Where To Upload Website Files On Hostgator

You can brainstorm uploading files to your hosting account at present past using one of two methods:

Via an FTP Client ⤵
Via cPanel's File Manager ⤵

Creating FTP Accounts

Before nosotros upload your files via FTP or cPanel'south File Manager, nosotros demand to gear up your FTP accounts showtime. Click on the link below for the instructions in creating an FTP account in cPanel.

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An FTP account is used for uploading and managing files on your website. It is automatically created in cPanel when you sign up for hosting, create a cPanel, create an addon domain or subdomain, or enable anonymous FTP. So, by default, you lot already accept an FTP account in your cPanel. Use your cPanel username and countersign to log in to it.

You tin create new FTP accounts to give access to other users without giving them your cPanel and billing login credentials. For each boosted FTP account created, you can also give each user unlike access levels by assigning the user to a specific directory just.

Here is a video tutorial to guide you on how to create an FTP account.

Note: Your control console layout may look slightly unlike with the recent updates. Withal, the steps should still exist like to what was discussed in the video.

To create an FTP account:

Log in to cPanel
Expect into the Files section, then click on FTP Accounts.
Enter the necessary data in the required fields.
- In the log in field, type the name of the FTP user. A full FTP user name will always exist formatted as user@yourdomain.tld.
- Choose the domain where yous wish to create the FTP account past selecting it from the Domain dropdown menu. You cannot create an FTP account without your domain name in it, regardless of the publish destination.
- In the Countersign fields, enter a password that will be used to authenticate this FTP business relationship.
- In the Directory field, cPanel will machine-populate an causeless directory based on the FTP username, only that usually is incorrect. So, we recommend providing the directory yous would like the user to access.
  
  If you erase everything and blazon a single "/," the user will have access to your dwelling directory (annihilation outside of the public_html folder).
  
  Note: In this step, you lot tin can decide the level of admission for a user. The FTP user cannot navigate outside of the specified directory; however, they will access all files and subfolders inside that binder.
- Set a Quota for the FTP business relationship. The quota is the maximum amount of bandwidth the FTP user may use. If you lot exit the quota equally unlimited, the FTP user will have the power to use the total amount of bandwidth for the cPanel business relationship.
Click Create FTP Business relationship.

FTP Customer

In that location are many different FTP programs available; some gratis, some are paid, and some are better than others.

Please Note: Assistance with a third-party FTP customer beyond basic settings and connections is outside of HostGator's scope of support and will need to be taken to the attention of the program's developing company.

Complimentary FTP Clients

A listing of gratuitous FTP clients with linked video tutorials can be found in the following articles:

Where Can I Download a Free FTP?
FileZilla
SmartFTP
FTP Voyager
LeapFTP

FTP Clients Available for Purchase

We also offer tutorial articles on several FTP clients that tin be purchased. The list below only includes the clients for which HostGator has bones tutorials. If at that place is an FTP client you are wishing to employ just do not come across listed below, information technology is still likely to be compatible.

CuteFTP
FlashFXP
WS_FTP

There are also several WYSIWYG editors that take HTML coding and auto-sync the changes to files and coding to the remote hosting server via FTP. An example of these types of programs would be Dreamweaver. You tin detect out how to obtain Dreamweaver at the link beneath:

Obtaining Dreamweaver

FTP Connection Settings

Once you take the FTP plan of choice, the proper settings will need to be configured to connect to the hosting account. A general run-through of the setup of FTP can be found in the following article:

General FTP Settings

If you wish to use an already installed tool and configured, cPanel has a browser-based file director that allows you lot to upload your content from within your control panel.

Certificate Roots

FTP clients such as FileZilla and CuteFTP tend to use File Transfer Protocol connections betwixt the local machine and the remote server to manipulate, add and remove files within different document roots.

The certificate root is the binder where you lot keep website files for a domain name. Since cPanel allows for multiple domain names, it is recommended that you create a unique folder for each domain to avoid confusion.

For more information on certificate roots, please come across the following articles:

What is a Certificate Root Folder?
Document Root Changes

For assist getting started using FTP, delight see the following commodity:

FTP Clients

File Manager

cPanel's File Director feature is an easy way to navigate and view files within the cPanel interface. File Manager assists in using proper file paths and permissions and allows fifty-fifty beginners to run into the file construction of their sites.

You can access File Managing director in cPanel by clicking the File Director icon in the Files section.