To upload your Website files using LeapFTP please follow the instructions below:

1. Please open the Leap FTP program from your desktop.

2. Enter your FTP Account information provided to you into the following areas as shown in the diagram below:



FTP Server: yourname.netfirms.com

User: yourname

Pass: your password

3. Once you have entered your FTP account information, click the Yellow Lightning Bolt in the top left-hand corner as shown below:



4. You are now connected to your FTP account! It should now look like this:



5. Double-click on the WWW folder located on the right-hand side so that the WWW directory is opened.

IMPORTANT:  If you have a registered domain on your account and it is being forwarded to your /www/yourdomain.com/ folder, then double-click on the yourdomain.com folder from inside www (where yourdomain is your registered domain name hosted at Netfirms).

6. From the left-hand side, you will need to locate your web files in your computer.

7. Highlight all of the files you wish to upload and then drag and drop them into an open area in the right-hand panel.

8. Your files will upload instantly onto your site.

Remember to name your homepage index.htm (all lowercase) for your site to be visible. This will overwrite the default index.htm file we provide you.

NOTE: To prevent your connection from timing out, we suggest that you configure LeapFTP to use "passive mode": Enable PASV mode by going to the "PROXY" tab of the "Preferences Dialog" ensure that "Use PASV mode" is selected.