FTP: I know nothing.?

Question

Here's the deal:

I know nothing about FTP, honestly. To answer this question you're probably going to want to imagine me as a toddler or alien or something my math teacher always wants us to pretend to be when answering those questions that ask "How did you solve it?" ANYWAYS, that's beside the point.

I want to know this for my site .. Currently my site is hosted by a free host (not saying it's bad!). Just looking for better options, I suppose. I need to know all there is to know really .. If you can. It would be most appreciated. Also: What is the actually POINT of FTP? xD

Please and thanks!

Answer 1

Hope bellow link will help you:

http://epu.ucc.ie/doc/howtoftp

or this one.

http://kb.iu.edu/data/aerg.html

Read and learn. Sorry but too many too right down in a simple answer.

Best of luck

Answer 2

FTP ("File Transfer Protocol") is one of the older protocols on the Internet.

Generally you use an FTP client (like the one that comes with Windows). This is a command line program.

Open up a command line window and type "ftp server" where "server" is the fully qualified domain name of the server you're trying to copy your files to. The "ftp server" will try to connect to the FTP server.

Once connected, log in. Type "user userid" where "userid" is your assigned userid. It should prompt you for a password.

Once you're connected and logged in, you can actually move files around.

If you type "put filename", it will transfer a file from your local PC up to the server you're connected to.

If you type "get filename", it will pull the remote file back to your PC.

File transfers occur in a mode: either ASCII or BINARY. Use ASCII for HTML files. Use BINARY for graphic file (.jpg, .png, etc.). In order to change modes, just type "ascii" or "binary" at the FTP prompt.

If you need to change directories, "lcd directory" will change directories on your local PC. "cd directory" will change directories on the remote server.

When you're done, type "quit" to disconnect.

If you don't get excited about a command line utility, you can always use a free, open source utility like FileZilla (http://filezilla.sourceforge.net/) to wrap FTP in a GUI interface.

Answer 3

FTP stands for File Transfer Protocol
Thats all you can do with it -- transfer files between a server.
It's very standardized and useful for many things, including website management.

Answer 4

FTP will allow you to transfer files like you do on your PC from one folder to another.. My favorite is SmartFTP. You just drag and drop onto the folder where you want to install your files on your host.

http://www.smartftp.com

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Answer 5

It's basically used to transfer files from your computer to your site much faster.

Also it can be used for share files with other people as well from your computer to the Internet.