Configuring your website in LeapFTP

Click the Sites menu here

This tutorial assumes you already have LeapFTP and have it running on your computer, but not connected to another server

Now let's learn how to configure our website in LeapFTP

Then click Site Manager

The Site Manager window opens

Click Add Group

Enter a name for the new group, then click OK

Now let's configure a new site inside this new group

Click Add Site

Enter a name for this new site, then click OK

Now enter the site's Address

Note: The host address can be in the form ftp.yourdomain.com or just the IP address

If your domain name has not yet propagated, then you'll have to use the IP address method

Enter the username and password for the hosting account

Click Apply when finished

Then click Connect

That's it! We've successfully configured a new site in LeapFTP..... and established a connection

Click the Disconnect icon to close the connection

This is the end of the tutorial. You now know how to configure a website in LeapFTP, for the purposes of establishing an FTP connection