More and more people are learning how to create their own website. Simple, secure and inexpensive tools make this one-time overwhelming activity much easier and much more mainstream now than it was just a couple years ago.
Here’s a nice overview by Linda Roeder about how FTP can be used to help develop a website:
“FTP is something that can come in handy when creating a Web site. An FTP client is a program that allows you to easily move files from one computer to another.
In the case of creating a Web site, this means that if you create the pages for your site on your computer, either using a text editor or some other Web page editor, then you will need to move it to the server where your site will be hosted. FTP is the main way to do this.”
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Linda goes on to describing how to use a file transfer client:
“The left side of the screen are the files on your computer. Find the file that you want to transfer by double clicking on the folders until you get to your file. The right side of the screen are the files on the hosting server. Go to the folder you want to transfer your files to also by double clicking.
Now you can either double click on the file you are transferring or you can single click on it and then click on the arrow that points to the right side of the screen. Either way you will now have a file on your hosting server. To move a file from the hosting server to your computer do the same thing except click on the arrow that points to the left side of the screen.“