VO Support - Hosting

Creating a shortcut and logging on to an FTP server with Filezilla

1. In the "File" menu select "Site Manager..."

   

   

2. In the next window, click on the "New Site" button (bottom left)

   

3. Give your connection a name (e.g.: Visual Online FTP)

4. "Host" put the address of the FTP server

5. "Port" by default (21)

6. If authentication is required on the FTP server, select "Normal"

7. If the authentication type is "Normal", input the user name and password provided by Visual Online

8. Click on "OK" to activate the connection and Quit.

9. Press "CTRL+S" to log on to the FTP server and select the name of the connection you require.

Transferring a file on an FTP server

1. Once you have logged on to the FTP server, hold the Ctrl key down and select one or more files in the "Local Site" section to be transferred.

2. Then drag the file(s) to the "Remote Site" section.

   

3. NB: You can create directories on the server to organise your files, just as you can on your hard disk. To do this, right click in the "Remote Site" section and select "Create a directory". The transferred file(s) will be added to the open directory.

4. The progress of the file transfer is shown at the bottom of the window.

   

5. Once the file has been transferred, it can be seen in the "Remote Site" section.