Configuring your website in WS_FTP
Click to Open a Remote Connection
This tutorial assumes you already have WS_FTP and have it running on your computer, but not connected to another server
Now let's learn how to configure our website in WS_FTP
Click Create Folder
Enter a name for the new folder, then click OK
Now let's configure a new site inside this new folder
Click Create Site
Enter a name for this new site
Then click Next
Click Next again
Enter the Server Address, then click Next
Note: The server address can be in the form ftp.yourdomain.com or just the IP address
If your domain name has not yet propagated, then you'll have to use the IP address method
Enter the username and password for the hosting account
Click Next
Click Finish
That's it! We've successfully configured a new site in WS_FTP
To connect to the website we just configured, click Connect
That's it! We've successfully connected to our website via FTP
Click the Disconnect icon to close the connection
This is the end of the tutorial. You now know how to configure a website in WS_FTP, for the purposes of establishing an FTP connection
