USING FTP
As a low-cost service, BudgetHostingWeb Sites are designed to be
managed through a browser to make it as easy as possible to set up and
maintain a web site. You can log into your Site Manager at:
http://www.budgethostingweb.com
As well as uploading through your
browser, you have 2 choices for FTP access to your site:
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You can upload files for free
through our Public FTP site, then transfer them over to your web
site using your Site Manager.
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You
can upgrade to
Direct FTP Access for your account.
Detailed
instructions for both options can be found below. These options allow you to upload more files at a
time more quickly than through your browser.
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How do I upload through your free Public FTP site?
If you want to upload files through our
free Public FTP Site, please follow these steps:
STEP 1
You can get the current login information from the "FTP Import" section
of your Site Manager at http://www.budgethostingweb.com
or contact us for help.
Address:
ftp1.budgethostingweb.com
User ID: *******
Password: **********
(Please note that the password changes periodically for
security reasons).
Log in with your FTP software at ftp1.budgethostingweb.com using the
User ID and Password as above.
If you are uploading with Page Builder software such as FrontPage,
you should upload to ftp://ftp1.budgethostingweb.com:21/yourusername and
jump to Step 4 below. (You can skip Steps 2 and 3).
STEP 2
Once you are logged in, create a new directory with the name matching
your Username (all lower case letters). In other words, if your Username
is "admin", you will create the directory /admin.
STEP 3
Change to this new directory and upload your files.
STEP 4
Once you have uploaded your files by FTP, login with your browser to
your Site Manager and click the "FTP Import" link.
STEP 5
On the FTP Import screen, select the directory you wish to import the
files into. If you haven't created any subdirectories, accept the
"Base Directory" option.
STEP 6
Select the files that you wish to import from the list, or you can
check "select all files" to import all of the files shown.
STEP 7
Click the "Import Selected Files" button.
You will then see a confirmation screen telling you which files were
imported successfully.
Note:
Files you import will override pre-existing files with the same file
name.
All files are deleted
from our public FTP site every 24 hours
to avoid problems with unauthorized users. This happens at 3.00AM US
Mountain Time. You can check
the time in your location here.
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Do I have to use FTP?
No, you can still use the browser-based Site Manager to create and upload
your files. FTP is simply an extra option for those users who wish to use it.
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What happens to the files after I import them?
Once imported a file will become a part of your site like any other file. It will be removed from
your ftp directory and count against your total free space. All files are
deleted from our public FTP site every 24 hours to avoid problems with
unauthorised users.
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How do I upload with Direct FTP Access?
If you have purchased the upgrade
to Direct FTP Access, please follow these steps:
STEP 1
First open your FTP program and connect to
your FTP site using the following login information:
Address:
ftp1.budgethostingweb.com
User ID: "Your BudgetHostingWeb Username"
Password: "Your Password"
This will put you in the home directory for your site.
STEP 2
Once you are logged in, you can upload your files to any of your
directories.
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How do I upload with page builder software such as Frontpage?
We recommend upgrading
to Direct FTP Access to upload to your site using Page Builder software
programs (Frontpage, Dreamweaver etc). If you
have ordered this Upgrade, please follow these steps:
STEP 1
First, open your Frontpage web and from
the Menu Bar click File > Publish Web. In the location box, enter:
Location: ftp://ftp1.budgethostingweb.com
then click the "Publish" button.
Wait a few seconds and you will be
prompted for your Name and Password. Enter:
Name: "Your BudgetHostingWeb Username"
Password: "Your Password"
STEP 2
Your software will upload your selected files to your site automatically.
If using Frontpage, you may see an error
message regarding Frontpage Extensions. These Extensions are not required
to upload with Frontpage, so you can ignore that message.
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Why Do I Get Errors?
You may get errors if you try to upload a rare or unusual file type or you run out of
disk space during the upload.
If your error states that a certain file type is not allowed, please contact
our Customer Service Team and we will authorize these files
for your account. If you run out of disk space, you must delete other files to
free up space or add
more disk space to your account.
If you get any other errors, here are some
suggestions which may help to solve your problem:
- If you need to enter a path, just
enter "/" (without the quotes).
- Make sure there are no extra spaces
before or after any of the fields.
- Our system is case-sensitive. Enter
your Username in all lower case letters.
- The Port is 21 (this is usually the
standard setting).
- Try entering the FTP Address as ftp://ftp1.budgethostingweb.com
instead of ftp1.budgethostingweb.com
- It is possible that your FTP server
had reached its maximum limit of 50 simultaneous users when you
tried to upload. If this was the problem, you should be able to
login if you try again at another time.
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