5

Connecting to Sites 

Connecting to a site 

You can connect to any site listed in the CuteFTP Site Manager. You must be connected to 

the internet before you can connect to any sites. CuteFTP Professional can connect to FTP, 

FTPS (SSL), TLS(SSL v3), SSCN (SSL Site to Site transfer), SSH2(SFTP2), HTTP, and 

HTTPS (SSL) sites. For more on SSCN, see Site to site transfers. 

T

O CONNECT TO AN EXISTING SITE WITHIN THE 

S

ITE 

M

ANAGER 

1. Select 

the 

Site Manager tab at the bottom of the Local Pane in CuteFTP. 

2.  Expand a folder from the list shown in the Site Manager.  

3.  Select a site from the list. 

4.  From the menu, choose File > Connect > Connect. 

T

O ADD AN 

FTP 

SITE TO THE 

S

ITE 

M

ANAGER

1.  From the menu, choose File > New > FTP Site. The Site Properties window 

appears. 

2.  Type a name for the site in the Label field. It can be any name you choose. 

3.  Enter the address for the site in the Host field. You can enter a domain address like 

ftp.globalscape.com or an IP address such as 192.168.20.52.  If you don t know the 

address your hosting provider can give it to you. 

4. In 

the 

Username field, enter the user name given to you by your hosting provider. 

5. In 

the 

Password field, enter the password given to you by your hosting provider. 

6. Select 

Connect or OK. The site information is saved in the Site Manager for future 

use. 

Note: 

You can also type or copy and paste an FTP URL directly into CuteFTP 

by choosing File > Connect > Connect to URL from the Menu Bar. 

S

UPPORTED 

URL 

FORMATS

ftp://user:pass@host.host.com:port  

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