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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).
Account
structure
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domain-logs
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This
directory holds your access log files
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domain-mail
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Mail area
for your domain (no need to touch this!)
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domain-www
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same as
the WWW folder
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domain-secure
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same as
the WWW folder
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www
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This
is where your site files will go
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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.
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