ftp and file manager

[devioustom]

Hello! Making my very first hostmonster forum post eek! I'm so nervous! Ok.. deep breaths... Innn Outtt Innn Outt... Ok I'm ready.

I'm pretty new to the whole managing a website thing, so I'm still learning the basics. Is ftp necessary? I've been using file manager to upload everything.

[pghcollectibles]

if all you need to do is upload a few things at a time then there is nothing wrong with using file manager like that. ftp is more convienient for bulk uploads and maybe things like copying files or moving things around like you would be doing using windows explorer on your own computer (or whatever unix's GUI is called), uploading same file to multiple directories, etc