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Now
you have your web pages ready to publish to the web, so your asking yourself what
now? We have compiled this information so that we can take some of the guess work
out of it for you. WS-FTP
is a program used to publish your website to the Internet. From here you
can upload/download files to and from your Virtual Server webspace. Once you have
downloaded this program you will need to input your information (as shown below)
When you open this program you will be looking at a screen like this: (Shown
Below) For some people it may look very intimidating. But once you use it you
will see that it's not too complicated.
Click
here to DOWNLOAD WSFTP
If after reading
this information you are still unclear how to operate this software please go
here. This is the WSFTP Software Company.
Profile
Name: This is just the reference name which WS-FTP remembers as
the profile, this can be any name that you like that you can associate your site
with.
Host Name / Address: Type in your
domain name that you have with your account (www.mydomain.com, net, org, edu,
depending on the one you chose). This has to be correct for the server to find
your site.
Please note: that if your domain registration
has not been completed in the Internic Database then you must use the (www.yourdomain.com,
net, org, edu, depending on the one you chose) If the registration has been complete
according to the Internic Database, then you need to type in your IP Number that
was provided for you when you opened your account.
In
other words, if you try one way and it doesn't work, try the other.
Host Type: From the drop down
menu please select: Automatic Detect
UserID :
YourDomainName (without the .com or .net)
(Ex. if your domain name is
getsite.com then ftpusername is getsite).
Please remember that most things
on the internet are case sensitive. Type this information in lower case. Password:
type your password in lower case.
Once you have setup WS-FTP and clicked OK,
WS-FTP will display the directory structure on your virtual server on the right
hand side, and your local machine directory structure on the left.
Now
you can transfer files to and from your virtual server by dragging files across
or tagging files and using the arrow buttons in the FTP window.
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