Filezilla Setup Guide for Vicnet


  • Start FileZilla by double clicking the icon on the desktop.

  • You will see a “Welcome” dialogue box. Click “OK”.

  • Go to the “Edit” menu and select “Settings...”

  • Make sure “Transfers” is highlighted and change “Timeout” to 300 seconds. This will prevent frequent disconnections. Click “OK”

  • Click on “Remote file editing” and enter the name of the program you want to edit the files in. If you want to use Notepad which comes standard with Windows type “C:\WINDOWS\NOTEPAD.EXE” or click on the “Browse...” button to find it on your hard drive. Alternatively, if you want to use a different program, type in the path to it.

  • Click on the “Server” menu and make sure that “View hidden files” is ticked. This allows for the viewing of “.” files in directory listings such as “.htpasswd” and “.htaccess”.

  • Go to the “File” menu and select “Site Manager...” OR click the picture of the world with two linked computers to get the Site Manager.

  • You will see the following window:

  • Click “New Site”

  • The name of the site will be named “New site” by default. This name will be highlighted for editing when you click the “New Site” button.

  • Rename the new site with a short description of your site. This makes it easier for you to manage your site.

  • Enter the Site details as follows:

 

  • Host: This is the server that FileZilla should connect to at Vicnet. This is generally the website domain name: eg “mydomain.com.au” for domain name customers or “home.vicnet.net.au” for tilde (“~”) account holders.  
  • Servertype: FTP  
  • Logontype: Normal
  • User: FTP username as supplied to you by Vicnet. If you have a tilde account, this is the letters following the tilde, without any trailing slashes, etc.
  • Password: Vicnet FTP password. This will have been assigned at account creation time, or during the last password change request. Check Vicnet supplied account documentation.
  • Settings not specifically mentioned should not be changed from their defaults.
  • Click “Advanced” to continue. Several settings need to be customised in this screen, those not specifically mentioned should be left at their defaults.

  • Default local directory: This step is optional, “Default local directory” can be left blank. Click the “Browse...” button and then select where on the hard disk the files for the website to be uploaded is. If the site hasn’t been created yet, then point to a folder where the site will be stored. Note that this option can also be configured from previous steps. Vicnet recommends creating a folder on your hard drive just for your website files.
  • Default remote directory: /public_html/
  • Server Timezone Offset: Adjust remote file time by 10 hours 0 minutes
  • Click “Connect” in the “Site Manager”.

Congratulations. FileZilla is now configured for use with Vicnet.

 

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