FTP is an abbreviation for File Transfer Protocol – a very popular way to upload and download files between a computer system and a server. Using an FTP program like FileZilla or CuteFTP, you can connect to the server and see its content in one pane, whereas the files on your PC will be displayed in another pane within the program window. All you have to do to send files or whole folders in either direction is to select them and then to drag them from one pane to the other. File Transfer Protocol is used by lots of users because you can set up different FTP accounts and each of them can be restricted to connect to just one directory on the server, so a designer, for instance, can fulfill their task without being able to see any other directory in your website hosting account. Plus, the availability of different FTP accounts will also allow you to build multiple sites with web design tools like Dreamweaver or FrontPage and to upload them to their corresponding folders on the server.

FTP Accounts in Shared Hosting

You can create as many FTP accounts as you need with each of the Linux shared hosting packages that we offer, since we’ve decided not to limit this feature. Thus, you can have multiple Internet sites all at once or give other people access to different folders. Once a certain task has been done and you do not want that person to be able to access your website files any longer, you can edit the password for the FTP account or you can just delete that account with several clicks of the mouse and quit worrying about anyone using it once more. The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which is included with all hosting packages, will allow you to view the complete list of the existing FTP accounts listed in alphabetical order. It takes just one single click of the mouse to administer various options for any of them – to edit the password or the access path, to download an auto-config file, etc.