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How do I upload my website via FTP?

Using FTP is one of the ways to upload your website to your hosting service. Learn how to do it here.

To upload your website, the first thing you need to do is download the FTP client FileZilla to your computer, which you can find at https://filezilla-project.org/. We recommend FileZilla because it is a free, high-quality program that is very easy to install and use.

Once you have installed the program, we recommend following these steps:

When connecting to FileZilla, it will ask you for three pieces of information that you can find in the welcome email we sent when we activated your hosting service.

Server: your domain name, for example: Bacan.com (you can also use your IP address)
Username: the username indicated in your welcome email when your hosting service was activated.
Password: the password indicated in your welcome email when your hosting service was activated.

After entering these details, click the «Connect» option. Once connected, you will see the structure of your computer on the left side of the screen and the folders of your hosting account on the right.

When uploading your files to the server, make sure you place them in the PUBLIC_HTML folder. Remember that if you don't put the information in this folder, it will not be visible on the internet. Then, on the left side, locate the folder on your computer that contains your website files. For the page to be displayed, you must upload a file named «index.html», «index.htm», «index.php», etc. to the «public» directory — the word index must be lowercase.

Select the files you want to upload from your website, right-click on any file, and then click «Upload».

Once the upload process is complete, your website will be hosted on your server. Close FileZilla and open your internet browser. If you type your web address, you will be able to see the page you just uploaded.