1. Connect to the server with an FTP client program, using FTP account credentials that you specified during setup of hosting account or obtained from your provider.

   Enable the passive mode if you are behind a firewall.

2. Upload files and directories that should be accessible through HTTP protocol to the httpdocs directory, and files/directories that should be transferred securely over SSL protocol to the httpsdocs directory.
3. Place your CGI scripts into the cgi-bin directory.
4. Close your FTP session.

1. On your Home page, click the domain name you need.
2. Click Setup in the Hosting group.
3. Specify new password.
4. Click OK.

1. Log in to Plesk control panel.
2. Click the domain name you need.
3. Click File Manager in the Hosting group.
4. Create and upload files and directories.

   Place the files and directories that should be accessible via HTTP protocol to the httpdocs directory, and files/directories that should be transferred securely over SSL protocol to the httpsdocs directory. Place your CGI scripts into the cgi-bin directory.

   • To create a new directory within your current location, click Add New Directory in the Tools group, specify the directory name and click OK.
   • To create new files in the required directory, click Add New File in the Tools group, in the File creation section specify the file name, select the Use html template check box, if you want file manager to insert some basic html tags to the new file, and click OK. A page will open allowing you to enter the content or html-formatted source of a new file. After you are done, click OK.
   • To upload a file from the local machine, click Add New File in the Tools group, specify the path to its location in the File source box (or use Browse to locate the file), and click OK.
   • To view or edit an existing file, click its name. When editing an HTML file, Plesk opens internal WYSIWYG editor by default. If you want to edit the source code of the HTML file, click Html. To return back to WYSIWYG mode, click Design.

When you upload web content through File Manager or FTP, your control panel automatically sets the appropriate access permissions for files and directories. To change the permissions of files and directories, click .

To preview a Web page in your browser, click .

To rename a file or directory, click <. Type in a new name and click OK.

To copy or move a file or directory to another location, select the required file or directory using the appropriate check box, and click Copy/Move. Specify the destination for the file or directory to be copied or renamed to, then click Copy to copy, or Move to move it.

To update the file or directory creation date, click Change Timestamp. The time stamp will be updated with the current local time.

To calculate the size of selected files, select the checkboxes corresponding to the files which size you wish to see and click Size.

To remove a file or directory, select the corresponding check box, and click Remove Selected. Confirm removal and click OK.

Before publishing a site from Dreamweaver, you need to define the site properties, that is, you need to tell Dreamweaver where your site files are located on your computer, and to specify the server to which you want to publish the site.

To define a site in Dreamweaver:

1. From the Site menu, choose New Site. The Site Definition screen opens.
2. Click the Advanced tab.
3. In the Local Info category, specify the following:
   • Site name. This will show in Web browser's title bar.
   • Local root folder. This is the folder on your computer where all of your site files are stored. For example c:\My Site
   • Default images folder. Specify the folder where your site's graphic files are stored. For example c:\My Site\images
   • HTTP address. Specify your domain name. For example, http://your-domain.com
4. From the Category menu, select the Remote Info item.
5. From the Access menu, select the FTP option. Most likely, your server supports publishing through FTP (File Transfer Protocol, commonly used for transferring files over the Internet).
6. Specify the following settings:
   • FTP host. Type your FTP host name without the ftp:// prefix. For example, your-domain.com.
   • Host directory. Specify the directory on the server where your site will reside. In most cases, this is httpdocs.
   • Login and password. Specify the login name and password for access to the FTP account.
   • Use passive FTP. Select this option only if your computer is behind a firewall.
7. To ensure that you specified the correct login and password, and that Dreamweaver can connect to the server, click the Test button.
8. To save the settings, click OK.

