WS_FTP LE Configuration Instructions

Key Settings:

The FTP Host/Name address is users.. Leave the Initial Remote Site Folder box blank. You will be asked to logon when you try to connect. This will take you to your personal web directory where you put your website material. The login is your regular dial-up login like you use to connect to the Internet. The format is username@ with your regular password.

The actual website address will be http://users./username with your username for the last part. This is where your friends would go to see your website.

WS_FTP is an older FTP utility. It doesn't have the drag & drop capabilities of new programs such as CuteFTP.  WS_FTP LE is a free program for personal households, students and anyone other than businesses so many people still use it.

When you first open WS_FTP, the Session Properties window (below) comes up automatically.

In the general tab, set the ftp Host Name/Address, User ID and password.

The FTP Host/Name address is users. . You will be asked to logon when you try to connect. This will take you to your personal web directory where you put your website material. The login is your regular dial-up login like you use to connect to the Internet. The format is username@ with your regular password.

The actual website address will be http://users./username with your username for the last part. This is where your friends would go to see your website.

You also want to make sure that there isn't a checkmark in the anonymous box if you are connecting to your own ftp folder at your ISP. That folder will be password protected for your privacy. On the other hand, if you are going to a publicly available ftp site then you would be connecting anonymously in which case you would want a checkmark there.

Please note in the picture above that it specifies the host type as Microsoft NT. The safest setting for that is to click the little drop-down arrow and choose "automatic detect" as the host type. Also, you need to leave the account box blank.

The "Startup" tab is where you set the "initial remote site folder." Leave that blank when you first set this up. 

The main screen is shown below.

Highlight a file and click the <-- or --> to transfer the file.

Click the ChgDir button to change the workstation directory.

Click the "Connect" button to return to the "Session Properties" window where you setup a connection.

Don't worry about the Options button at the bottom. 

It is probably a good idea to leave that stuff alone. 

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