Call 1-800-435-7492 or email us at mail@gtmarketingltd.com to discuss the details of your next project

 

FTP

Below are the FTP instructions for uploading your files to a GT Marketing server.

Please note, there are different ways of accessing a FTP server. There are also many versions of programs that can be used. For example, one can simply use their browser window, however is that browser Internet Explorer, Mozilla, Netscape or Firefox? Is that IE browser, version 6 or 7? And is your operating system Windows or Mac?

We recommend using a FTP client program like CoffeeCup Free FTP or you can try many others at download.com

FTP Server: ftp.gtmarketing.us

Call 800-435-7492 to request login credentials

For large files (over 50MB) please compress or zip before uploading

Instructions for the most popular browsers

Microsoft Windows 98/ME/2000/XP/2003

Microsoft WindowsIE 6IE 7Firefox

Apple Macintosh

AppleSafari

 


From Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 (Windows XP)

  1. Open browser window
  2. In address bar type FTP.GTMARKETINGLTD.COM or FTP.GTMARKETING.US
  3. Goto FILE > LOGIN AS… Or simply right click and select LOGIN AS…
  4. Type xxxxx (Username)
  5. Type xxxxx (Password)
  6. Simply drag and drop source file into blank browser window to initiate upload.


From Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 (Windows XP / Vista)

  1. Open browser window
  2. In address bar type FTP.GTMARKETINGLTD.COM or FTP.GTMARKETING.US
  3. Goto PAGE > OPEN FTP SITE IN WINDOWS EXPLORER
  4. RIGHT CLICK in the left window pane and select LOGIN AS…
  5. Type xxxxx (Username)
  6. Type xxxxx (Password)
  7. Simply drag and drop source file into the left window pane to initiate upload.


From Mozilla Firefox (Windows XP / Vista / OSX)

  1. Firefox requires a plugin to properly access FTP. FireFTP is the most popular.
  2. Goto TOOLS > ADD-ONS
  3. Search for FireFTP
  4. Click Add to Firefox...
  5. Click Install
  6. Restart Firefox
  7. Now you can start FireFTP via the TOOLS menu
  8. You can either Create an account... or QuickConnect...
  9. Simply fill in the Host and ID Login / Password

From Command Prompt (Windows XP / 2000 / ME / 98 / 95)

  1. Located in START – PROGRAMS – ACCESSORIES
  2. Type FTP
  3. Type OPEN
  4. Type GTMARKETINGLTD.COM
  5. Connection to FTP site
  6. Type xxxxx (Username)
  7. Type xxxxx (Password)
  8. Type SEND \\ (Location of file) (e.g. SEND C:\TEMP\FILE.DOC)
  9. File will begin upload
  10. Type QUIT
  11. Type EXIT Or close the window

Command line FTP instructions

A command line FTP utility exists on Windows and Mac OS X and can be used without installing additional software. Command line FTP is a reliable tool for transferring files and can also be used for testing when troubleshooting problems with other FTP clients.The instructions provided below show you how to use the command line FTP utility for Windows and Mac OS X.

Note: This provides basic instructions for using the command line FTP utility. For more detailed information, consult the documentation for your operating system.

Windows:
1

To launch command line FTP utility, go to Start > Run and enter"cmd" into the Open field of the run dialog box. Click OK or press enter.

Note: If using Windows 98/95/Me, enter "command" instead of"cmd".
2

To change to a local directory that contains your site files, type cd followed by the path to the desired directory after the prompt.

Example: If your site files are stored in c:\sites\my_site, enter cd c:\sites\my_site.
3 At the prompt, enter ftp + FTP server name and press enter.

4

You will then be prompted to enter a username. Following the prompt, enter the username for the FTP account and press enter.

Note: If you are connecting to an FTP server that allows anonymous FTP, you don't need a valid account. However, you need to use the preconfigured account called ftp (ftp is the same as anonymous) to access the server.
5

Enter your password when the password prompt appears and press enter.

Note:For security reasons, the password entered is not displayed on the screen.
6

When the' Login successful' message appears, you have successfully connected. At this point, you know that the ftp server is up and running and that you can successfully connect to it from your machine.
At the ftp> prompt, you can run any FTP commands. To get a listing of acceptable FTP commands, simply enter a question mark (?) and press enter.

Note: You will still see a list of FTP commands even if you are not successfully connected to the FTP server.

Commonly used FTP commands:

ls: directory listing equivalent to dir.
ls -l: long directory listing, more detail.
pwd: display the name of current directory.
cd: change directory.
lcd: change the local current directory.
get: to download the file from the FTP server.
put: to transfer file and place it on the FTP server.
mget: to download multiple files from the FTP server.
mput: to transfer multiple files to the FTP server.
prompt: to turn on/off interactive mode.
binary: to turn on binary mode.
ascii: to turn on ascii mode.
delete: to turn a file on FTP server.
status: to display how the current FTP session is configured.
mkdir: to make directory on FTP server.
quit/close/bye/disconnect: to disconnect from the FTP server.

Note: All FTP commands are case sensitive and should be in lower case.


Macintosh OS X:

1 To launch terminal, choose Hard Drive > Applications > Utilities > Terminal.
2 At the UNIX shell prompt, you can change the current directory by typing cd + the path to the desired directory.
3 At the UNIX shell prompt, enter ftp + the FTP host name and press return.
4 Follow Windows steps 4 - 6.