{"id":196,"date":"2018-08-10T18:31:48","date_gmt":"2018-08-10T08:31:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/typicalhosting.com.au\/blog\/?p=196"},"modified":"2019-12-23T20:56:54","modified_gmt":"2019-12-23T10:56:54","slug":"setup-filezilla","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/typicalhosting.com.au\/blog\/setup-filezilla\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Setup Filezilla"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>How to Setup FileZilla<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-212 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/typicalhosting.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/filezilla.png\" alt=\"Setup FileZilla\" width=\"640\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/typicalhosting.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/filezilla.png 640w, https:\/\/typicalhosting.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/filezilla-300x164.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/strong><\/h2>\n<h2>What is FileZilla<\/h2>\n<p>FileZilla Client is a fast and reliable cross-platform FTP, FTPS and SFTP client with lots of useful features and an intuitive graphical user interface.<\/p>\n<h2>Setting up FileZilla<\/h2>\n<p>Setting up FileZilla is a very simple process and I will show you how to connect your FileZilla to your Remote Hosting Account.<br \/>\nTo Start we will need to access your cPanel and head into<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Log in to your account through our site login.<\/li>\n<li>Go to your \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/typicalhosting.com.au\/am\/clientarea.php?\">Accounts<\/a>\u2018 home page<\/li>\n<li>Under \u2018Account Overview\u2019, Click \u2018view\u2019 next to the number of products and services.<\/li>\n<li>Inside the \u201cMy Products &amp; Services\u201d list, Find your service and hit \u201cView Details\u201d located to the right<\/li>\n<li>Within Your Service, you will our \u201cLogin to cPanel\u201d on the left sidebar Menu &#8220;As Shown in the Image Below&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-213\" src=\"https:\/\/typicalhosting.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/SetupFileZilla1.png\" alt=\"Setup FileZilla\" width=\"894\" height=\"561\" srcset=\"https:\/\/typicalhosting.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/SetupFileZilla1.png 1166w, https:\/\/typicalhosting.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/SetupFileZilla1-300x188.png 300w, https:\/\/typicalhosting.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/SetupFileZilla1-768x482.png 768w, https:\/\/typicalhosting.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/SetupFileZilla1-1024x643.png 1024w, https:\/\/typicalhosting.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/SetupFileZilla1-640x402.png 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 894px) 100vw, 894px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Now that we have successfully entered cPanel we need to navigate to &#8220;FTP Accounts&#8221; this is usually found in the first Section of cPanel under &#8220;Files&#8221; as shown below.<br \/>\nIf you cannot find it then simply just type FTP Accounts into the Search bar at the top of your cPanel Account.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-214\" src=\"https:\/\/typicalhosting.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/SetupFileZilla2.png\" alt=\"Setup FileZilla\" width=\"914\" height=\"389\" srcset=\"https:\/\/typicalhosting.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/SetupFileZilla2.png 1418w, https:\/\/typicalhosting.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/SetupFileZilla2-300x128.png 300w, https:\/\/typicalhosting.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/SetupFileZilla2-768x327.png 768w, https:\/\/typicalhosting.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/SetupFileZilla2-1024x436.png 1024w, https:\/\/typicalhosting.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/SetupFileZilla2-640x273.png 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 914px) 100vw, 914px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Setting up your FTP Account<\/h2>\n<p>At the &#8220;Add FTP Account&#8221; Area we will need to create a login domain.<\/p>\n<p>This will simply be used as our username to access our Hosting account Remotely. for this one, I will just use &#8220;Test@demo.com.au&#8221; As for your Password you can either create your own or use the Password Generator Button to Right.<\/p>\n<p>If you use the Password Generator then please make sure you have copied your password to a safe place as we will need to use this password shortly when we are setting up FileZilla.<\/p>\n<p>Now, this part is Very Important!! by default it will come up with something like this &#8220;<span class=\"input-group-addon\">\/home\/democoma\/<\/span>public_html\/demo.com.au\/test&#8221; now if we are to create this FTP Account under this Directory we will only be able to connect to that directory and won&#8217;t be able to see your website files.<\/p>\n<p>So for this, we will delete &#8220;public_html\/demo.com.au\/test&#8221; leaving it with just the mandatory &#8220;<span class=\"input-group-addon\">\/home\/democoma\/&#8221; keeping in mind yours will be stating different depending on the domain of your website.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>As for your bandwidth leave this as unlimited as we are going to want to use this account to make a lot of changes to our site or upload files when necessary.<\/p>\n<p>Now that we have filled out our FTP Account Details you should see something Similar as the Photo Below.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-232\" src=\"https:\/\/typicalhosting.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/SetupFileZilla3-1.png\" alt=\"Setup Filezilla\" width=\"1021\" height=\"723\" srcset=\"https:\/\/typicalhosting.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/SetupFileZilla3-1.png 1021w, https:\/\/typicalhosting.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/SetupFileZilla3-1-300x212.png 300w, https:\/\/typicalhosting.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/SetupFileZilla3-1-768x544.png 768w, https:\/\/typicalhosting.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/SetupFileZilla3-1-640x453.png 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1021px) 100vw, 1021px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If you are happy with the details and everything looks correct you can now hit &#8220;Create FTP Account&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>We have now Successfully Setup our new FTP Account you should now see your new login for your FTP Account as shown below.<\/p>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div id=\"homedir_error\" class=\"col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-md-6 col-lg-6 cjt_validation_error\" title=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-216 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/typicalhosting.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/SetupFileZilla4.png\" alt=\"Setup FileZilla\" width=\"1437\" height=\"347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/typicalhosting.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/SetupFileZilla4.png 1437w, https:\/\/typicalhosting.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/SetupFileZilla4-300x72.png 300w, https:\/\/typicalhosting.