Logging into your DreamPress site via FTP

Overview

There are two ways to log into your DreamPress server.

  • The file manager built into the panel
  • 3rd party FTP client

Either option allows you to log into your DreamPress server to work on your website files.

Option 1 — The file manager

The file manager option is built into your DreamPress panel.

  1. Navigate to the Managed WordPress page.
  2. To the right of your domain, click the Manage button.
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  3. Click the Manage Files button on the bottom left.

This automatically opens a new tab in your browser that is logged into your DreamPress server. View the following article for information on how to use the file manager interface to manage your files.

Option 2 — 3rd party FTP client

Your other option is to use an FTP client to connect. The following page lists popular 3rd party FTP clients you can use to connect to your DreamPress server.

Once you're connected, you can use the following article to create and edit files within your client.

Locating your FTP login credentials

  1. Navigate to the Managed WordPress page.
  2. To the right of your domain, click the Manage button.
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  3. On the bottom left you'll see a File Upload section. Under the Manage Files button click the toggle next to 'Show Credentials'. Your DreamPress FTP credentials display.
  4. Click the copy icon to the right of each item and paste the credentials into your chosen FTP client.

If you need to change the password for your user, you can do that on the Files page. View the following article for further details:

Entering this information into your FTP client

The following image shows how to enter your credentials in Filezilla.

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Where do I put my files?

Once you're logged in you'll see several files and folders. View the following article for instructions on where to upload your site files:

Warning: The server's host key is unknown

When you originally log into a DreamHost server, you may see the following warning:

The server's host key is unknown. You have no guarantee that the server is the computer you think it is.

View the following article for further information on how to confirm the key values you're seeing and log into your server:

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