I can't even set up a server on FileZilla

HalfPastGone

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I watched all the youtube videos and still can't.

I set up New Site and New Folder. What do I put in for the host? The videos say use Normal for Logon Type, then what user and password do I use?
 


how long ago did you buy your domain? Did you set your nameservers just recently? It takes long as fuck to propogate sometimes. Give it another day or 2.
 
how long ago did you buy your domain? Did you set your nameservers just recently? It takes long as fuck to propogate sometimes. Give it another day or 2.
i bought it on monday. do i need to set set something up on my cpanel in the ftp accounts area before connecting?
 
i bought it on monday. do i need to set set something up on my cpanel in the ftp accounts area before connecting?

In my experience the the HOSTING USERNAME and PASSWORD are sometimes different from panel usernames and passwords. The first one is referred to your mail address the latter ones are referred to your main domain (a part of the word).


You'd have received a mail with all the parameters:
your panel account;
FTP account;
MySQL account;
Mail Servers account;
 
In my experience the the HOSTING USERNAME and PASSWORD are sometimes different from panel usernames and passwords. The first one is referred to your mail address the latter ones are referred to your main domain (a part of the word).


You'd have received a mail with all the parameters:
your panel account;
FTP account;
MySQL account;
Mail Servers account;
the only hostgator email i received has given me my billing account login (email and some random password) and my cpanel login (username and random password)

i changed my cpanel password to my own

in the Site Manager i create 'New Folder' and 'New Site'. then for Host i enter ftp.domain.com and then 21 for port. i then enter my cpanel username and password and hit connect. in the upper left, by the FileZilla icon, it says username@ftp.domain.com for like 10 seconds and then goes back to saying FileZilla

i was following this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_QNHIX972I&feature=related

@ 3:06 of the video i have no 'default site' box to check and no 'save/exit' button to click.
 
where did you buy your domain? with hostgator or from another registrar?
in case you didn't buy it from hostgator you need to go to your registrar and enter your hostgator dns settings ( usually something like nsxxx.hostgator.com and nsxxy.hostgator.com ) this will bind your domain to that specific hostgator server

Hostgator sends you an email with your cpanel password and other stuff, there you find an IP address, that is a number like 123.123.123.123, that's the IP of your server.

In order to check if you need to apply the dns settings launch the windows shell ( DOS, call it as you prefer ) and type: ping yourdomain.com
if it tells you it points to that same IP address you don't need to do anything of the above, otherwise you know what to do.

You can upload your files via FTP as well entering that IP in place of ftp.yourdomain.com, but you need to properly set your dns servers in order to make your domain reachable...
 
I realize my version of filezilla is probably newer than the one in the video..

In the "General" tab leave empty Port, FileZilla will find automatically the port. Then "Logontype" normal, in the "Transfer settings" tab leave "Transfer mode" to default.

But I am sure you are missing some info you received from your hosting.
 
where did you buy your domain? with hostgator or from another registrar?
in case you didn't buy it from hostgator you need to go to your registrar and enter your hostgator dns settings ( usually something like nsxxx.hostgator.com and nsxxy.hostgator.com ) this will bind your domain to that specific hostgator server

Hostgator sends you an email with your cpanel password and other stuff, there you find an IP address, that is a number like 123.123.123.123, that's the IP of your server.

In order to check if you need to apply the dns settings launch the windows shell ( DOS, call it as you prefer ) and type: ping yourdomain.com
if it tells you it points to that same IP address you don't need to do anything of the above, otherwise you know what to do.

You can upload your files via FTP as well entering that IP in place of ftp.yourdomain.com, but you need to properly set your dns servers in order to make your domain reachable...
i used namecheap.

EDIT: Sweet, I figured it out, thanks dude.

all right i'm in my namecheap account and went to 'Transfer DNS to Webhost' and it says this:

Please enter DNS name only (ex: ns1.mydomain.com). Please don't enter IP
addresses. You can enter up to five name servers. It is advisable to enter atleast
two nameservers for a domain. Please note that it will take up to 24 hours for
the changes to take effect.
Please note that if you are setting up DNS servers for .uk, .eu or .ca domains,
use the IPAddress--dns.name format (ex: 12.12.32.22--ns1.domain.com)
first, how do i find my DNS name? it says i should enter at least two nameservers for the domain (what does this mean?)
 
i used namecheap.

all right i'm in my namecheap account and went to 'Transfer DNS to Webhost' and it says this:

first, how do i find my DNS name? it says i should enter at least two nameservers for the domain (what does this mean?)

wait for your account activation email ( or check your spam folder )
 
in the DNS Zone Editor on my hostgator cpanel, do i need to do anything?
no

all you have to do is enter your dns servers into namecheap control panel, done that, after some time ( up to 48-72 hours but usually way less, almost instantly with namecheap if I remember correctly ) the domain will serve the content of your website.

This because the main website of your account is preconfigured on your hosting account.

For your next domains you'll have to make the same steps and add each domain using the addon domain feature in cpanel
 
ok i finally connected to my filezilla and transfered all the prosper202 files, now wtf do i do? that video says to browse to my domain. i just get a 404 - PAGE NOT FOUND... ??