The Control Center's File Manager application is a convenient way to manage the HTML, image, and CGI files that comprise your website. You may also use a FTP (File Transfer Protocol) software program on your computer to upload, download, and rename files on your website and change access settings.

FTP can upload and download multiple files where File Manager only allows one file to be uploaded or downloaded at a time.

There are many FTP programs available for every type of computer, this article will cover how to use File Manager through Control Center, FTP setup using Dreamweaver and FileZilla programs.

If you plan on using another FTP application or a web development tool that uses FTP, refer to the documentation for that product. You may be asked to enter the FTP login information described in the next section.

FTP Login Information

Here is the login information you'll need to use with any FTP application or Web development software that uses FTP.

• Hostname (or Host): ftp-dom.earthlink.net or ftp.yourdomain.com
• Username (or User ID): yourdomain.com
• Password: Your Web Hosting password

Using File Manager through the Control Center

File Manager allows you to take full control of your website files. You can copy, move, delete, rename and edit files, create and remove directories, change the permissions, add files to archive and extract them, upload files from your local computer to the server.

Once you login to the Control Center control.earthlink.net using the login information from your Welcome email, click on Advanced Tools and then File Manager application as shown below:

FTP setup using Dreamweaver CS4

• Open Dreamweaver application and select Site.
• From the Site menu, select Manage Sites.
• Click New, and then select FTP & RDS Server.
  
• Complete the following fields, and then click OK.
  
  • Name — Enter a name for your Site.
  • Access type — Select FTP from the dropdown box.
  • FTP host — Enter ftp-dom.earthlink.net or ftp.yourdomain.com.
  • Host directory — Enter /public.
  • Login — Enter your domain name without www.
  • Password — Enter your hosting account's password.
  • Select Use passive FTP.
    
• Click OK to save these FTP settings for your site.
• Click on the Expand to show local and remote sites icon in the Files panel.
  
• Click the Connects to Remote host icon

Dreamweaver will connect to the remote host and display any files that are on the remote host on the left. To copy the files from your local computer to the remote host, simply select them in the right panel and click the Put Files icon.

FTP setup using FileZilla

Run FileZilla, select Site Manager from the File menu. Click on New Site button to create a new session and use the following settings.

Under General tab

1. Host — Enter ftp-dom.earthlink.net or ftp.yourdomain.com.
2. Port — Enter 21.
3. User — Enter your domain name without the www. i.e. mybusiness.com
4. Select FTP — File Transfer Protocol from the Protocol dropdown box.
5. Use plain FTP from the Encryption dropdown box.
6. Select Normal from the Logon Type dropdown box.
7. Password — Enter your hosting account's password.

Under Transfer Settings tab

• Set Transfer mode to Passive.
  
• Click the Connect button.

If login was successful you will see a commander style window with a list of FTP server’s directories on one of the sides. Drag files from Local site on the left pane to Remote site on the right.

NOTE: The instructions given above are for DreamweaverCS4 and FileZilla only. Updated software may differ in appearance and navigation. Users for higher version should refer to their FTP software documentation to learn how to upload Web Pages. If your computer is connected to a network that has a firewall, you may need to check with your network administrator for special instructions for using FTP on your network.