When you have a website hosted by a hosting provider, it is important to know how to connect to it and make certain changes to the information or simply publish the initial site.

Connecting to the site:
Connecting to a website means accessing the files that are placed on the hosting server. This action is necessary to make any changes to these files, to add new information to the website, or to modify the current information. Connecting to the website can be done in several ways, but I will mention the 2 most popular ones – connecting through cPanel and connecting through FTP.

Accessing via cPanel:
cPanel is the website’s control panel, which offers control over security, file/database/email management, and the use and manipulation of various plugins and additional applications for the website.

1. Access your website's cPanel account at https://exemplu.com/cpanel or https://exemplu.com:2083, where exemplu.com is the domain used by your website.
   
   
   
   
2. Enter the login credentials provided via email by the hosting provider.
   
   

Accessing via FTP:
FTP (File Transfer Protocol), as the name suggests, is a protocol that allows for easy file transfer between two devices. To be able to use FTP, you need to have an FTP account associated with the hosting server, the server’s IP address, and the FTP port (by default, this is 21, but some providers prefer to change it for security reasons).

1. Connect to an FTP client; we recommend FileZilla.
2. Enter all the necessary data to create an FTP connection between the device initiating the connection and the server. These data are the FTP account and the server IP address provided by the provider, along with the port number.
   
   
   
   
3. Confirm the initiation of the connection by pressing the Quickconnect button.
   
   

Uploading information to the site:
Method 1 (via cPanel):

1. After connecting to the cPanel account, access File Manager from the Files section.
   
   
   
   
2. Navigate to the public_html folder or another main folder where the website’s core files are located.
3. To upload certain files to the website, press the Upload button, then select the files you want to upload. We emphasize that you should make sure the files are uploaded to the correct location.
   
   

Method 2 (via FTP):

1. After connecting to the hosting server via FileZilla, navigate to the public_html folder on the right side of the window.
2. On the left side, find the files on your computer that you want to upload to the server.
3. Select the files and drag them into the public_html folder (or the designated folder for each file) on the right side.
4. Wait for the files to be transferred to the server. The progress of this process will be shown at the bottom of the window.

After uploading the information by any method, check the website in a browser.