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(Click Here for Version 4.X Screen Shots) CuteFTP is an easy and powerful application. You can download shareware versions of this program at www.tucows.com or www.download.com. The shareware continues to work after 30 days but it will only allow single file transfers after the 30 day expiration. You will not be able to drag & drop entire directories after 30 days without registering the software or hacking it. Just close the "nuisance screen" to use the program after 30 days. Open CuteFTP and go through the "nuisance screen" if necessary. The top window shows session activity. The left window shows the initial remote directory designated for your computer. That window defaults to the GlobalScape folder. Most people prefer to set that to their desktop. The right window shows the contents of your ftp directory. The bottom window shows the "queue" of documents waiting to be uploaded from your computer to your ISP's computers or downloaded from your folder on the ISP's computer to your own computer. Click the FTP menu (as shown below) to open the Site Manager. <next>
The screen below is a typical Site Manager with one ftp connection named "customerservice" already setup in the box on the right. Click the "add site" button to create a new directory setup. Click the "edit site" button to reconfigure an already setup directory. <next>
The "add site" button will be titled "add host" but it is exactly like the "edit site" button otherwise. Set the "site label" box to the ftp directory name. Set the appropriate "host address" such as ftp.ispname.com or possibly an IP address such as 209.210.176.6. Set the username and password. Set the appropriate "initial remote directory" such as /mypage/username or /ispnameusers/username. (Please refer to the Web support group of your ISP for your exact addresses.) Set the "initial remote directory" by clicking the button with a folder picture and browsing to the desktop, C drive or any other place on your computer. Leave all other settings at their default settings. ISP Personal Website Sample: <next>
Click "OK" and then hit the connect button to login to that ftp directory. A successful logon will result in the screen below. <next>
If your ftp contents folder (box on the right) contains a whole bunch of strange directories (example pictured below) then the initial remote directory is improperly configured. It should be /whateverispusers/username with a slash / at the beginning but no slash / in between whateverisp and users. Also, there should not be any "www" in there.
If the site manager is correctly configured but you still can't log in then contact the Web support group at your ISP to check the addressing and settings. Be sure to specify that you are using CuteFTP Version 3 so they will know which program you are using. <return to top> <CuteFTP 4X Screen Shots> <windows home page> |
