FTP stands for File Transfer Protocol – en extremely popular way to transmit website files between a computer and a web server. Using an FTP software program such as CuteFTP or FileZilla, you can set up a connection to the server and check its content in one pane, while the files on your computer will be shown in another pane within the main program window. All you’ll need to do to send files or whole directories in either direction is to select them and then to drag them from one pane to the other. File Transfer Protocol is used by lots of users because you can set up different FTP accounts and each of them can be limited to connect to just one folder on the server, so a designer, for instance, can complete their job without being able to view any other folder in your web hosting account. What’s more, the presence of different FTP accounts will also permit you to build numerous Internet sites with web design applications like FrontPage or Dreamweaver and to upload them to their respective folders on the server.

FTP Accounts in Shared Hosting

You will be able to create as many FTP accounts as you want with any of the Linux shared hosting that we offer, since we’ve decided not to limit this functionality. In this way, you can have numerous sites all at once or give other persons access to separate folders. Once a specific task has been done and you do not want that person to be able to access your web files any longer, you can modify the password for the FTP account in question or you can simply remove that account with a couple of mouse clicks and quit worrying about anyone using it again. The Hepsia Control Panel, which comes with all shared hosting packages, will permit you to check the complete list of the existing FTP accounts listed alphabetically. It takes just one mouse click to manage various options for any of them – to update the password or the access path, to download an auto-configuration file, etc.

FTP Accounts in Semi-dedicated Hosting

When you host your sites under a semi-dedicated server account, you’ll be able to create a different FTP account for each one of them, since we have not limited this functionality with any of our semi-dedicated plans. You can accomplish this via the FTP section of our simple-to-navigate Hepsia hosting Control Panel where you can also view the full list of all the accounts that you’ve created, together with the folder that each one of them can connect to. If needed, you’ll be able to modify the password for a specific account or to edit its access path with a couple of mouse clicks. You can also remove an account effortlessly if you no longer require it – for example, if you’ve hired a web developer who is done with the website and you do not want them to access your website files any longer. For the sake of convenience, we have shot a number of how-to video clips, that will help you manage your FTP accounts without efforts in case you have never used a hosting service before.

FTP Accounts in VPS

If you open a Linux virtual private servers with us and select any of the 3 Control Panels that we offer – cPanel or Hepsia, an FTP server will be installed on your VPS, since it is an integral part of the basic software bundle that comes with all servers ordered with a Control Panel. This will permit you to set up as many FTP accounts as you need and to specify the directory that each of them will access. If you wish, you can even create several accounts for the very same domain name and give different individuals their own set of login details to connect to the content. Each of the 3 hosting Control Panels will give you the option to set up, to edit or to remove an FTP account in several easy steps and with less than several clicks of the mouse, so even if you do not have previous experience, you’ll be able to administer an account seamlessly.