Uploading your web site
The first thing you will probably want to do with your new
account is begin uploading your site. There are many good ways
to upload web pages, images, and other site files. We'll focus
on the most popular tools here: FTP programs, the File Manager
from your account Control Panel, and integrated upload utilities
in programs like Frontpage and Dreamweaver. No matter which
method you choose, you can upload and download files 24 hours a
day, as often as you like.
Detailed instructions with screen shots:
Uploading files - Overview
However you choose to connect to your account, you will need the
following pieces of information to get started:
Your User Name........(case sensitive)
Your Password..........(case sensitive)
Your Host Address.... yourdomain.com or your IP address
("IP address" is the numerical address assigned to every
account. For the first few days, until your domain name is
registered or transferred, this will be the only way you can
connect). |
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Account structure
| domain-logs |
This directory holds your access log
files |
| domain-mail |
Mail area for your domain (no need to
touch this!) |
| domain-www |
same as the WWW folder |
| domain-secure |
same as the WWW folder |
| www |
This is where your site files will go |
CAUTION - DO NOT DELETE ANY DIRECTORIES IN YOUR ACCOUNT.
When you upload your site to the Internet, you will want to
make sure that you name your home page index.html, as this is
how our system will recognize your page. Other default pages
are actually feasible (index.htm, default.htm, index.phtml), but
the default "Coming Soon" page that comes with every new account
is named index.html, and will not be replaced unless it is
specifically deleted or overwritten by your own index.html.
As soon as a file is uploaded to the web server, it is
available for all to see. If, after uploading a file, you are
still unable to see the updated file via your browser, try
hitting the "Refresh" or "Reload" button. Some browsers -
particularly Netscape - have very tenacious "caches" - places
where pages are temporarily stored on your computer. You may
need to manually empty your browser cache to see a new or
updated page on your site. |