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== How to Configure FTP with the Paid (Advanced) Hosting Service ==
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== How to Configure FTP with R4L Hosting Service ==
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To connect to either our AHS paid hosting or free 10MB hosting, you will use the following settings:
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'''Host Name:''' ftp.R4L.com<br />
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'''Username:''' yourdomain.com        ''replace this with your domain name without the www''<br />
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'''Password:''' *********          ''the password you use to log in to manage your domain''
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Register4Less.com's Advanced Hosting products require different configuration for FTP. There are also additional steps required to create first the FTP account before you can use the service.
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Our FTP server supports connecting with plain ftp, and well as encrypted ftps, ftpes, or sftp.<br /><br />
  
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Please note, apart from FTP, you can use the cPanel interface's File Manager to view and transfer files to the server.
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While there are many different FTP programs available, both free and paid, we will show our example configuration with FileZilla. FileZilla is robust, flexible, available for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux platforms, and best of all, it's free. If you prefer to use another FTP program, that's of course fine.  The settings you will use are the same regardless of the program you use.  In the examples below, you will replace the text "yourdomain.com" with your actual domain name.
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=== Connect with your cPanel ===
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The first step in setting up your account is accessing the cPanel Interface. Through the cPanel, you can manage installation of different environments for blogs, shopping carts, databases, web stats, security, and so on.
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# Log into your Register4Less.com account for the domain that has the Advanced Hosting.
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# On the Menu, go to "Paid Hosting > Manage Web and Email Hosting (cPanel)".
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# This will open the cPanel interface into a new pop-up window.
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# In the Files Section, click FTP Accounts.
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=== Adding an FTP Account ===
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# In the section Add FTP Account, enter the following:
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# Login: The username you wish for your account. Your username will be in the form of name@yourdomain.com
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# Password: The password you wish for your account (you can also use the Password Generator if you wish)
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# Password (Again):Type your password again
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# Directory: Type in public_html. Note: By default, the interface will add your username to the directory. You will need to delete this so that the target directory is "public_html".
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http://register4less.com/images/archive/Create_ftpes_account.png
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=== FTP with FileZilla ===
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FileZilla is an FTP program that is supported on Windows, Mac, and Linux, and is free to download and use. Get it here.
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== Configuring FileZIlla  ==
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If you do not have FileZilla, go to your favorite search engine and type in FileZilla Client Download.  The first search result will be the correct place to download the FTP program.  At the time of this writing, the web page is https://filezilla-project.org/download.php?type=client.<br />
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'''Step by Step Configuration Instructions:'''
 
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* Once you have installed and launched FileZilla, go to the File Menu and select Site Manager.
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* On the left side, click "New Site" and type in your domain name. In the screen shot, we are using "yourdomain.com" instead of your actual domain name.
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* Configure the host, encryption type, logon type, username and password as shown in the image.
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* Type the password you chose in cPanel when creating the FTP account.
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# Change the text on the left column from "new site" to the name of your domain name
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# Next to Host: enter in ftp.R4L.com
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# Leave Protocol: as "FTP - File Transfer Protocol"
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# Encryption can be any of the choices provided
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# Select "Normal" for Logon Type:
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# Enter in your domain name without the www's for the User:
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# Enter in your password you use to manage your domain name
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You should now have an active connection from your computer to your account on the server.  Files on your computer are on the left panel, and files on the server are on the right. You can drag and drop from one side to the other to transfer files either to or from the server.<br /><br />
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* On the Advanced tab, you may set the server type, and local directory where your website files are.
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# Make sure the Port: is set to 21
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# Change Username to your FTP username. This must have the '@' symbol and your domain name in it.
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# Change Password to your FTP password.
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Revision as of 13:43, 8 January 2015

How to Configure FTP with R4L Hosting Service


To connect to either our AHS paid hosting or free 10MB hosting, you will use the following settings:

Host Name: ftp.R4L.com
Username: yourdomain.com replace this with your domain name without the www
Password: ********* the password you use to log in to manage your domain

Our FTP server supports connecting with plain ftp, and well as encrypted ftps, ftpes, or sftp.

While there are many different FTP programs available, both free and paid, we will show our example configuration with FileZilla. FileZilla is robust, flexible, available for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux platforms, and best of all, it's free. If you prefer to use another FTP program, that's of course fine. The settings you will use are the same regardless of the program you use. In the examples below, you will replace the text "yourdomain.com" with your actual domain name.

Configuring FileZIlla

If you do not have FileZilla, go to your favorite search engine and type in FileZilla Client Download. The first search result will be the correct place to download the FTP program. At the time of this writing, the web page is https://filezilla-project.org/download.php?type=client.

Step by Step Configuration Instructions:

Filezilla-ftp_general.png
  1. Start FileZilla
  2. From the File menu, select Site Manager
  3. Click the New Site Button
  4. Change the text on the left column from "new site" to the name of your domain name
  5. Next to Host: enter in ftp.R4L.com
  6. Leave Protocol: as "FTP - File Transfer Protocol"
  7. Encryption can be any of the choices provided
  8. Select "Normal" for Logon Type:
  9. Enter in your domain name without the www's for the User:
  10. Enter in your password you use to manage your domain name
  11. Click Connect



You should now have an active connection from your computer to your account on the server. Files on your computer are on the left panel, and files on the server are on the right. You can drag and drop from one side to the other to transfer files either to or from the server.

For your security, we do recommend choosing one of the encrypted protocols for your FTP connection.

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