FTP account at HostMonster
HostMonster allows you to have unlimited FTP accounts/connections to the server. This means you can have virtually no restriction at all working on FTP file transfers – such like sharing musics and videos with friends via your host server on Hostmonster. Cool, isn’t?
Err, okay, so you’re a beginner and not sure what’s FTP. Well, FTP (aka File Transfer Protocol, or file transfer program) is the program and protocol which allows files to be transferred across the Internet. The FTP is also incorporated into WWW browsers such as Internet Explorer and FireFox. In layman term, FTP is a method to upload and download files to your web server (in our case, Hostmonster web server).
How to add a FTP account and transfer file via FTP in HostMonster
You will need a FTP account on your HostMonster account and a third party FTP program to access your files. As default, your username/password is the passes for FTP access. For example in my case, I can login to my FTP account using the username and password that I created when I first signed up with HostMonster.
You can also add a new FTP account (as Hostmonster offer unlimited FTP account) for your friends or families for the access.
FTP account is easy to be created and shown below is the ‘control page’ for creating FTP account.
Also, Hostmonster allow you to create an anonymonus FTP account where no password is requried for the login. This may be useful if you have files that you wish to be publicly available for download. However, you should be aware that allowing anonymous users to access any part of your system may be considered a security hole.
All the fuctions related to FTP can be found at your cPanel froun page, under category ‘File’.
