In your FTP client of choice, you will need 4 items to log in (host, username, and password). Use the following items to log in:
- Host: YOURDOMAIN.com *Note: you can also use "ftp.YOURDOMAIN.com" which will use port 21 as the default. You can also use the IP address of your server.
- Username: Your cPanel user
- Password: The password for your cPanel user
- Port: 21 *Note: port 21 is the default port for FTP.
- Click connect
How to connect via FTP using a created account:
- Host: YOURDOMAIN.com
- Username: ACCOUNT@YOURDOMAIN.com
- Password: The password you created for this account
- Port: 21
- Click connect
Note: Using FTP is useful because you can download and upload files for your website.