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PC: Downloading Your Website

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Svija works by continually keeping these two folders synchronized:

  • SYNC on your website’s server — used to display your website
  • SYNC on your computer – where you design your website

The sync folder on the server already exists — this page helps you copy it to your computer.


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:

Note: SYNC must be uppercase even though in the image it is in lowercase.


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:

The “..” is not a real folder — it’s a shortcut to the parent folder.


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

Note: SYNC must be uppercase even though in the image it is in lowercase.


You’ve successfully downloaded your website

Now you’re ready to try changing the text on a page.

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