Uploading Your
Site - WS_FTP
The most commonly
used method for uploading content to the web server is called "FTP"
(File Transfer Protocol). You have unlimited FTP access 24 hours a day
- 7 days a week. Because of that, you can upload, modify, & delete
files from your web site any time you need or want to. There are two
versions of WS_FTP that we offer for download, should you need them:
For more updated
versions of WS_FTP, please visit http://www.wsftp.com
You will need to
following information to connect to your website using FTP:
User Name - (This
is not case sensitive)
Password - (This IS case sensitive)
Host Address - (mydomain.com or 12.25.???.???)
For the first few
days that your account is active, you will only be able to access your
account using the IP address. Once your new domain is registered or
your existing domain is transferred, you will be able to access your
account using the domain instead.
Every time you use
WS_FTP, the following "Session Profile" window will display.
This "Session Profile" contains all the information that is
needed to connect to your website. If you take the time to create a
"Session Profile" now & save this profile, you won't have
to re-enter the information again.
To create your "Session
Profile", click on "New" and enter your choice for profile
name. It is suggested to use your site URL (mydomain.com) for easy recognition.
Next, you will need to enter your "URL or IP Address" of your
site, your "User Name", and your "Password" as illustrated
in Figure A.
Figure A
Next,
you need to click "OK". Then you will be connected to your
website's main directory. You will see a split screen where the files/folders
on the left are local to your computer and the files/folders on the
right are on the webserver as shown below in Figure B.
Figure B
Double
click on the "www" folder to enter the directory for
all of your web pages. You can create your own site directory structure
within this "www" folder. One of the main directories
that you'll want to create is "cgi-bin". You will store
all of your custom Perl/CGI scripts to this folder. In order to have
your home page load into a user's browser automatically when they hit
your site; first, delete the "default.htm" file in
your "www" directory; then, upload your home page file
to the "www" directory and rename it to "default.htm".
That's it... Your new home page should come up when you browse to your
website. If it doesn't, it could mean that your domain has not completed
the registration process or that you didn't upload your file correctly.
Now,
to upload files/directories, simply click the files/directories in the
"Local System" window and click the "->"
button in the middle of the window. Make sure, when you are uploading
your web pages, you select the ASCII
radio button towards the bottom of the window and, when you are uploading
your pictures, you use the Binary
button.
In
order to transfer a file to one of the subdirectories on your site,
simply double-click the subdirectory in the "Remote Site"
window, choose the file for upload from the "Local System"
window, and then click the "->" button to transfer
the file. To create subdirectories for your site, click on the "MkDir"
button when you are inside of the "www" directory and
the "Remote Site" window is active.
All
files, if uploaded correctly, will be immediately browsable by visitors
to your site.
IMPORTANT
- All User Names,
File Names, and Directory Names are NOT case sensitive. For
example: you CANNOT have the following two files in the same
directory - example.htm & EXAMPLE.HTM
- Any / all files
to be accessed via a web browser must be uploaded to the "www"
directory. All other directories are hidden from internet visitors.
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