File Transfer Protocol (FTP) is an amazingly simple and powerful technology that can be leveraged within Lightroom to quickly and easily upload a selection of images directly to any server that supports the FTP standard. I use this feature for every client project as a means to quickly deliver a gallery of work for proofing and selection. As someone who has used practically every ftp client and workflow combination out there - Lightroom is by far the easiest to configure and use.

We'll start by selecting the images you wish to upload to your gallery, and then select the Web Module (shortcut: ctrl+alt+5):

While in the Web Module, we can determine what subfolder name we wish to have created when Lightroom uploads our gallery.

In this example our gallery will live at the following URL:

http://zoeoelling.com/lightroom_ftp/

Next setup your FTP server profile:

The settings for your particular provider (login/password) will be required so that we can successfully connect to and verify our information. As you can see in our example I have supplied my destination URL (zoeoelling.com) along with my supplied login/password:

For 'server path' you must know which folder comprises the location on your server for web files. If you do not know your folder names by heart, select 'Browse' for your server path and Lightroom will connect with the supplied login/password entered previously.

One feature worth noting is the option to use Secure FTP (sFTP) which will allow Lightroom and your server to interact over an encrypted key should you be concerned about securing your upload.

With all your settings completed, select 'Upload'!

Once completed, we can test our destination URL:

http://zoeoelling.com/lightroom_ftp/

Your settings will be saved in your catalog and can be leveraged for future galleries.

For more details on this process please refer to my companion post

Best Wishes,

|Brandon Oelling