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/SetupFileZilla4-768x185.png 768w, https:\/\/typicalhosting.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/SetupFileZilla4-1024x247.png 1024w, https:\/\/typicalhosting.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/SetupFileZilla4-640x155.png 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1437px) 100vw, 1437px\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Configuring Your FTP Client (FileZilla)<\/h2>\n<p>To Configure your FTP Client we will simply hit the &#8220;Configure FTP Client&#8221; button within your new &#8220;FTP Account&#8221; and simply hit the Download button Below &#8220;FileZilla (For Windows)&#8221; as shown below.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-220 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/typicalhosting.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/SetupFileZilla5.png\" alt=\"Setup FileZilla\" width=\"1426\" height=\"613\" srcset=\"https:\/\/typicalhosting.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/SetupFileZilla5.png 1426w, https:\/\/typicalhosting.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/SetupFileZilla5-300x129.png 300w, https:\/\/typicalhosting.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/SetupFileZilla5-768x330.png 768w, https:\/\/typicalhosting.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/SetupFileZilla5-1024x440.png 1024w, https:\/\/typicalhosting.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/SetupFileZilla5-640x275.png 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1426px) 100vw, 1426px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Once you have Downloaded this Configuration File we will now proceed to the FileZilla Program.<\/p>\n<p>If you have not downloaded FileZilla Please do so now by going to this link <a href=\"https:\/\/filezilla-project.org\/index.php\">https:\/\/filezilla-project.org\/index.php<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Setting Up FileZilla Program<\/h2>\n<p>Now please open your FileZilla Program and install any new updates if required before continuing.<\/p>\n<p>Now to setup your Remote Connection to your Hosting Service please go to &#8220;File-&gt;Import&#8221; and navigate to the Configuration File we just downloaded from cPanel and Click &#8220;Open&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-223 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/typicalhosting.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/SetupFileZilla6.png\" alt=\"Setup FileZilla\" width=\"906\" height=\"692\" srcset=\"https:\/\/typicalhosting.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/SetupFileZilla6.png 906w, https:\/\/typicalhosting.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/SetupFileZilla6-300x229.png 300w, https:\/\/typicalhosting.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/SetupFileZilla6-768x587.png 768w, https:\/\/typicalhosting.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/SetupFileZilla6-640x489.png 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 906px) 100vw, 906px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Then we need to make sure that &#8220;Site Manager entries&#8221; are Checked and then we\u00a0 Hit &#8220;OK&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-224 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/typicalhosting.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/SetupFileZilla7.png\" alt=\"Setup FileZilla\" width=\"906\" height=\"692\" srcset=\"https:\/\/typicalhosting.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/SetupFileZilla7.png 906w, https:\/\/typicalhosting.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/SetupFileZilla7-300x229.png 300w, https:\/\/typicalhosting.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/SetupFileZilla7-768x587.png 768w, https:\/\/typicalhosting.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/SetupFileZilla7-640x489.png 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 906px) 100vw, 906px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Now you have successfully imported all required Data required to enter your website but before we connect to our FTP Server we will need to Navigate to &#8220;File-&gt;Site Manager&#8230;&#8221; in this window that pops up you will see your newly imported Site in the hierarchy menu on the left.<\/p>\n<p>Within your new added site you will see the &#8220;Protocol&#8221;,&#8221;Host&#8221; and&#8221;Encryption&#8221; Please leave these Fields as they are filled out&#8230; what we want to change is the &#8220;Logon Type&#8221; we will want to change this to &#8220;Normal&#8221; so we can enter the Password we created earlier and be able to connect easily in the future. This will allow FileZilla to save the password to the program. so when we connect we won&#8217;t need to enter the password all the time.<\/p>\n<p>If you are on a shared Computer the option is Completely up to you on whether you want to save your password or not but for now we will go with saving the password.<\/p>\n<p>Now please &#8220;Enter&#8221; the Password you created earlier when we Created your new FTP Account and Click &#8220;Connect&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-226 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/typicalhosting.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/SetupFileZilla8.png\" alt=\"Setup FileZilla\" width=\"906\" height=\"692\" srcset=\"https:\/\/typicalhosting.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/SetupFileZilla8.png 906w, https:\/\/typicalhosting.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/SetupFileZilla8-300x229.png 300w, https:\/\/typicalhosting.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/SetupFileZilla8-768x587.png 768w, https:\/\/typicalhosting.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/SetupFileZilla8-640x489.png 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 906px) 100vw, 906px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We have now successfully Connected to our Hosting Service Remotely via FileZilla!!<\/p>\n<p>Now you Should be able to control your website files and make changes or edits to your files and folders remotely.<\/p>\n<p>If you have any difficulties connecting to your FTP Server we are more than happy to check everything out for you please just open a &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/typicalhosting.com.au\/am\/submitticket.php?step=2&amp;deptid=3\">Support Ticket<\/a>&#8221; and we will do our best to help you solve any issues that may arise..<\/p>\n<p>I would also recommend you check our most &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/typicalhosting.com.au\/blog\/top-10-recommended-freeware\/\">Top Freeware Programs for Web Design\/Development<\/a>&#8221; post as some tools as <a href=\"https:\/\/notepad-plus-plus.org\/download\/v7.5.8.html\">Notepad++<\/a> can be very useful when editing any code files and more&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>I hope you enjoyed this post and have learnt something new. Please feel free to leave us comments or suggestions below.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks<br \/>\nSimon M.<br \/>\nTypical Hosting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to Setup FileZilla &nbsp; What is FileZilla FileZilla Client is a fast and reliable cross-platform FTP, FTPS and SFTP client with lots of useful features and an intuitive graphical user interface. 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