CoffeeCup FreeFTP Setup Instructions

CoffeeCup FreeFTP is a freeware FTP program that can be downloaded free of charge, but has advertising included. CoffeeCup have other premium (paid) FTP programs available too. You can download Coffee FreeFTP from here

The following tutorial will explain how to configure and use CoffeeCup FreeFTP to upload files to your Quicksilver website.

Before your begin, make sure you have your Quicksilver webspace username and password.
You should also have enabled your webspace (if not already done). Skip this if you have Windows NT or Premium Linux hosting.

Open the CoffeeCup FreeFTP program

Click on "ADD" to create a Quicksilver connection.

Fill in the profile name as "QUICKSILVER" and click on "NEXT"

Fill in your Quicksilver webspace username and password.
Click on "NEXT"

Fill in the Hostname and Default Folder as below.

Note: if you have Windows NT or Premium Linux hosting your hostname will be username.qsihost.co.nz and default folder is /htdocs/

Click on "No I don't even know what that is" (unless your network administrator tells you to use a proxy or socks server) and click on "NEXT"

Click on "FINISH"

You should now be able to see the account you have set up on the left.

Note: If you have a firewall, or an ADSL router, you must select "PASSIVE MODE" for FTP to work through the firewall.

Click on the yellow folder icon beside the "Initial Local Folder" and browse to the folder on your computer where your website files are.

Click on "OK"

Click on "CONNECT"

You should now have the main window in front of you, which will look something like the one below.

The area on the left represents the files on your computer, and the area on the right represents your account on Quicksilver's web server.

Select a file from your computer on the left. You can either drag it over to the right, OR click on the UPLOAD button at the top.

Once your file has uploaded to Quicksilver's server, you should be able to see it in the directory on the right.

You can test your site by visiting http://pages.quicksilver.net.nz/username (or your domain name address). Note for beginners: the first page in your website is always named index.html or index.htm

Note: if you have Windows NT or Premium Linux hosting you can test your site by visiting http://username.qsihost.co.nz

To access your FTP account in future, open the Coffee FreeFTP program and click on "SERVERS" and choose "Quicksilver".

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