cPanel: Uploading files via FTP

Aim of this article:

This article explains how you can upload files for your Web site to your Zen Web hosting account using FTP or the cPanel file manager.

How to upload files using FTP:

Firstly you will need to connect to your Cpanel account using an FTP program. These instructions are for SmartFTP, but you can adapt them for any other FTP program.

• First open SmartFTP. If this is the first time you have used SmartFTP you will be presented with an options screen, on which you should just click OK to continue.

• In the address box fill in the address of your Web site as supplied in your technical details e-mail.
• Fill in the username in the Login box.
• Fill in the password in the Password box.
• Click on the connect icon  near the top left corner.
• (optional) Click on the Local browser icon  in the top bar to bring up a local browser window showing the files on your computer

You should now be connected and have a view of the files on the server and on your local computer.

Double click on the folder public_html (this is the folder that contains all your Web site files)

You can now upload files from your local computer to your Web space simply by dragging them from the local browser window to the public_html folder on your Web space, as indicated above.

Uploading files via Cpanel:

You can also upload files to your Web site directly through Cpanel's File manager.
Firstly log in to Cpanel.

Click on the File Manager link at the top of the Cpanel Control Panel.

Click on the folder icon next to public_html to browse to the public_html folder (which contains your Web site's files)

Now click on the Upload file(s) link.

• Click on the first Browse button, and then find the file you want to upload from your computer and click OK.
• Repeat for the other Browse links if you wish to upload other files to this directory.
• Click on the Upload button when done to upload your files.

You will now see the confirmation of your file uploads. When you have finished using Cpanel's file manager click the  icon to close the file manager.