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Uploading Files with
FTP:
The first thing you will need before uploading files to your account is a good ftp client.
Please read our section titled "Downloading, free FTP & SSH Clients".
Once you have learned more about FTP clients and how to connect to your account, the following is what you need to do to start uploading your website.
Once you are logged in, change to the directory public_html
This is the directory that you will use to upload all your website files.
You can create new directories within this directory, these directories are known as "sub-directories"
When you upload files to the public_html directory you can view them by typing in http://www.yourdomain.com/filename.ext
If you upload files to a sub-directory, you would be able to view them by typing in http://www.yourdomain.com/sub-directory_name/filename.ext
Using FTP clients:
When
you open your FTP software you will see a screen similar to the
one below.
Click NEW. You will get a blank screen to setup and use as
your connection to your site.
Enter
the following information:
Profile Name: You can enter
anything here. This is just used by the FTP software to store and
save your configuration.
Host Name: Your Domain Name or
IP address (if your name is not registered or if you are
transferring your Domain to our service, you may need to use the
IP ADDRESS until the name is propagated throughout the different
Domain Name Servers available on the Internet.)
Host Type: Set it to Automatic
Detect
User ID: Enter your username.
This can be the username we sent you at sign-up, or it can be the
username of any FTP user you created in your control panel.
(Remember that usernames are case-sensitive!)
Password: Enter the password
for the user. (The
password is case-sensitive!). Check the "save password"
box if you don't want to have to keep entering your password every
time.
Click OK. Your FTP Software
should now login to your site.
Upload your files to the public_html directory.
Your site will not be viewable on a web
browser unless the files are uploaded to the public_html
directory.
Note: You should name your main (home) page 'index.htm' or
'index.html' (all lowercase) file names on UNIX machines are
case-sensitive, make sure that your links and filenames match
exactly.
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