Files, SFTP and SSH
Upload files, use the file manager and connect with SFTP or SSH.
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- Create, reset and delete FTP users Create an FTP user for yourself or your web designer, and reset a forgotten password: all under Web hosting → SSH/SFTP.
- Upload a finished website to your web hosting Do you have a website in HTML or PHP from a web designer? Here is how to upload the files, test them on the preview address and connect your domain.
- Connect to your web hosting with FileZilla (SFTP) Set up the free FileZilla program with SFTP, so you can upload, download and edit files on your Sitewig web hosting – with server, port and user name from the control panel.
- Use Cyberduck, WinSCP or FTPS instead of FileZilla Settings for Cyberduck, WinSCP and other FTP programs, and when to use SFTP on port 22 or FTPS with explicit TLS on port 21.
- Upload and edit files in your browser with the file manager With the file manager you upload, move and edit the files on your web hosting directly in the browser, without installing an FTP program. You log in with your FTP user.
- Where should my files go? The folders on your web hosting See what the sites, public, logs and tmp folders are for, where the front page must be, and how to get a new folder for another website on your Sitewig web hosting.
- Upload large files when uploading through your website fails Getting an error when you upload a large video, archive or backup through WordPress or your website? Here's how the upload limit works, and how to get around it with SFTP.
- Turn on SSH and log in to your web hosting from the terminal Get command-line access to your web hosting, for example for WP-CLI or PHP scripts. Turn on SSH under Web hosting → SSH/SFTP and connect using the port the control panel shows.
- Log in with an SSH key instead of a password Create an SSH key on your computer and put the public part on your web hosting, so you can log in over SSH without typing a password. With ssh-copy-id or the SSH keys card.
- Hidden files, .htaccess, file permissions and the 403/404 error Does your site show 403 or 404, or is your .htaccess not working? See how Sitewig handles hidden files, which file permissions to use, and where to find the error log.
- Deleted or overwritten files by mistake? Get them back Deleted or overwritten files on your web hosting? Restore a backup alongside your current files and copy back only what you're missing, without losing newer changes.
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