1. CNIT131 Internet Basics & Beginning HTML
Week 09 – File Transfer Protocol

2. File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
FTP is an Internet standard that allows you to download or upload files to and from other computers connected to the Internet. You can use FTP to view a directory of files located on a remote computer, called an FTP website, and then open or download a file. You also can upload a file to an FTP website.
To access an FTP website, you log on with a username and a password. Public FTP websites, such as those provided by government agencies, some colleges and universities, and other organizations, are called anonymous FTP websites because anyone can log on to these websites using “anonymous” as their username. As a courtesy to the website administrator, anonymous users often enter their addresses at the password prompt, although a password is not required for a public FTP website. Private FTP websites, such as those operated by a private company for its employees’ use, restrict access to authorized users, who must enter a unique username and a unique password.

3. File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
You can download or upload files using FTP by typing instructions using an FTP client program, using your web browser, or using your operating system’s file management program, such as Windows Explorer for Windows 8. Some browsers offer compatible FTP client software, such as Mozilla’s FileZilla.
An FTP client, such as FileZilla (Figure 5-79), is a program that offers an easy- to-use graphical user interface containing menu commands and toolbar shortcuts.

4. File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
FTP clients generally use an interface similar to other file management programs with which you already may be familiar, such as Windows Explorer. To upload or download files, you simply:
Start the FTP client. Select or enter the information for the FTP website to which you want to connect.
Enter your username and password, and connect to the website.
Specify the source location (where the file is stored) and the destination location (where the file is to be downloaded or uploaded).
Select a file or files.
Tap or click a menu command or toolbar button to begin the download or upload process.

5. File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
The FTP client automatically issues the necessary FTP commands to download or upload the selected file(s). To navigate to an FTP website using your web browser, you type the FTP website’s URL in the Address box in the same way in which you type a website’s URL. FTP websites’ URLs start with ftp://, to represent the File Transfer Protocol (FTP), instead of the used for websites’ URLs. An FTP website can require a user to enter a username and password information to access an FTP folder or download or upload content.

6. References
Discovering the Internet: Complete, Jennifer Campbell, Course Technology, Cengage Learning, 5th Edition-2015, ISBN
Basics of Web Design HTML5 & CSS3, Second Edition, by Terry Felke- Morris, Peason, ISBN