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10. Configuring your website in WS_FTP

This tutorial assumes you already have WS_FTP running on your computer, but have not connected to a remote server.

Now let's learn how to configure a website in WS_FTP.

1) Click connections.
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2) Click site manager.
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You can create a folder to save your particular websites' logins. This is useful, for example, when you want to keep work and personal websites separate.

3) Click create folder.
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4) Enter a name for the new folder here.
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5) Let's create a site now. Select the folder which we just created and then click create site.
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6) Enter a name for the new site here.
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7) Click next.
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8) Enter the server address.
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9) Enter the username and password here.
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10) Click next.
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11) We are almost done; click finish to connect to the site now.

12) If you don't want to connect now, just deselect this option.
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That's it! We are now connected to the remote server and the login details are saved for quicker connections in the future.

13) Now let's disconnect from the server. Click this disconnect icon.
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This is the end of the tutorial. Now you know how to configure a website in WS_FTP.


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