How to publish your Elements site using FTP

Fast, no-hassle publishing from the Elements app to your Elements Hosting account.

Publishing from the Elements App to your Elements Hosting account has been designed to be fast and easy.

Below are the steps to publish your Elements sites using FTP.

Step 1

Log into the Elements Hosting reactor and navigate to the FTP user you'd like to use for publishing/uploading your site via the Elements App.

Take note of the following:

• FTP Username

• FTP Password

• FTP Host

• Directory Access - Pay attention if your FTP user has access to the website root (/), or if they only have access to a subfolder, such as /public_html.

Step 2

In the Elements App, click on Publishing Setup in the upper right-hand corner of the window.

Step 3

Give your publishing destination a name in the Name field, and select FTP from the Publishing Method drop-down menu.

Step 4

Click the Setup button.

Step 5

Enter your FTP user details from Step 1 above.

• Publishing Method: FTP

• Server: Your Host/Server IP Address

• Connections: 1 (very slow) to 6 (very fast)

• Username: Your FTP Username

• Password: Your FTP Password

Click the Test button in the lower-left of the window to confirm you've entered your FTP connection details correctly. You will see a pop-up window telling you if the connection test was successful, or if it failed. If it fails, please double-check your FTP connection details, that they are entered correctly, and test again.

Step 6

Next, in the Path field, select the folder where your website will be uploaded to by clicking the Browse button, navigating to that folder, selecting it, clicking the Choose button, then clicking the Done button.

Generally public_html will be what's entered in the Path field if you are only hosting one website with us. If you are hosting multiple websites on your Elements Hosting account, you will need to make sure you select the correct folder to upload to. When in doubt, ask us. 🙂

From Step 1 above, if your FTP User's Directory Access is listed as /public_html then you don't have to enter anything in the Path field in Elements Publishing Settings (leave it blank), as your FTP User's upload folder is already /public_html and publishing will upload to that folder by default.

Step 7

When you are ready, click Publish in the upper right-hand corner of the window, and watch as your website gets published to your Elements Hosting account! 🎉

You can now open up your web browser and witness the Power of Elements™️, no magic-wand required! 🧙