How to FTP

These days, getting your files and folders up on the web as not as difficult as it may have been just 5 years ago.

You have options such as social networking sites, web 2.0, membership sites, blogging and podcasting sites (such as Wordpress and Blogger.com)…and they all make it extremely easy for you to transfer files from your hard drive to the world wide web.

But what if you just want to transfer some web html, audio, or video files you’ve created to the world wide web, and you don’t use blogger or social networking sites? You have files on your computer and you simply want to place them on the web.

1.) Well, the first thing you’ll want to do is locate hosting space. You can find places online that will offer you free space, but it will come with a price tag — that of being unprofessional. If you’re in business for yourself, then you’ll want to consider purchasing hosting space especially for your business. It doesn’t have to be way expensive. In fact, I’ll have a video tutorial out soon about how to purchase hosting space.

2.) Once you’ve purchased your hosting space and your domain name, now you’ll want to download an FTP client. Again, you don’t have to pay a fortune for an FTP software program. In fact, there are many free ones out there. Just visit www.downloads.com and do a quick search for a free FTP program. I use one called FREE FTP Manager. It’s very easy to use.

3.) Next, you’ll want to connect to your server within the FTP manager. Your hosting provider will have given you a username and password to connect to your server. Use that information now to connect within your FTP client.

4.) Next, simply navigate to your directory file of choice within the FTP software and click on the file to highlight it. Find the menu item within your FTP software that allows you to upload the chosen file to the server (which is usually shown on the right hand side of the screen).

5.) Click “upload”. Now your files are on your server. To double check, just navigate out to the path which you uploaded your files to and you should see your file (image, audio, video, html document, or PDF document) uploaded to the web.

**To see this tutorial in full action, you can purchase the full video tutorial:http://www.wahmuniversity.com/ftphowtovideotutorial.html

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