To publish your site:

1. Open your site in Dreamweaver.
2. From the Site menu, select the Put option (or press Ctrl+Shift+U simultaneously).

To publish a web site from SiteBuilder:

1. Log in to your control panel.
2. Click the domain name you need.
3. Click Setup and check whether Publish Site with SiteBuilder checkbox is selected. Click OK to return to the domain page.
4. Click SiteBuilder Wizard.
5. After SiteBuilder is loaded, follow the instructions provided in SiteBuilder documentation to publish the website

To create an additional FTP account for a domain:

1. On your Home page, click the domain name you need.
2. Click FTP Accounts.
3. On the Additional FTP Accounts tab, click Add New FTP Account.
4. Specify the FTP account name in the appropriate field.
5. Specify the Home directory by clicking and select the directory required. Alternatively, you can specify the path in the input field.
6. Type the new password into the New password and Confirm password boxes.
7. By default, the Hard disk quota is set to Unlimited. To set the required parameter, clear the Unlimited checkbox and type the amount of disk space in megabytes into the Hard disk quota box.
8. If required, select the Read permission checkbox. The FTP account users will be able to view the content of the home directory and download files from it.
9. If required, select the Write permission checkbox. The FTP account users will be able to create, view, rename and delete directories in the home directories.

   If you don't grant any permissions, the connection to the FTP account will be made, but the home directory will be not displayed for users.

10. Click OK. A new additional FTP account will be added.

To remove an additional FTP account:

1. On your Home page, click the domain name you need.
2. Click FTP Accounts.
3. On the Additional FTP Accounts tab, select the checkbox corresponding to the account you want to remove and click Remove Selected.
4. Confirm removal and click OK. The FTP account will be removed.

If you host a site on a dedicated IP address, you can set up a directory within the site, where other users will be able to anonymously download or upload files through FTP. Once anonymous FTP is enabled, the users will be able to log in to the ftp://ftp.your-domain.com with the "anonymous" login name and any password.

To allow anonymous FTP access:

1. On your Home page, click the domain name you need.
2. Click FTP Management in the Hosting group.
3. Click the Anonymous FTP tab.
4. To activate anonymous FTP service, click Switch On.
5. To set up a welcoming message to be displayed when users log in to FTP site, select the Display login message check box and type the message text in the input field as desired.

   Note that not all FTP clients display welcoming messages.

6. To allow visitors to upload files to the /incoming directory, select the Allow uploading to incoming directory check box.
7. To allow users to create subdirectories in the /incoming directory, select the Allow creation of directories in the incoming directory check box.
8. To allow downloading files from the /incoming directory, select the Allow downloading from the incoming directory checkbox.
9. To limit the amount of disk space that can be occupied by uploaded files, clear the Unlimited check box corresponding to the Limit disk space in the incoming directory option, and specify the amount in kilobytes.

   This is the hard quota: the users will not be able to add more files to the directory when the limit is reached.

10. To limit the number of simultaneous connections to the anonymous FTP server, clear the Unlimited check box corresponding to the Limit number of simultaneous connections option and specify the number of allowed connections.
11. To limit the bandwidth for anonymous FTP connections, clear the Unlimited check box corresponding to the Limit download bandwidth for this virtual FTP domain option and enter the maximum bandwidth in kilobytes per second.
12. Click OK.

To modify settings for anonymous FTP server or switch it off:

1. On your Home page, click the domain name you need.
2. Click FTP Management in the Hosting group.
3. Click the Anonymous FTP tab.
4. Adjust the settings as required and click OK. To switch off the anonymous FTP service, click Switch Off in the Tools group.

To change FTP password for a Web site owner:

1. On your Home page, click the domain name you need.
2. Click Setup in the Hosting group.
3. Specify new password.
4. Click OK.

To change FTP password for a web page owner:

1. On your Home page, click the domain name you need.
2. Click Web Users in the Hosting group.
3. Click the user name you need.
4. Type the new password into the New password and Confirm password boxes.
5. Click OK.

To change the properties of an additional FTP account:

1. On your Home page, click the domain name you need.
2. Click FTP Accounts.
3. On the Additional FTP Accounts tab, click the required account in the list.
4. Specify the FTP account name in the appropriate field.
5. Specify the Home directory by clicking and select the directory required. Alternatively, you can specify the path in the input field.
6. Type the new password into the New password and Confirm password boxes.
7. By default, the Hard disk quota is set to Unlimited. To set the required parameter, clear the Unlimited checkbox and type the amount of disk space in megabytes into the Hard disk quota box.
8. If required, select the Read permission checkbox. The FTP account users will be able to view the content of the home directory and download files from it.
9. If required, select the Write permission checkbox. The FTP account users will be able to create, view, rename and delete directories in the home directories.

   If you don't grant any permissions, the connection to the FTP account will be made, but the home directory will be not displayed for users.

10. Specify the changes as required and click OK.