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Managing Files in FileZilla

This tutorial assumes you already have FileZilla running on your computer and are connected to a remote server. Now let’s learn how to manage files and folders in FileZilla. 1. Right click anywhere here in the Remote Server Window. 2. Click Create Directory.3. Click OK. 4. Now let’s Rename the folder. Right click on it. 5. Click Rename. 6. Let’s learn how to Delete. Right click on the folder name – click Delete. The directory was successfully deleted! Let’s learn how to change file permissions. 7. Right click on a file name – click File Permissions. 8. Select the proper permissions and click OK. That’s it! Permissions for the file have been successfully changed. This is the end of the tutorial. You should now know how to ma […]

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Managing Files in FTP Voyager

This tutorial assumes you already have FTP Voyager running on your computer and are connected to a remote server. Now let’s learn how to manage files and folders in FTP Voyager. 1. Click the New Folder icon. 2. Enter a Name for the new folder here. That’s it! The new folder has been created and can be seen here. 3. Now let’s Rename the folder. Select the folder – click the Rename icon. 4. Enter the New Name of the folder. The folder has been renamed. 5. Now let’s delete the folder. Select the folder name – click the Delete icon. That’s it! The folder has been deleted. Now let’s learn how to change file permissions. 6. Select changelog.txt. 7. Click the Properties icon. 8. Now let’s Change some of the Permissions or Attrib […]

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How to Find Softaculous in cPanel

Softaculous is an auto installer for cPanel and DirectAdmin that lets you quickly install a variety of web applications. These applications, also called scripts, make it easy for you to make the most of your web hosting account. Some of the categories of scripts that Softaculous lets you install; include Blogs, Portals & Content Management Systems, Forums, and E-Commerce. 1. Scroll down and click the Softaculous icon under the  Software / Services section, or use type in Softaculous in the Find field, as you type, cPanel will filter out anything that doesn’t match what you type. 2. Softaculous will open and you are now ready to begin installing applications on your server. […]

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How to Install Drupal from Softaculous

Drupal is a content management system, so scroll down to the CMS group in the menu. 1. Click Drupal – This Overview page shows you information about the software before installing.2. Click Install. The default settings here should work for most purposes. If you have multiple domains on one account, you can select where to install. 3. The next two boxes let you set the directory and database name which will be created upon installation. 4. You can set the Site Name here. This can be changed later from the Admin Panel of the software. 5. Enter the Admin Username, Password and Email. 6. Click Install. After a moment, the software will be installed. 4. Use this link to view your newly installed application. Here is our new CMS, […]

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How to Use File Manager in cPanel

This demo assumes you’ve already logged in to cPanel Now let’s learn how to use File Manager 1. Click the File Manager icon under the Files section 2. Choose the directory you wish to open, then click Go 3. This is the File Manager interface, where you can upload files to your account, delete files, change file permissions, and a host of other functions On the left is a collapsible list of folders in your account… … while on the right is a list of all files and folders within the folder selected on the left 4. It is in the public_html folder where your website files (html pages, gif images, etc) must go 5. Use this function to upload files to your account, and set their permissions Creating a new folder is easy… … a […]

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Configuring your Website in WinSCP

This tutorial assumes you already have WinSCP running on your computer, but have not connected to a remote server. Now let’s learn how to Configure our Website in WinSCP. 1. Enter the Server Address under Host name. 2. Keep the Port Number as it is, unless you know what you are doing. 3. Next, enter the User Name and Password. 4. Now let’s Save this session so we can access it again in the future without entering all the info again. 5. If you wish, you can check this option to Save Password so you don’t have to enter it again. 6. Here is our saved session. Let’s log in to the server by clicking Login. That’s it! We’ve successfully connected to our website via FTP, and the session is saved for future use. 7. Let’s go ahe […]

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Configuring your Website in LeapFTP

This tutorial assumes you already have Leap FTP running on your computer, but have not connected to a remote server. Configuring your website in Leap FTP. 1. Click Sites on the Menu bar 2. Select Site Manager. You can create a group where you can save your particular websites’ logins. This is useful, for example, when you want to keep work and personal websites separate. 3. Enter a Group Name 4. Click Apply. 5. Now let’s configure a new site inside this new group. 6. Keeping demosites selected, click the Site button. 7. Hover over New and select Site. 8. Enter a Site Name for this new site (this is for your reference only) 9. Now enter the server Address. Note: the Host Address can be in the form of ftp.yourdomain. […]

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How to Decide which Script in Softaculous is right for you

Softaculous contains 379 scripts and applications (as at 2022-12), so how do you choose the one that’s right for you? Conveniently, Softaculous does contain both a rating system and demos of each software that it includes to help make it easier. 1. Let’s look at Script Ratings by clicking on any logo, you can view or rate a script.2. Under the Ratings tab, you can clearly see how many people have rated the script and the average rating at the bottom. 3. Now let’s look at Script Demos, by clicking on a logo you can view the demo. 4. This demo of WordPress will let you try out the program without having to install it first. When you are done, go back to Softaculous. 6. In addition, under Script Demos, click any title to go to t […]

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How to Install MODx from Softaculous

MODx is a content management system, so scroll down until you find the CMS group in the menu. 1. Select MODx – You will be taken to the software’s Overview page where you can view information about it before installing. 2. Go to Install. All the defaults for these options should be fine for most purposes, but we’ll take a look at them anyway. If you have multiple domains on your account, you can choose where to install MODx. 3. The next two boxes allow you to set the directory and database name which should not exist on the server yet. 4. Set the Site Name here. This can be changed later from the software’s Admin Panel.5. Enter a Username, Password and Admin Email for the Admin Account. 6. Click Install. After a moment, the […]

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How to Use the Disk Space Usage Tool in cPanel

This demo assumes you’ve already logged in to cPanel Now let’s learn how to use the Disk Space Usage tool 1. Click the Disk Space Usage icon under the Files section. From here you can see how much storage space (or disk space) is being used by each directory and sub-directory in your account 2. At the bottom of the page is a collapsible list of directories, click on a plus sign and it will expand the directory to reveal the specific files and folders within 3. Clicking an actual folder name will launch File Manager, showing the contents of that folder 4. You can choose to sort the folders by Name, or by Disk Usage This is the end of the tutorial. You now know how to use the Disk Space Usage tool to see a breakdown of wher […]

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