Signature Hosting: Uploading Files to Your Website
You can use this process to uploading files to your Website.
You can uploading files to your Website in three ways:
 Note: The start page in your www/htdocs Website
home directory is index.html.
Important:
A default home page is provided for you as a place holder when you log in to your Control Panel for the first time. This
page must be replaced with your own home page. Create your home page with your Web page tool, then save the home page
file as index.html. Upload this file using one of the following procedures. If you name your home page index.htm, your
Website will not function correctly.
Uploading Files to your Website Using an FTP Program
The File Transfer Protocol (FTP) program transfers files from your local (client) computer to a remote server on the
Internet, where the files are stored. Several free FTP programs for client computers are available for download from
the Internet.
To upload files using an FTP program:
Important:
If you are using FrontPage to develop your Website, use only the FrontPage Publish utility to upload files; using an
FTP program to upload files could corrupt the FrontPage Extensions.
- If you do not have an FTP program on your computer, go to the Website that provides the FTP
program you want, then follow the instructions on the window to download and install the program to your local computer.
- Start the FTP program.
- FTP programs normally displays two panes: the local computer directory in the left pane, and the
remote site directory in the right pane. Most programs allow for two-way, drag-and-drop transfer of files between
source computers and destination computers.
- Follow the instructions provided with the FTP program to upload files.
Note: Use your Control Panel user ID and password.
Uploading Files to Your Website Through FrontPage Publish
FrontPage calls a Website a Web. Using FrontPage, you can make changes locally without making the changes to a live Website.
To upload files to your Website through FrontPage Publish:
- After you are finished designing a Web page, click File.
- Click Publish Web. The Publish Web window appears.
- Type the location where you want your Web pages published in the field.
- Click Publish. The Web page is uploaded to your selected="selected" location.
Uploading Files to Your Website Through the Control Panel
The My Files utility allows you to publish your Website files to your Website with an easy-to-use Graphical User
Interface (GUI).
To upload files to your Website through the Control Panel:
Important:
If you are using FrontPage to develop your Website, use only the FrontPage Publish utility to upload files; using an
FTP program to upload files could corrupt the FrontPage Extensions.
- Select My Website from the Jump to: drop-down list. The My Website Home
window appears.
- Click Manage my Website files. The Properties window appears displaying the htdocs
directory.
- Click Upload File. The Upload File window appears.
- Type the location in the Select File to Upload field (or click Browse
to locate the directory containing the file, then double-click the file name).
- Click Save. The destination directory window appears with a message informing you
that the file was uploaded to the current directory.
- To upload more files to this directory, repeat Steps 4 and 5 for each file.
Note: You can upload files to your Website one at a time, or you can zip all
the files together and upload that zip file and then unzip it remotely. (If you do not have a zip program, go to the
Website that provides the zip program you want, then follow the instructions on the window to download the program to
your local computer.)
Note: All HTML documents and CGI scripts must be transferred in ASCII
format. All graphics must be transferred in binary format.
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