Knowledge Base Hub

Browse through our helpful how-to guides to get the fastest solutions to your technical issues.

Home  >  How-Tos  >  How to connect to FTP with a browser?
Top Scroll

How to connect to FTP with a browser?

 2 min

There are multiple ways to connect by FTP to a host. Easiest way is to use internet explorer/firefox or any other browser as FTP browser.

You just need to type following in the web browser:-

ftp://YourFtpUser:YourFtpUserPassword@yourdomain.com

If you are connecting FTP account using user@yourdomain.com then you will have to use URL like this:

ftp://YourFtpUser%40YourDomain.com:YourFtpUserPassword@yourdomain.com

You need to make sure that FTP username is YourFtpUser%40YourDomain.com

This address is URL-encoded and comes from YourFtpUser@YourDomain.com where @ has been substituted with %40, which is the ASCII code for @.

If you still have problems connecting by FTP, it is possible that your outgoing TCP port 21 is blocked by your local firewall or Internet service provider. If this is not the case, then your FTP server might be unreliable and you should transfer to a stable FTP service provider.

Please visit http://www.milesweb.co.uk/hosting-faqs/check-if-ftp-port-21-is-blocked/ to check if Port 21 is blocked.

 

For our Knowledge Base visitors only
Get 10% OFF on Hosting
Special Offer!
30
MINS
59
SECS
Claim the discount before it’s too late. Use the coupon code:
STORYSAVER
Note: Copy the coupon code and apply it on checkout.