How do I upload with Filezilla?

Answer by: Jocef Knapp, Aplus.Net Knowledge Base Support.

Filezilla is a popular FTP client. It is free to download and use, and its setup is uncomplicated. Filezilla is extremely useful in case you have to upload
a larger number of files and manage your folder structure. With this step-by-step guide, you will be connecting to Filezilla and uploading your website in minutes.

Note: The screenshots are taken with Filezilla Win32 Client version 3.1.5.1

You May use the Quick Connect options on the top, but for this guide we will use the site manager. Initially, you will need to setup a new connection so that in the future a simple click on the Site icon will immediately access your account. To do this, open the “File” menu. Then Click on “Site Manager…”.

Click on “New Site…”. Now you’ll have to enter a name for the connection profile you are making. Enter an appropriate title for your connection using the “New Site” text field underneath My Sites.

Type your domain name in the “Host” text field. If your domain name does not yet resolve to Aplus.Net’s shared hosting server, you have to use your utility domain name. Set the "Port" field to 21. The "Servertype" field should say "FTP - File Transfer Protocol".

Change the Logontype to "normal". Enter your FTP username and password in the respective fields.

Select the “Transfer Settings” tab from the top. Mark the "transfer mode" as Active. Place a check on "Limit number of simultaneous connections" and set "Maximum number of connections" to 1. Then click OK.

You will be back to the main FileZilla window. This is what you will see when you open Filezilla again in the future. To Connect to yoursite, click on the arrow next to the Connection Manager icon (see screenshot below) and click on the name you gave your site.

You will be connected to your domain's ftp space. On the left, you will see a local site pane. Here you can browse and select files/folders from your computer's harddrive. On the right you will see a Remote Site pane. Here you can browse and select files/folders on your site. You can now use Filezilla to upload, download, move, rename, or delete files on your site.

To Upload a file or folder, you may drag and drop them as you do on your computer. You may also right-click a file from the local site and choose "upload" to move it onto the site. Remember that in order for files to be seen on your site, they must be placed into the proper hosting folder on the remote site. For Unix-based plans, this folder is named "html" and for Windows-based plans this is called "WWWROOT". In either case, remember to rename your home page "index.html" and leave it in the html or wwwroot folder.