Best Xara FTP settings

[gwpriester]

I have been using the basic FTP settings in Designer Pro forever. But I should update to something more secure. What do you recommend.

[Acorn]

Gary, probably the simplest is to use FTP over TLS.
You keep the same FTP settings but transactions are encrypted with Transport Layer Security (TLS).
In FileZilla, I set "Use explicit FTP over TLS if available", which it always is.
Xara calls this FTPS (FTP over SSL/TLS).

If you instead use SFTP, I believe you have to alter the Port as advised by your ISP.
For Xara Hosting, I have SFTP active.
Xara calls this SFTP (SSH-FTP).

SFTP is more secure but when certificates expire, you have a lot of digging to reconnect.

Acorn

[gwpriester]

Thanks

[gwpriester]

NameCheap sent me specific settings for Filezilla using SFTP. These settings work in Filezilla but not in Xara.

Port for SFTP: 21098

Do I need to add .com21098 after the ftp address? sftp://server259.web-hosting.com

[Acorn]

Gary, the Port number appears after the FTP address. You enter colon and the port number after the dot com part with no spaces.

https://helpandsupport.xara.com/xara...p-or-ftps.html.

sftp://server259.web-hosting.com:21098 goes into the FTP host address.

Acorn

[StewKriti]

Good Morning

I have a strange problem that has only just appeared concerning ftp upload through Web Premium...When I no enter the ftp setting Xara keeps replacing the ftp address without the "ftp" element? I have re-installed programme but it just keeps altering the hostname - I have even edited the setting in registry but it does not keep the info? Working fine until this week and I can use filezilla but have got used to Xara...