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One other thing that is common amongst paid web hosting
accounts is FTP access. FTP programs allow you to
upload files and to edit and delete your content on
the server much more quickly than using a Web-based
interface. If you are web hosting on a *nix system,
you'll also be able to change your file permission
settings using FTP.
One of the better features I've seen offered with
web hosting is the ability for you to create your
own FTP accounts. This is great when you have someone
helping out on the site, or if you want to share your
Web space while keeping your users' files separate
from your own. How hosts go about this can vary.
Some web hosts will let you act like a mini web
hosting company, where FTP accounts that you create
take users to a special folder specifically for their
files, which keeps them separate from your main files.
Other web hosts will allow you to create FTP accounts
in which you can define exactly which folders the
user has access to, and exactly what they can (and
can't) do with them.
While having the ability to create multiple FTP
accounts may seem trivial if you don't intend to host
other sites on your Web space, it can be useful for
allowing temporary or permanent access to anyone helping
you with your site, without you ever needing to give
out your own FTP account details. Now that is a feature
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