To upload data to a website, any FTP program such as FileZilla or SmartFTP can be used. For the connection, the server name, username, and password must be provided, which can be found in the setup confirmation. This guide describes how to set up an FTP program, specifically using FileZilla, and emphasizes the need to upload web data to the document root of the domain so that it displays correctly. The document root can be found in Plesk under "Website at" and should contain the website’s index file.
To upload data to your website, you can use any FTP program like FileZilla or SmartFTP.
The following information must be entered in the FTP client to connect:
- Server name
- User
- Password information
You will find this information in your setup confirmation.
Setting up the FTP program
The document root of the domain
Setting up the FTP Program
If you have misplaced your login details, you can redefine them via the Plesk Admin Tool. Plesk: Change FTP Password.
This guide is explained using FileZilla:
- Click on New Server.
- Name the new connection (e.g., muster-hans.ch).
- Enter your domain name or the server name here:
Example METAhost: divico.metanet.ch
Example Reseller: fahrenheit.sui-inter.net
- Leave the default port 21.
- Select "Explicit FTP over TLS" (FTPeS) as encryption.
- Choose Normal as the connection type.
- Enter your FTP username here.*
- Enter your FTP password here.*
* You can find this information in the setup confirmation.
Now click Connect to establish the connection to the server. Once the connection is successfully established, you can navigate through the folder structure to the document root of the respective domain. More information about the document root is provided in the next section.
The Document Root of the Domain
For the web data to appear under the desired domain, it must be uploaded to the document root (the main directory) of the domain.
You can see the document root for your web data in Plesk below the domain name under “Website at”:
Upload the web data directly into this directory. Make sure that the index file of your website (index.php or index.html) is located in the document root. How to change the document root is explained in the guide Plesk: Change Document Root.