This is the screen you will enter your hosting information provided by your ISP.
For my example it would be:

• HOST: ftp.janedoe.com
• User Name: janedoe
  
• Password:  yourpassword

Once this information has been entered, click the "connect" button and you should see the following connection dialog: 

If you are having problems connecting, here are some things to check out:

1. If you just obtained your web hosting account, then your domain may not be ready yet.
2. If you have recently changed hosting companies, your account may not be switched over,  if you have been given temporary settings, use them.
3. If you are behind a firewall, you need to use Passive FTP, see NOTE above for setting this.

The list of files/folders on the right is the view of your web hosting account.

The list of files/folders on the left is the view of your files on your own computer local files

You will notice a directory named "html" in your right (hosting) side. This is the directory where all your website files should be placed in order for them to be seen once you type in your domain address (http://www.janedoe.com) into a browser window.

Another important and often overlooked fact is that you must have a file named Index.html or Index.htm.
This acts as your homepage and when someone types in your URL
the search engine will look for your Index page and load it first. If you are unsure about where your Index.htm or Index.html file is located, double click on the "html" folder and you will find a list of the "html" files
and your Index will be listed there.

You will also notice files named 404.HTML, 403.HTML, etc. These files can be used to setup custom 404 (page not found) error pages. Just edit these pages and customize them as you wish. 

TRANSFERRING FILES

Once you are connected, you can now start transferring your files to your FTP server.

Open your public.html file by double-clicking on it.

To upload your file, just hi-lite the Index.html or Index.htm file in your local directory (left side), then click on the upload button. (blue arrow pointing to right) Or you can just click and drag the file over to the remote directory listing.

If a file already exists, you will be asked to "overwrite" the file. Overwriting will replace the file already there (you will usually want to overwrite as you are probably updating your site). If you don't want to overwrite, click on cancel

When your upload is complete, you will see on the right (remote) side a list of the files your have transferred. 

To download the your files from the server, find the files you want to download, and hi-lite them, the click on the download button (blue arrow pointing to left)