FTP access using Filezilla client

Download Filezilla from here and install it with default values.

Start Filezilla with administrator privileges (right click and then "Run as Administrator").


Example of program screen when it is running:

Legend:

1. Toolbar

2. Quick connect bar

3. Message log

4. Local pane

5. Remote pane

6. Transfer queue

Connecting to the server

In this example we will use fictional login data, so be sure to change it to your actual login data when trying to connect to the server.

Example login data:

Hostname: example.org

Username: john

Password: 7PjU#.J3

Enter the hostname into the Host field, username into the Username field and password into the Password field. You can leave the Port field empty unless your login information specifies a certain port to use. Now click on Quickconnect.

FileZilla will now try to connect to the server. If all works well, you will notice that the right "column" switched from Not connected to any server, to displaying a list of files and directories.

Navigating on the server

After a successful connection attempt, a list of files and directories appears on the right side of the main window. The name of the current remote directory is listed in the edit field on the top. Below that you will see the remote directory tree. Under the remote directory is a list of the contents of the current remote directory.

You can change the current remote directory in several ways:

• Type a directory name into the edit field and press enter (1), or 
• Click a directory in the directory tree (2), or 
• Double-click a directory in the list of the current directory contents (3) 

Navigation on your local computer

Navigating on your local machine works exactly like navigating on the server. The current local directory and the local directory tree are displayed on the left side of the main window by default.

Transferring files

Uploading

First, in the local panel, open the directory which contains data to be uploaded (e.g. index.html and images/).

Now, navigate to the desired target directory on the server (using the server pane's file listings). To upload the data, select the respective files/directories and drag them from the local to the remote pane.

You will notice that the files will be added to the transfer queue at the bottom of the window, and soon after that removed again when they are successfully uploaded to the server. The uploaded files and directories should now be displayed in the server content listing at the right side of the window.

If you don't like using drag-and-drop, you can also right click on files/directories (in the lower local pane) and select Upload to upload them, or simply double-click a file entry (this does not work for directories).

Downloading

Downloading files (or complete directories) works essentially the same way as uploading - you just drag the files/directories from the remote pane to the local pane this time, instead of the other way around.

Note: In case you (accidentally) try to overwrite a file during upload or download, FileZilla will by default display a dialogue asking what to do (overwrite, rename, skip).

Directory comparison

To quickly see the differences between files on the local machine and the server, choose View > Directory Comparison, and choose either compare file size or compare modification time. (You also hide identical files by checking that option.) Then choose Enable.

You can turn off this option anytime.