How to upload your files using FTP
To upload your website to the server you need a program with FTP capabilities or a program called a FTP Client.
FileZilla is a FREE FTP client: Click to Download
Your homepage should be named index.html or index.shtml . This is the page that will show when someone visits http://www.yoursite.com. Follow the instructions below to learn how to upload or download your files for editing.
- Run your FTP client
- Click the connect button.
- Enter www.yourdomain.com (or .ca) as the server name .
- Use the user name and password provided in your welcome email in the username and password fields.
- Connect
- Open up the httpdocs directory.
- Upload the files from your local machine to the server or select the files to download from the server that you want to change.
- Disconnect and close the FTP client.
- Point your browser to http://www.yourdomain.com and view your brand new website!
You can edit the files using many types of editors. Dreamweaver is probably the most popular and userfriendly WYSIWYG editor (what you see is what you get). To edit HTML you can use any text editor like Notepad installed with Windows.
www.download.com is also a good place to find FREE HTML editors. |
