Creating a Directory Separate from your Public HTML

I was wondering how I could do this with Smart FTP. When I log on to my account, the FTP menu structure shows no space 'behind' the public html, and I would like an area like that, where I can put things I want to keep safe...

Thanks in advance for any advice.

This is generally a consequence of the way your FTP server is set up and unless you have control over that you're probably stuck.

Yeah, I thought that might be the reason. Nevermind. Thanks for your reply.