Chapter 2: Using File Transfer Protocol
In This Chapter
Discovering FTP
Understanding file transfer
Exploring easy-to-use FTP clients
Making sense of FTP terminology
Editing files by using FTP
Changing file permissions
Throughout this entire book, you run into the term FTP. FTP (File Transfer Protocol) is a network protocol used to copy files from one host to another over the Internet. With FTP, you can perform various tasks, including uploading and downloading WordPress files, editing files, and changing permissions on files.
Read this chapter to familiarize yourself with FTP, understand what it is and how to use it, and discover some free, easy-to-use FTP clients or programs that make your life as a WordPress website owner much easier. If you run across sections in this book that ask you to perform certain tasks by using FTP, you can refer to this chapter to refresh your memory ...
