FTP via cli/terminal

This section contains text as it appears in a terminal / command prompt, and we will highlight that text

like this

When we want to show you a command that you have to type and enter, we'll indicate that with the dollar sign "$" and it will be shown like this:

$ Hello

This means "type the word 'hello' and press enter".

If we want to illustrate some text that you will have to replace, we will put that text [in square brackets like this].

For example, to indicate that you should type your user name and press enter:

$ [your user name]

If you're comfortable working in the Linux terminal, or on Windows, command prompt or PowerShell, you can upload files to our hosting servers via FTP without having to install a separate client application, and without having to use the control panel web interface.

Windows command prompt

Open command prompt (Windows key + R to open the "Run" dialog. Enter cmd and press Enter).

In the command prompt, navigate to the folder where your website files are located. For example, if your files are in a folder called "My website" in "My Documents":

$ cd "C:\Documents and Settings\[Your Windows User Name]\My Documents\My website"

Enter the command "FTP" and the command prompt will change to "ftp>":

$ FTP

ftp>

enter "open" followed by your domain name:

$ open [domain.co.za]

Enter your ftp user name and password when prompted.

When you are logged in, navigate to the "httpdocs" folder:

$ cd httpdocs