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#''FTP port''
#''FTP port''
#*This is normally ''21'' unless your provider has told you otherwise
#*This is normally ''21'' unless your provider has told you otherwise
#''Directory''
#For Cumulus MX only, ''Select the FTP protocol to use''. Hopefully, you know which to choose, or can ask your web space provider.
#*Generally your provider will have given you instructions what to enter here.
#''Directory'' on Cumulus 1, ''Remote FTP directory'' for Cumulus MX
#*It may be blank, or may be a folder structure.
#*It may be blank, or may be a folder structure.
#*It is almost always case sensitive so type it exactly as advised.  There will be NO spaces at the start, end, or anywhere within, the name. It is a '''relative''' path from the FTP '''root'''. If you have successfully used a FTP tool to transfer files, then (as in ''before image'' above) there should be a reference to the directory in the log dialogue of establishing connection to your website.
#*Generally your provider will have given you instructions what to enter here if you need to specify a FTP root relative to some overall root, obviously you might then want to make a sub-folder for the weather pages uploaded by Cumulus and if so then follow the blank or whatever for root with '/' and then your sub-folder name.
#*It is almost always case sensitive so type it exactly as advised.  There will be NO spaces at the start, end, or anywhere within, the name. It is a '''relative''' path from the overall '''root'''. If you have successfully used a FTP tool to transfer files, then (as in ''before image'' above) there should be a reference to the directory in the log dialogue of establishing connection to your website.
#''Username'' and ''Password''
#''Username'' and ''Password''
#*In all cases your provider will tell you these two values.
#*In all cases your provider will tell you these two values.
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