in to https://ssl.extendcp.co.uk/ftp

2.  Select the length of time you wish to unlock it for.

Your FTP should now be unlocked for the time period specified.

Uploading to your FTP: MAC

Start by downloading CyberDuck. Open the .dmg file once the download has completed, and drag CyberDuck to your Applications folder to install it. Once it’s installed, launch it from your Applications.

Click the Open Connection button.

Enter the Server name in the space provided. The default Port for FTP is 21, so leave that setting. Now enter your Username and Password in the spaces provided.

When all of that information is in place, click the Connect button.

And now you’ll connect to your FTP server. The window may be blank or empty if you’ve never uploaded any files or folders.

NOTE: If you are adding music files… DO NOT create subfolders here.  This will make life much easier when locating mixes, for example, to attach to posts.

To create a new folder, right-click (ctrl-click for single-button mouse folks) in the main CyberDuck window and select New Folder…

Enter a name for the folder, and click Create.

CyberDuck will now create the folder. Double-click the folder name to ‘enter’ that folder.

 

To upload files, locate them in your Finder, select the ones you want to upload, and then drag them to the main CyberDuck window.

Once the upload has completed, the window will refresh and your files will be listed.

To delete a file or folder, right-click it and select Delete from the pop-up menu. You can also rename files this way (select Rename…) etc

If you want to save the FTP server information (so you don’t have to enter it every time you want to connect to it) – click the Bookmarks button.

From the Bookmarks pane, click the small + (plus sign) at the bottom.

And the FTP site will be saved to your CyberDuck bookmarks.

To attach images, simply use the small icon next to the ‘upload/insert’ button.

For larger files, usually mixes, you will need to use FTP.  This is direct access to your server and is just like copying a file to any other location on your computer.

Using FTP

Unlocking the FTP is now easier.

Simply follow these instructions.

1.  Log in to https://ssl.extendcp.co.uk/ftp

2.  Select the length of time you wish to unlock it for.

Your FTP should now be unlocked for the time period specified.

Uploading to your FTP: PC

Start by downloading Filezilla

The first thing to do is connect to a server.

Enter the hostname into the quickconnect bar’s Host: field, the username into the Username: field as well as the password into thePassword: field. You may leave the Port: field empty unless your login information specifies a certain port to use. Now click on Quickconnect.

FileZilla will now try to connect to the server. If all works well, you will notice that the right “column” switched from Not connected to any server to displaying a list of files and directories.

The next step is to get familiar with FileZilla’s window layout.

Here is a quick introduction: Below the toolbar (1) and quickconnect bar (2), the message log (3) displays transfer and connection related messages. Below, you can find the file listings. The left column (local pane, 4) displays the local files and directories, i.e. the stuff on the PC you’re using FileZilla on. The right column (server pane, 5) displays the files and directories on the server you are connected to. Both columns have a directory tree at the top and a detailed listing of the currently selected directory’s contents at the bottom. You can easily navigate either of the trees and lists by clicking around like in any other file manager. At the bottom of the window, the transfer queue (6) lists the to-be-transferred and already transferred files.

Uploading

First – in the local pane – bring the directory into view which contains data to be uploaded (e.g. index.html and images/). Now, navigate to the desired target directory on the server (using the server pane’s file listings). To upload the data, select the respective files/directories and drag them from the local to the remote pane. You will notice that the files will be added to the transfer queue at the bottom of the window and soon thereafter get removed again – since they were (hopefully, if nothing went wrong) just uploaded to the server. The uploaded files and directories should now be displayed in the server content listing at the right side of the window.

Local and remote file listings after uploading the example files

Note: If you don’t like using drag-and-drop, you can also right click on files/directories (in the lower local pane) and select Upload to upload them – or simply double-click a file entry (this does not work for directories).

Note (advanced): If you enable filtering and upload a complete directory, only the not-filtered-out files and directories inside this directory will be transferred.

NOTE: If you are adding music files… DO NOT create subfolders here.  This will make life much easier when locating mixes, for example, to attach to posts.

Downloading

Downloading files, or complete directories, works essentially the same way as uploading – you just drag the files/directories from the remote pane to the local pane this time, instead of the other way round.

Note: In case you (accidentally) try to overwrite a file during upload or download, FileZilla will by default display a dialog asking what to do (overwrite, rename, skip…).

Using the site manager

Now that you are confident in transferring files (if not, practice a little bit), you might want to add the server information to the site manager to make it easy to reconnect to this server. To do this, select Copy current connection to Site Manager… in the File menu. The site manager will be opened and a new entry will be created with all the important information already filled in. You will notice that the entry’s name is selected and highlighted – you can enter some descriptive name so you will later on find your server again (enter something like domain.com FTP server for example – you can rename it later if you wish). Now close the dialog by clicking on OK.

The next time you want to connect to this server, you can simply select it in the site manager and click Connect.

Conclusion:

You should now be able to use the basic FileZilla features.

One final remark: Most tasks can be completed in several ways. The ways chosen for this tutorial are the most clear ones – if you invest a bit of time and just look around or read some of the advanced documentation, you will find much quicker ways to achieve what you want (there are toolbar buttons for often-used commands for example; some also react on right-clicking them).