How to publish your Elements site using SFTP

Secure, fast publishing from the Elements app to your Elements Hosting account.

Publishing from the Elements App to your Elements Hosting account via SFTP has been designed to be safe and secure (as well as fast)!

Below are the steps to publish your Elements sites securely using SFTP.

Step 1

Log into the Elements Hosting Reactor Panel, click on Websites in the sidebar menu, select the website you'd like to publish to via SFTP, click on Advanced in the top menu bar, then select Developer Tools from the drop-down menu.

Scroll down to the SSH password authentication section.

Step 2

Take note of the following:

1. SFTP Username

2. SFTP Server IP Address/Host

3. SFTP Password (if you don't know your SFTP password you can reset it here)

Step 3

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

Step 4

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

Step 5

Click the Setup button

Step 6

Enter your SFTP user details from Step 2 above.

• Publishing Method: SFTP

• Server: Your Host/Server IP Address

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

• Username: Your SFTP Username

• Password: Your SFTP Password

Click the Test button in the lower-left of the window to confirm you've entered your SFTP 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 SFTP connection details, that they are entered correctly, and test again.

Step 7

Next to the Path field, click the the Browse button.

Select the folder where your website files should be uploaded to (usually public_html if you are only hosting 1 website on the account), then click the Choose button.

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. 🙂

Finally click the Done button.

Step 8

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 visit your website in your browser, resting easy knowing it was uploaded safely and securely to your Elements Hosting account. 🔒