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What Does "Passive Mode" Mean?
If you're having trouble connecting, sometimes the solution is as simple as enabling Passive mode. You can find this option by navigating to File > Manage Servers and putting a checkmark in the box next to Passive Mode . Pretty nifty, but what exactly does it mean? Well, the answer is a bit technical, and has to deal with these things called ports . A port is an opening on your...
Connecting to Your Server
To publish your website to the Internet, you will need to use either S-Drive or purchase space on a server where your website will be stored. Server space is owned by a hosting provider, such as GoDaddy or 1&1 . When you sign up for hosting, you'll be given an FTP hostname (also known as a server name), username, and password. Once you have this information, the next step is to...
How Do You Use Free FTP?
Getting Started The first thing you have to do in order to use Free FTP is set up your server profile. You can do this by clicking File > Manage Servers . This will open the My Servers window . Click the green plus sign icon to add a new server. This creates a blank server profile that you can fill in with the information provided to you by your hosting provider. Nickname...
