Overview

Flow is a Mac OS X application used to connect to a server using FTP or SFTP. The first thing you need to do is download and install Flow at http://extendmac.com/flow/.

The following tutorial is provided as a courtesy to our customers to help you configure your FTP software to work with (mt) Media Temple's hosting solutions. Third-party software can not be supported directly by (mt) Media Temple. If you have further questions about configuring Flow, please visit http://extendmac.com/support/.

Requirements

Before you start, be sure you have these handy:

• Server name: Your access domain or example.com. example.com or your IP address.
• Username: Your FTP username.
• Password: Your FTP password.

Please see FTP and SFTPFTP and SFTP to learn how to find these settings.

Instructions

1. Launch Flow.
2. Click on the plus "+" symbol on the lower-left corner, then click on "New Bookmark" - see Figure 1:

   
   Figure 1.

3. Enter your server settings, see Figure 2 for reference:

   

   • Protocol: FTP
   • Name: example.com or s00000.gridserver.comexample.com or your IP address
   • Server: s00000.gridserver.comexample.com or your IP address
   • Username: example.comdomainuser
   • Password: Your FTP password.
   • Initial Path (optional): /domains/example.com/html/ httpdocs/
   • Port: 21 for FTP, 22 for SFTP
   • Bookmark Base URL (Required for URL Copying and Editor Live Previewing):
     Base Remote Path (optional): /domains/example.com/html/ httpdocs/
     Base Web URL: http://example.com

Resources

• Flow Homepage - http://extendmac.com/flow/
• Flow Support - http://extendmac.com/support/