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Managing a Remote Site
Figure 1-11:
FireFTP is
a complete
FTP
program
that runs
inside
Firefox.
If you want to connect to your server with FTP, follow these steps:
1. Look up the configuration settings.
You may have to dig around in the server documentation, but you
should find the server name, username, and password to access your
server. Sometimes, you have to configure these elements yourself.
2. Create a profile for your server.
Use the Manage Accounts feature to create a profile using the FTP set-
tings. Figure 1-12 shows a profile for my aharrisbooks account.
3. Connect to the remote server.
FTP programs look a lot like the file explorer you might have on your
machine, except that they usually have two file panels. The left panel
represents the files on your local system, and the right panel shows files
on the remote system.
4. Navigate to the directories you’re interested in.
If you want to move a file from the local system to the remote one, use
the two file explorers to find the appropriate directory on each system.
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