If you can use Windows, you can use FTP. Setting up an e-mail account is harder.
What is FTP? How to Use FTP? Why Use FTP?
FTP is a "file transfer protocol". As the name suggests, it's a way to transfer files online. And similar to how most business check email, by using a dedicated email program, FTP is generally a task that uses a special program. In other words, not your web browser (Internet Explorer, for example) -- or the "Internet icon" as some people will say. There are any number of FTP clients out there, including both freeware ones, and commercial ones.
For Windows:
- FlashFXP, only $29 -- another excellent low-cost FTP client, better than freeware.
- WS_FTP, only $35 -- somewhat slow, but better than most freeware
- WinSCP, freeware
- CoffeeCup Free FTP, freeware -- PASV only, so not good to connect to some servers (IIS6 and IIS7, for example)
- Core FTP LE, freeware
- Filezilla, freeware -- passwords not secure/encrypted when saved
For Max OS X:
- NOTE: The Mac FTP software list will be updated in the future
- Filezilla, freeware -- passwords not secure/encrypted when saved
All FTP clients are relatively the same to setup.
You enter a few essential bits of data to connect to FTP:
- server address, either name (ftp.servername.com) or IP (192.168.1.0)
- username
- password
- sometimes servers require PASV be used, or not used
And then you connect, and you can drag and drop files back and forth in some sort of Windows-like GUI. It's more or less common sense. For example, WinSCP and WSFTP are different, but still quite similar.
Quick Guide on How to Use FTP with WinSCP:
On WinSCP, I did the custom install, disabling most of the "typical options" it wanted to install, such as shell extensions and icons all over my menus and desktops. I set it to use Explorer GUI mode.
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(Trivia: I actually just a few minutes ago learned about WinSCP, because I misspelled WSFTP in Google, having typed in "SFTP". Not a bad mistake. It looks like a decent FTP software. I've never been crazy about CoreFTP.)
Quick Guide on How to Use FTP with WS_FTP:
The attached PNG images below show what WS_FTP looks like..
