Information relating to FileZilla - FTP Program.

"FileZilla is a fast and reliable FTP client and server with lots of useful features and an intuitive interface."

This page is provided to inform you about our prefered FTP Client; FileZilla. It also contains links to answers to some commonly asked questions, such as "What is FTP?" "What is an FTP Client?" "Why use an FTP Program?". This page is presented by Choose-a-Domain to draw your attention to the quality and cost benefits of using Open Source software. More information about Open Source software can be found here.

FileZilla is a powerful FTP-client for Windows 9x, ME, NT4, 2000 and XP. It has been designed for ease of use and with support for as many features as possible, while still being fast and reliable.

Why do you require an FTP program and why use Filezilla?

FileZilla's main features:

• Ability to resume Uploads/Downloads (if the server supports it)
• Custom Commands
• Site Manager with folders
• Keep Alive system
• Timeout detection
• Firewall support
• SOCKS4/5 and HTTP1.1 Proxy support
• SSL secured connections
• SFTP support
• Upload/Download Queue
• Drag & Drop
• Multi-language support
• GSS authentication and encryption using Kerberos

Download FileZilla

We maintain a local copy of FileZilla for the benefit our our visitors, which is available here: Download FileZilla! Simply Right-click the "Download Filezilla" link and select "Save As" or "Save to Disc", and choose a location to save the executable. Navigate to the location to which you saved the file and double click to begin installation.

Official FileZilla Website

Although we make every effort to maintain the most current version of FileZilla, we make no guarantee that this is the most up-to-date version of the software available. We are currently using: Version 2.2.29. Visit the Filezilla homepage for more details and most current available version information.

If you don't like the sound of having to use an FTP program, you may wish to consider our Fully Managed Website Migration Service, this is an extra support service for those people who want it to "just work" with little or no input from them. For further details please take a look at our Fully Managed Website Migration Service.

This page should eventually contain a link to a FileZilla based FTP tutorial. However at the moment these pages are still under construction. Please bear with us it should all be finished soon.

* Although we like to advocate Opensource software, for legal reasons this does not constitute a endorsement or recommendation, nor can we make any declaration of the fitness of the software for any purpose.