With the economy slowing as a result of inflation, it’s hard to say what the impact is on hosting. Web Hosting Unleashed interviewed four key executives at various hosting companies about what impact the

economy has made on their business, and the results varied.

Here’s what WebHostingBuzz COO and resident DJ Matt Russell had to say about the matter:

“With the global economy in tatters and many of the West facing a “credit crisis”, we’ve noticed a number of things:

1. We have far fewer inactive websites. Most websites are there for a purpose, whereas before we’d have many clients signing up just to test out some features.
2. Our international client base is growing fast. The weak dollar makes our plans very attractive to those outside of the U.S.
3. And of course, consumers are more price-savvy as they have less money to spend.

You can read more opinions on the matter at by reading Chris Lloyd’s article in Web Hosting Unleashed.

Here’s a question for our resellers, have you noticed any up or downtowns as a result of the economy?

If you cannot list directories or it gives you an error while directory listing inside FTP software. Just make sure you have enabled *passive mode*. You can do this in your software settings.

You can view and terminate FTP sessions using the provided FTP session controls. This is useful for general information and stopping unwanted FTP activity.

To control FTP sessions:

Click on the Ftp Manager button on the home page.

Click on the FTP Session Control button.

All active FTP sessions (FTP connections that are actively uploading or downloading files) are listed. Click on the Delete button next to a session to terminate that session.

We do not allow anonymous ftp access.

Deleting an FTP account is as simple as creating as creating the account. Deleting the account does not delete the folder or its contents, but it does prevent anyone from accessing that folder through FTP.

To delete an FTP account:

Click on the Ftp Manager button on the home page.

Click on the FTP Accounts link.

Click on the Delete button.

It is a good idea to regularly change your password. You should always change your password if you think someone else has access to your FTP account.

To change a password on an FTP account:

Click on the Ftp Manager button on the home page.

Click on the FTP Accounts link.

Click on the Change Password button.

Enter the new password in the New Password field.

Click on the Change button.

Downloading an FTP log is useful for monitoring exactly what FTP actions have occurred on your domain.

To download FTP access logs:

Click on the Ftp Manager button on the home page.

Click on the FTP Accounts link.

Click on one of the URLs listed at the bottom of the window, or copy and paste that URL into an FTP client application.

An FTP account creates a folder on the public_html level of your site that allows external users that know the password to upload and download files from that location. Change your password if you think that your account is being used incorrectly.

Note: Please be aware that all users with the correct password will be able to add, edit, and delete files from the directory that you specify for the FTP account, and any directories within the stated directory.

To add an FTP account:

Click on the Ftp Manager button on the home page.

Click on the FTP Accounts link.

Click on the Add Account link.

Enter the name of the FTP account in the Login field and the password for the account in the Password field.

Enter the path to the directory to which this FTP account has access.

Warning: If you enter the top-level of the web site by entering a slash (/), all users with the correct password will be able to add, edit, and delete all files on your site. It is advisable to limit an FTP account to a smaller section of your web site.

Click on the Create button.

To login make sure you use following FTP information in your FTP client:

username: user@yourdomain.com
password: password

The FTP area deals with all the tools relating to setting up and managing FTP accounts, as well as managing FTP sessions. FTP (File Transfer Protocol) is a method by which you can transfer files between computers, usually using the Internet. There is a huge amount of information stored on FTP servers around the world that can only be accessed by using FTP. When using FTP you use an application called a “client” to connect to a machine called a “server”.

There are a large number of FTP software packages available. Some of them are built in to your browser (such as Internet Explorer), others are dedicated applications (such as such as CuteFTP or WS_FTP), while still others are built into web applications (File Manager in CPanel is one example). Generally speaking, if you are going to spend a lot of time using FTP or have a large amount of files to upload/download, a dedicated FTP client is the way to go.

CPanel allows you to set up FTP accounts so that certain external users can access a restricted part of your system. You can also set up an anonymous FTP account so that anyone can access a restricted part of your system. You can also manage these FTP sessions, cutting them off if they go on for too long.

Warning: FTP, by its very nature, allows external users to modify your web site (albeit a restricted area of your web site). External users can upload, download, and delete files. Keep this in mind when you set up an FTP account.

Your FTP web server: ftp.yourdomain.com OR you may use the IP address provided in your welcome email.
Your FTP user: yourmainusername@yourdomain.com
FTP password: yourmainpassword

Once you login into the FTP, you will see some set of folders. Open up the “www” folder and upload all your website files into it.

Do not delete any other folder/subdirectory etc already lying there. Thats it!