Uploading files to your website: How to FTP

Once you have created a home page and you want to post it on the server, you can upload it by following the steps listed below.

1. Launch your FTP application, wait for the FTP prompt.

2. Type: open www.ar51.net, press Return or Enter. (Where www.ar51.net is the site name or IP address of the site that will host your web pages).

3. Type your login name, then press Return or Enter.

4. Type your password, then press Return or Enter.

5. Type cd web, then press Return or Enter. This takes you to the web file directory for your home page.

6. Type put ‹path›/index.html, press Return or Enter. This uploads the file. (‹path› stands for the directory location of your home page file on your local disk, and index.html should be the actual name of the file containing your Home page.)

7. Type quit, then press Return or Enter. This terminates the file transfer session.

8. Check out your page on the web!

Another option to upload your files is to use your Internet brower.

1. In your browser's address bar you can enter in the following URL: ftp://www.mydomain.com

2. You should then be prompted for a username and password. This might not allow you easy access to all of the features in an ftp program, but it is effective for uploading and removing files.

Notes:

• Before uploading your home page, make sure its file name is index.html.

• For Area 51 dialup customers, your uploaded page will appear at http://www.ar51.net/~‹yourusername›/index.html.