Configuring an FTP client

Mozilla Firefox and many other browsers have always had the facility to access FTP websites. However, Firefox's authentication methods are not familiar to many of the users. Here's how.

Firefox have a working FTP client. However, there is a tool that'll make it's FTP management even more productive. Go to 'http://fireftp.mozedev.org' and download the Firefox plugin called FireFTP. It is a tiny download and has a simple installation procedure. The installation is completed after you restarted the browser window.
To start the plugin, go to Tools menu and find the FireFTP menu item. First, we have to setup account setails for our FTP server. For this, click on the 'Manage Accounts' button on the top-right of the plugin window. Click the new button and start entering the required deatails into their specific fields. The 'Account name' is the name the account is to be reffered as. The 'Hostname' is the FTP address of the server you are trying to access.
There are Username and Password fiels that are needed when not using the 'Anonymous' access mode. The plugin can be easily set up with some advanced options. In the connection tab, there are options to setup encyption methods and start folders.
After setting up all the options, go to the Accounts drop down menu and choose the account that you want to open and click 'Connect'. You will find a proper two-pane file browser that will help you upload and download files from complex multi level folder structers whose appearence exactly matches that of Windows Exlporer.