How to transfer files to a hosting

How to transfer files to a hosting

Providers should create special financial conditions today to attract the Internet of users. The companies rendering services in the sphere of the Internet and IP-telephony try to make everything depending on them to increase quantity of the websites placed on their hostings. However to create the new website or to transfer already available data from one hosting to another, users need to solve a number of technical issues, one of which is correct transfer of files.

It is required to you

  • - FTP connection;
  • - FTP client;
  • - SSH protocol;
  • - SSH client;
  • - high-speed connection to the Internet.

Instruction

1. Pay attention to that fact that transfer of files is possible in several ways. The first - work through FTP connection. And transfer can be carried out as by means of special ftp of clients, and just through the administrator panel of the copied website.

2. Use information obtained during creation of the website from provider for creation of connection on FTP. It is also possible to create new connection directly from the administrator panel of the website.

3. For bigger reliability and automation of process, download and install ftp the client, for example FAR (http://www.farmanager.com/), or Total Commander (http://www.ghisler.com/), etc.

4. Copy all necessary files of the website lying in a directory under the name "www" or "public_domain" on the computer.

5. Make sure that process of copying took place successfully and the checksum of files matches. Come via the control panel on a new hosting, find the Websites panel and create a directory. Thus, in network the space for files of the new website will be organized.

6. Use the temporary domain and create a link between it and the created website. Be connected on FTP to the created folder in the temporary domain, find automatically poyavivsheyusya the public_domain folder transfer all files of the old website from the local computer to the server of new provider. After the end of copying check identity of the sum of data.

7. To carry out transfer and copying of files through connection SSH, download and install any ssh the client. It can be PuTTY (http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/), Bitvise Tunneiler (http://www.bitvise.com), etc. Further actions of the user in many respects depend on rules of placement of the data accepted at specific provider. In general transfer of files through SSH a little safer, than just on FTP, however requires more experience and knowledge in the IT sphere.

Author: «MirrorInfo» Dream Team


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