N.B. We have made these instructions as simple as possible.
If you have ideas for making the process easier, please email hello@svija.com.
1. Configure WinSCP
Open WinSCP and enter the information from your Svija email:
- Click the arrow to the right of the Save ▼ button and choose Set Defaults
- Click the green Login ▼ button to connect to your site
- Choose Yes ▼ when asked “Continue connecting to an unknown server?”
At this point, you should see your documents in the left pane and your website files in the right pane:
2. Download Your Website Files
In the left pane of WinSCP, navigate to where you’d like to store your website, then:
- create a folder (F7) with the name of the website (example.svija.site)
- create a folder inside that called sync
- double-click until you are inside the sync folder
To download your website, select everything in the right pane except the “..” and drag it to the left pane:
3. Save the Configuration
Type ctrl-N to bring up the Login window, then
- select your website
- click the Advanced ▼ button
- in the left column choose Directories
Fill out the directories as follows:
- Remote: /home/example/sync
replace “example” with your Connect ID - Local: click … and navigate to the sync folder from the previous section
- check Synchronize browsing
- click OK
4. Sync with WinSCP
To start synching with WinSCP:
- menu Commands › Keep Remote Directory up to Date…
- or Ctrl-U
During your first synchronization, choose the following options:
Click Start to start synchronization. At the end of the session click Stop:
Simplifying the Interface
The WinSCP interface is very cluttered. To simplify it, uncheck everything under the following menus:
- Options › Toolbars
- Options › Left Panel
- Options › Right Panel
- in Options, only Tabs should be checked
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