|
|
Uploading your web pages
All Biz-hosting web hosting accounts allow you to upload your files using FTP (file transfer protocol).
Important: You should not use FTP if you have activated FrontPage Extensions or are using SiteBuilder to create your website.
You should also upload any files for your website to the htdocs folders.
You can find easy-to-use FTP software for your computer:
FTP with Internet Explorer on Windows.
FTP with Mac OS X.
FTP with gFTP on Gnome (Linux, Solaris, BSD).
FTP with Dreamweaver on Windows.
FTP with FileZilla on Windows.
If you have difficulty uploading your website with FTP, follow the article Common FTP problems.
The following describes how to upload files using SmartFTP available from http://www.smartftp.com.
First you must log onto your FTP server. The server address will be ftp.yourdomain.co.uk.
Your username and password should be entered in the supplied boxes before hitting the connect icon. See highlighted areas below:
Make sure to navigate to the ‘htdocs’ directory highlighted above before uploading any files. You can now drag and drop files created in your favourite web publishing application onto the web server or use the ‘Upload’…‘Direct’ option from the ‘Commands’ menu or pop-up right click menu.
Congratulations, you have now published files to your web server and can view your site by typing www.yourdomain.co.uk into your favourite web browser.
Publishing your website involves copying the web pages that you have already created on your computer, to the web server on which your domain resides.
For information on how to create a website using FrontPage please refer to the documentation supplied with your MS FrontPage software.
Procedure
To publish your website using FrontPage:
Step 1: Open the FrontPage application.
Step 2: Select the Open Web option from the File menu to open the website you want to publish. Select the appropriate web from the list that appears.
Step 3: Select the Publish Web option from the File menu.
Step 4: Type in the name of the domain to which you want to publish the web pages.
Step 5: Select either Publish changed pages only, or Publish all pages, as appropriate.
Step 6: Do not select the Include subwebs option as subwebs are not supported.
Step 7: Click the Publish button. You will be asked to enter your FTP username and password to authorise access.
The web pages are now sent to the server on which your domain resides. When this has finished you can use the Click here to view your published website link to check that the website has been updated correctly.
If you protect your PC using the ZoneAlarm or Computer Associates' eTrust Personal Firewall, you may see a warning telling you that your FTP software has been blocked.
You can usually resolve this by configuring Zone Alarm/Personal Firewall to allow your FTP software to access the internet.
Note: eTrust Personal Firewall is the same software as ZoneAlarm, rebranded for Computer Associates.
Step1: Double-click the ZoneAlarm icon - or - in your system tray, to the bottom-right of the screen.
Step 2: Click the Program Control tab in the ZoneAlarm window.
Step 3: In the list of programmes, find your FTP software and click the red crosses under Trusted and Internet in the Access column, turning them into green ticks.
You can upload files to your web space using FTP (file transfer protocol) software. A number of FTP applications are available for Mac OS X, including Cyberduck. You can download Cyberduck free of charge from www.cyberduck.ch.
Step 1: Enter ftp.yourdomain.co.uk in Cyberduck's Quick connect box and press Enter.
Step 2: A dialogue box will ask your for your FTP username and password.
Enter your domain name as the username and your account password as the password. This will log you into your master FTP account. You can set up separate FTP accounts, each with their own access rights, using your control panel.
How to create a custom FTP account.
Step 3: A list of the folders in your web space will appear. Double-click the htdocs folder; this is where your public website files are stored.
Step 4: Upload your website's home page by dragging and droppping it. This is just the same as if you were dragging and dropping files between folders on your own computer. If you upload a file called index.html directly to htdocs, it will automatically become your website's home page.
Where to upload your files and what to call them
Windows servers: For standard html files, your home page should be called index.html or default.html.
Linux servers: For standard html files, your home page should be called index.html.
Creating new folders: Any new folders you create within htdocs can be accessed as part of your website address.
Example: If you create a folder called photos in htdocs, you would access it with www.yourdomain.co.uk/photos in your browser's address bar.
Transmit enables you to upload and download files to your website space using FTP. You can either connect manually each time you use Transmit, or store your web space's FTP details in your favourites.
Manual connection
Step 1: Click the globe icon on the right of the Transmit window.
Step 2: Enter your FTP connection details, then click Connect.
Note: For standard shared hosting accounts, set Initial Path to "htdocs/" to automatically see your website files.
Step 3: Once connected, drag and drop files and folders using the Your Stuff section on the left of the Transmit window or directly from the Finder.
Add the connection to your Favorites list
You can save your Biz-hosting FTP details in Transmit's Favorites list, like a bookmark in your web browser. Once set up, you'll be able to connect with one click.
Step 1: Click the Bookmark button on the right of the Transmit window.
Step 2: In the Collections panel, select Favorites, then click the + button to the bottom right of the Collections panel.
Step 3: The New Favorites dialogue box will open. Give the connection a meaningful nicnmame, enter your FTP connection details, then click OK.
You can now connect to your Biz-hosting web space by double-clicking the nickname you chose in the Favorites list.
Edit your connection in the Favorites list
Select the connection in your Favorites list, then click the pencil button at the base of the Name list.
FileZilla is easy to use FTP software for Windows. You can downloaded it free of charge from filezilla.sourceforge.net.
Step 1: Open FileZilla, click the File menu, then click Site Manager.
Step 2: The Site Manager screen will display any existing connections you have set up. Click the New Site button.
Step 3: Enter a name, such as your website name, for the FTP connection you are about to configure.
Step 4: In the Host text box, enter ftp.yourdomain.co.uk.
Step 5: Use the Servertype drown-down list to select FTP.
Step 6: Select the Normal radio button, under Logontype.
Step 7: In the User text box, enter your FTP account username. If you are using your master FTP account, this will be your domain name.
Step 8: Enter your FTP account password in the password text box. If you are using your master FTP account, and have not changed its password, this will be the same as control panel password.
Step 9: If this will be the FTP account you access most, select the Default account radio button.
Step 10: Click the Advanced button.
Step 11 (optional): Click the ... button to find your website folder, select it and then click the OK button.
Whenever FileZilla connects to your FTP space, it will show this folder's contents in the Local Site section of the screen.
Step 12: Enter "/htdocs/" in the Default remote directory text box. This will ensure that FileZilla connects to your live website files folder. You can move up to the parent folder by clicking the .. folder.
Step 13: Drag files from the Local Site pane, on the left hand side, to the Remote Site pane on the right, to the upload them.
You can upload your website files directly to your web space from Dreamweaver.
You can learn how to uploads files directly to your website in Dreamweaver's tutorials. The information you need to enter, when setting up your FTP account in Dreamweaver, is:
Name: Your website project's name, as seen only by you when using Dreamweaver.
Access type: Ensure the drop-down box is set to FTP.
FTP host: ftp.yourdomain.co.uk
Host directory: htdocs
Login: Your ftp username. This will be your domain name, if using your account's master FTP account.
Password: Enter your FTP password, this will be the same as your contorl panel password unless you have changed your master FTP account's password.
Use passive FTP: Ensure the check-box is selected.
URL prefix: Enter your website address, then click OK.
|
