FTP help (noob question)

[0010111]

ok im oblivious as to what folder to upload into or how to even correctly use FTP. help me pl0x!

please and thank you

 

[Jarryd]

Hello, depending on what ftp client you are using there may be different ways of setting it up.

As for the ftp URL:

ftp://o00111011.pcriot.com OR ftp.o00111011.pcriot.com

Username: Cpanel Username
Password: Cpanel Password
Port: you can usually leave blank, but if it doesn't work, use 21.

You upload into the /public_html folder.

 

[0010111]

hmmm... so how do i get the name of the (image) file to show up in that page (where it says name, size, last modified...) ?

 

[Christopher]

Use a FTP client such as filezilla.
http://filezilla-project.org/

 

[0010111]

Use a FTP client such as filezilla.
http://filezilla-project.org/

i use FileZilla. it's not the client's problem... i just don't know where to upload the image so that it can be publicly viewed or used in a link.

 

[Christopher]

Upload it into the folder public_html.

 

[0010111]

won't that get messy ?

also i tried making a folder(images) and using " images/image.ext " but for some reason the image didn't show

 

[Christopher]

Anything visible to the public must be in the public_html folder or a subfolder.

 

[0010111]

yeah i did that... as i said before.. i made a folder in public_html and named it "images" only problem is that even though i try: mysite.pcriot.com/images/image.ext" X10 will say "that perty webpage is ready yet" or something along the lines of that

 

[Jarryd]

Hello, in the code that you want to display the image, instead of just having "image.filetype" you will need "images/imagename.filetype".


Because the website needs to know to look into the images folder.

 

[0010111]

y'all hacked my account or something, i think it works now. gonna get a few people to see if it works.

thanks for da hack

 

[0010111]

ok, um, for the FTP piece to my account... i upload the files, but when i head to ftp://o00110111.pcriot.com i get the FTP page... but, it's blank.
how do i make it so that people will see files there ?

 

[0010111]

so... anybody with ideas ?

 

[Christopher]

We do not allow anonymous ftp access.

You should use the http protocol to show files to the public.

 

[0010111]

so... i would have to create an account for whoever wants to download a file... or even an image pack?

but... i can use the ftp://* to allow people access to files (download only). it's just that i want people to SEE the files on that page (or else, what's it there for ?)

 

[tnl2k7]

No! You do not have to make an FTP account for each user! Users can download things if you link to them with http:// before them.

-Luke.

 

[0010111]

but i can't have the basic directory page for my ftp folder to have links to the files ? (lame imo)

if the above 'statement' is true, then there is no purpose in the ftp folder being used (other than somewhat seperating files and other things)

 

[Corey]

FTP can't be used anonymously. You can FTP files to your site but people can only download them via HTTP (Website).

-Corey