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Uploading
your website
INTRODUCTION
When you transfer a file to your website
the overwhelming chances are that you are using FTP
to do so. It is a simple and almost universal way of
moving files to and from the Internet
FTP stands for File Transfer Protocol.
A protocol is a formalized way that computers talk to
each other. FTP is the standard way that one computer
(i.e. your home computer), will communicate with and
move files to and from a remote computer (i.e. your
Internet server). The benefit of having a protocol is
that any computer running any operating system can talk
to any other
In order to transfer a file, the FTP
client needs three pieces of information. These are
the location of the server that the web space is held
on, the correct directory on that server and the password
in order to access that directory
1) The first piece of information
that your FTP client will need is the address of the
server that you web space is held on. For our customers
this address is www.yourdomain."xx.xx"
To put this in context, if one wanted
to FTP to the domain www.crownedchild.co.uk the
web server one would need to access would be www.crownedchild.co.uk
2) Once your FTP client has
got to the web server it has to ask for the unique directory
that is your web space. Your FTP client does this by
giving the web server the username for the account.
This will be the username that we supplied you. You
have to remember that there will be a different username
for every hosting account you have ordered because each
one is a unique directory
3) The final piece of information
that you need to supply your FTP client is the password.
This is because the mail server will check that you
have the authority to access the web space.
FTP clients often call these three
pieces of information something different. The location
of the Web server is sometimes called the "Host Name"
or "Address". It doesn't matter which - you just need
to type www.yourdomain."xx.xx"
The second piece of information will
be called something like "User ID" or "Account Name".
Here you need the username that we sent you for
the domain
The last piece of information is always
called the password. The FTP client will be able
to connect to your web space and you will be able to
move around directories from there.
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INSTALLING WS_FTP
 Perhaps
the most popular and easy to use FTP client is WS_FTP
from Ipswitch.
Click
Here to purchase WS_FTP Professional
There is a very large selection of
FTP software available, and some web page editors (e.g.
Dreamweaver) have an in-built FTP system. Below
are instructions for using WS_FTP. Most FTP software
functions similarly.
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USING WS_FTP
Open up WS_FTP program from your start
menu
1)
The first thing you'll see is a window called Session
Properties. Click on the NEW button to clear
all fields.
2) In PROFILE NAME type the title of your
website. This can be anything you want.
3) In HOSTNAME type your domain name:
www.YourDomain."xx.xx"
4) In HOST TYPE leave the setting as Automatic
Detect.
5) In USER ID type the username
we supplied you.
6) Type the password we supplied you,
and then check the Save PWD box.
7) Click APPLY and then OK.
These
details will be stored on your system, so you won't
have to do this again. Next time you open the program
you'll see this window with all the required details.
Simply hit OK to get started.
8)
Having hit OK you will be taken to the main screen
and you will be prompted to go online. Wait for the
dial-up to complete.
9) You will be faced with two screens which may
look complex at first, but are actually simple to get
a grasp of.
10) The screen on the left (Local System)
is your home computer. The screen on the right (Remote
System) is the internet server.
11) To find the file you wish to upload to the
internet, you will have to locate it on your computer.
For example, if the file is located in your My Documents
folder, you will need to open the My Documents
folder. In the top left corner of the screen is a green
arrow. Double-click on this a couple of times until
you get to your main C:\ hard drive. Then scan
down the list until you see My Documents and
double-click to open.
12) Having found your file in the left-screen
you can either double-click it, or highlight the file
and click the right-pointing arrow between the two screens.
This will transfer your file to the internet
13) To download files from the internet to your
PC is just as simple. Having opened the folder on the
left screen where you wish to place the files, simply
double-click a file from the right screen.
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