How to upload files using FireFTP a Mozilla Firefox Add-on ?

This Works like charm on Windows/Linux/MAC & other OS where you can install & use Mozilla Firefox.

For Linux & MAC, Core FTP LE is not available, So we are going to use the Mozilla Firefox Add-On FireFTP

You can DOWNLOAD the FireFTP from your Mozilla Firefox browser  Link 1 : https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/fireftp/ 

Step 1 :

Install Fireftp

Click the Restart Button.

Step 2 :

Once you Re-Opened Mozilla Firefox, 

Click >> Create an account

It will give you a POP-Up window to fillup the FTP login credentials as below.

Fill up details based on the welcome mail / Account details which you received.

Step 3 :

Click Connection TAB >> and Select Auth TLS (Best) .. and click ok.

Step 4 :

Now, Select the FTP account which you have created.

And click Connect

On the POP-UP window click >> Or you can add an exception button

Step 5 :

In the Next POP-UP >> click Add exception button (If asked)

Step 4 :

Once connected,

Open >> public_html for Linux hosting
Open >> httpdocs for Windows Hosting

You can now upload the files by selecting the files and right click, click Upload.

Thats all.

Note : Before uploading the content delete the default file " index.html ".

How to upload files using FTP client ?

We have taken Core FTP LE as an FTP client

You can DOWNLOAD the CoreFTP LE Free software here  Link 1 :

Step 1 :

Install Core FTP LE

Step 2 :

 After installing open the program by choosing > Start > All programs > Core FTP LE ( Windows XP )

Step 3 :

Click Sites Menu >> and click Site Manager ..

Step 4 :

Here >> fill up details based on the welcome mail / Account details which you received.

Now, Under Connection >> Select AUTH TLS >> and click Connect Button

Step 5 :

Once connected,

Open >> public_html for Linux hosting
Open >> httpdocs for Windows Hosting

Step 4 :

You can now upload the files by selecting the files and right click, click Upload.

Thats all.

Note : Before uploading the content delete the default file " index.html ".

How to secure your wordpress scripts ?

Step 1 :

 Login to the administrator of your wordpress script

Step 2 :

Clikc Dashboard to check the latest updates on Wordpress

Step 3 :

Click Update Now

Step 3 :

Wordpress will be updated the New version

Step 4 :

Now, you have to secure your wordpress script

To do that update the below codes in your /home/username/public_html/.htaccess files of your hosting account

#   SQUAREBROTHERS >>>>>>> SECURE .HTACCESS      

Just Paste and save the file

Step 5 :

Next create a .htaccess file inside /home/username/public_html/wp-admin/

and insert the below codes

#   SQUAREBROTHERS .47.1 WP-ADMIN SECURE .HTACCESS    

# If you edit the SQUAREBROTHERS .47.1 WP-ADMIN SECURE .HTACCESS text above
# you will see error messages on the BPS Security Status page
# BPS is reading the version number in the htaccess file to validate checks
# BPS is also checking that the string BPSQSE exists in this file - do not delete it
# If you would like to change what is displayed above you
# will need to edit the BPS functions.php file to match your changes
# For more info see the BPS Guide at AIT-pro.com

# DO NOT ADD URL REWRITING IN THIS FILE OR WORDPRESS WILL BREAK
# RewriteRule ^(.*)$ - [F,L] - works in /wp-admin without breaking WordPress
# RewriteRule . /index.php [L] - will break WordPress

<FilesMatch "^(install\.php|example\.php|example2\.php|example3\.php)">
Order allow,deny
Deny from all
#Allow from 88.77.66.55
</FilesMatch>


# EXAMPLE:
#AuthType basic
#AuthGroupFile /dev/null
#AuthUserFile /path/to/protected/server/directory/.htpasswd
#AuthName "Password Protected Area"
#require user Zippy
#require valid-user


# EXAMPLE:
#AuthUserFile /dev/null
#AuthGroupFile /dev/null
#AuthName “Password Protected Area”
#AuthType Basic
#order deny,allow
#deny from all
# whitelist home IP address
#allow from 64.233.169.99
# whitelist work IP address
#allow from 69.147.114.210
#allow from 199.239.136.200
# IP while in Kentucky; delete when back
#allow from 128.163.2.27

# END OPTIONAL WP-ADMIN ADDITIONAL SECURITY MEASURES

# REQUEST METHODS FILTERED
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_METHOD} ^(HEAD|TRACE|DELETE|TRACK|DEBUG) [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ - [F,L]


# Allow wp-admin files that are called by plugins
# Fix for WP Press This
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (press-this\.php) [NC]
RewriteRule . - [S=1]


RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} (%0A|%0D|%27|%3C|%3E|%00) [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} (libwww-perl|wget|python|nikto|curl|scan|java|winhttp|HTTrack|clshttp|archiver|loader|email|harvest|extract|grab|miner) [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} \?\ HTTP/ [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} \/\*\ HTTP/ [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} etc/passwd [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} cgi-bin [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} (%0A|%0D) [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} owssvr\.dll [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} (%0A|%0D|%27|%3C|%3E|%00) [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} \.opendirviewer\. [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} users\.skynet\.be.* [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} [a-zA-Z0-9_]=http:// [OR]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} [a-zA-Z0-9_]=(\.\.//?)+ [OR]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} [a-zA-Z0-9_]=/([a-z0-9_.]//?)+ [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} \=PHP[0-9a-f]{8}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{12} [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (\.\./|\.\.) [OR]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ftp\: [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} http\: [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} https\: [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} \=\|w\| [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^(.*)/self/(.*)$ [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^(.*)cPath=http://(.*)$ [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (\<|%3C).*script.*(\>|%3E) [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (<|%3C)([^s]*s)+cript.*(>|%3E) [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (\<|%3C).*iframe.*(\>|%3E) [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (<|%3C)([^i]*i)+frame.*(>|%3E) [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} base64_encode.*\(.*\) [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} base64_(en|de)code[^(]*\([^)]*\) [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} GLOBALS(=|\[|\%[0-9A-Z]{0,2}) [OR]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} _REQUEST(=|\[|\%[0-9A-Z]{0,2}) [OR]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^.*(\[|\]|\(|\)|<|>).* [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (NULL|OUTFILE|LOAD_FILE) [OR]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (\./|\../|\.../)+(motd|etc|bin) [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (localhost|loopback|127\.0\.0\.1) [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (<|>|'|%0A|%0D|%27|%3C|%3E|%00) [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} concat[^\(]*\( [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} union([^s]*s)+elect [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} union([^a]*a)+ll([^s]*s)+elect [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (;|<|>|'|"|\)|%0A|%0D|%22|%27|%3C|%3E|%00).*(/\*|union|select|insert|drop|delete|update|cast|create|char|convert|alter|declare|order|script|set|md5|benchmark|encode) [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (sp_executesql) [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ - [F,L]

Step 6 :

Once you complete the above steps just update the permissions for folders