How to Get Your Site Online Using Smart FTP
In this day and age, it seems like anyone and everyone has and needs a website. Whether you're looking to set up a presence for you real-world, brick and mortar business on the internet in order to expand your client base or simply setting up a personal website to share with your family and friends, this means you, too! However, the idea of actually setting up a website can seem daunting and overly difficult if you don't already know what you're doing.
However, thanks to Smart FTP programs such as Filezilla, this once complicated process has been made very simple thanks to a growing need for user-friendly online interfaces. It's so simple, in fact, that anyone can do it. All you need to do is follow a few easy steps and your brand new website can be up and running in no time.
Get Started
First thing is always first! You'll need to go to the manufacturer's website for the FTP program you'd like to use. Unless you have a particular one that you'd like to try, Filezilla is a terrific user friendly option, so that would be a great one to start with. To download Filezilla, simply visit their site and follow the prompts. Once the program is installed, open it up and you're ready for step two.
Give Your Program the Needed Information and Files
If you're worried about what information the program will need, then by now you already see that there's no need. There will be clearly designated boxes for each item. Simply enter the information where specified and hit "enter". That's literally it, because Filezilla and other programs like it aren't called smart FTP programs for nothing. They take care of the tough stuff so that you don't have to.
Once you're logged in, all that's left to do is to deliver your program files via the user friendly interface. Most programs of this type will probably even use "drag and drop" technology, so you don't even have to go through the hassle of browsing for each file and uploading it individually. Placing the "index" file in this way will get your site officially online (or back online if you've taken it off for maintenance). That's it! You're done.
As you can see, smart FTP can really streamline the process of activating and maintaining a personal website so there's really no reason not to build one of your own. It's easier than you ever could have imagined!