FTP Upload and Transfer to public_html folder

phrankoweb57

• May 24, 2020 00:01

Greetings and Hope All Here Are Safe and Well ..... I am new to both cPanel and to this forum. I have virtually no experience with cPanel, and now I am about to come to a decision on a new web host. Should the new host I go with have cpanel, there's one critical issue I need resolved. It is my understanding (still limited at this point) that for security reasons FTP uploads to a Cpanel-powered site do not go to the folder (public_html) from which the actual web-site operates. Instead the uploads go to a custom folder that is created when one establishes an FTP account. After uploading, then the site operator uses the cPanel file manager to move the uploaded material into the public_html folder. This transfer procedure to public_html is the main thing which I have no knowledge of. All I need, in the simplest language, are the steps of the transfer process as it is used at cpanel hosting sites. You may use some of the best known such hosts as examples. BTW -- I use both CORE and Filezilla for FTP uploads. My previous site hosters were not cPanel powered, and the uploads -- requiring only an ftp URL, username and password -- went straight to the root folder. I have come to understand that uploading to a cPanel-powered site also works with an FTP URL, username and password. I also understand that basic FTP uploads are not necessarily secure, and that FTP apps like CORE and Filezilla can be configured for secure uploads, although I lack knowledge of the basic steps. Although not a requirement for a response, If any one can create screenshots of CORE and/or Filezilla, marking the fields to fill out and/or place a check on, that would at least put me on the right track. And I should also mention that my new site will be a general personal info site -- the content consisting mainly of HTML, JS (Javascript), CSS, JPEG and GIF images, PDF files, and perhaps an occasional MP3 audio or MP4 video file. Total content would be at least 500 MB, and the max between one and two GB. Thank you most kindly -- Stay Safe and Well.

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  SamuelM

  • May 26, 2020 01:41

  Hello @phrankoweb57 Thank you for contacting cPanel! On cPanel servers, users can use an FTP client such as Core FTP to connect via the SFTP protocol (SSH FTP) or the standard FTP protocol. SFTP access is managed by the SSH service, and therefore after the user logs in with their cPanel account credentials, they can navigate to any directory their account is authorized to access. FTP access is managed by an FTP daemon (PureFTPd or ProFTPd), and the cPanel account owner can create FTP accounts with custom user names and restrict access to a specific directory per-user. You can read more about creating FTP accounts in cPanel here: File Manager in cPanel, or by logging in via SFTP themselves. The files could also be moved by the cPanel account owner via I hope you find this helpful. Let us know if you have any follow-up questions. Best regards,

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  phrankoweb57

  • June 04, 2020 02:41

  Hello @cPSamuel Greetings .. Happy to say I now have a new webhost, and I've learned how to properly log into cpanel and FTP directly to the public_html folder. And that closes that chapter. Stay Safe and Well.

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