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.

Configure Website - LeapFTP - Site Manager

3. Enter a Group Name

4. Click Apply.

Configure Website - LeapFTP - General Settings

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)

Configure Website - LeapFTP - Create Site

9. Now enter the server Address. Note: the Host Address can be in the form of ftp.yourdomain.com, yourdomain.com or just the IP address.

10. First Uncheck anonymous logon.

11. Enter the Username and Password.

12. Enter the Remote Path should you have a specific path of a folder on the remote server that you wish to connect to directly, then you can enter it here.

13. Click Apply.

14. To connect to the website, click Connect.

Configure Website - LeapFTP - Connect to Site

That’s it! We’ve successfully connected to our website via FTP.

15. To Disconnect from the site, please click this icon.

Configure Website - LeapFTP - Disconnect from Site

You are successfully disconnected from the server.

This is the end of the tutorial. Now you know how to configure a website in Leap FTP for the purpose of establishing an FTP connection.

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