 It should be noted that we cannot advise you on using HTML, PHP or give any design or development advice. Our role is as a provider of web hosting and domain registration services only.
If you are looking to create a site but have little knowledge of web design, we would suggest trying out one of the content management systems available from the “Fantastico” area of your control panel. These provide a pre – built site structure with modules that you can add / remove quite easily.
If you are designing your site in Frontpage, please note that we are using the latest version of the Frontpage extensions (Frontpage Server Extensions 2002). You can easily publish to your domain using any version of Frontpage that supports these extensions. Microsoft Sharepoint services are not supported.
To publish in frontpage you must do the following...
- Login to your control panel and install the extensions on your domain by clicking the “Microsoft Frontpage” icon and then the “Install Frontpage extensions” button.
- In Frontpage open your web and click File > Publish Web.
- Enter your domain name as http://www.mydomain.com (where domain.com is the name of your own domain). DO NOT Use FTP to publish in Frontpage. this will publish your site to the wrong place on the server and your site will not be displayed.
Most other web page publishing software uses FTP to place your files on the server. This is covered in the next section.
Uploading Files.
You can upload files using the file manager from within your control panel. This can be very slow as it only allows you to upload one file at a time.
We would recommend always using FTP to place files into your webspace.
Note: If you have installed Frontpage extensions, uploading via FTP may cause them to become corrupt and your site wont display correctly. As a rule of thumb, you should use EITHER Frontpage or FTP, never both at the same time.
To use FTP, you should obtain some good FTP client software. You can use the built in FTP options in Internet Explorer but this can be slow, unreliable and is not recommended.
4Uhosting.co.uk recommends CuteFTP available from Globalscape at http://www.cuteftp.com/products/ftp_clients.asp
Connecting...
To connect to your web space using FTP you will need the following information...
FTP Hostname : Always use your domain name without any prefix (e.g. mydomain.com).
FTP Username : By default, this is the same as your control panel username.
FTP Password : By default, the same as your control panel password.
Once connected, you will see a number of folders. Some are named tmp or etc. You must not delete any of the folders in this area of your webspace.
The folder you are most interested in is named public_html. This is where your web accessible files should be placed. it is the “container” for your website and to explain this in more detail, when you navigate in a browser to http://www.yourdomain.com - the contents of this folder are displayed.
Your home page.
Your main web page must be in the public_html folder and must have the file name index.htm, index.html, index.shtml or index.php. The webserver recognizes a file with this name in any folder as the main web page for that folder. Note: Filenames are case sensitive and the main page must be in lower case.
EXAMPLE
You place a file named index.html in your public_html folder. This file will be displayed when you go to http://www.yourdomain.com
Using your FTP client, you create a folder named mystuff in the public_html folder and upload another index.html into here. This page will be displayed instantly if you visit http://www.mydomain.com/mystuff
Using the options in your control panel, you can secure folders and the content within them with passwords very easily – making it simple to create member areas etc. |
