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Uploading Your Site
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Directory Structure
About /www/ & /public_html/ folder
About index.html
Using FTP
Using FrontPage
Using the CPanel File Manager
Changing your ftp password
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Directory Structure 
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When you open an FTP connection to your server you will see a list of directories.
The important directories are:
- public_html - this is the folder where all your web site files should be placed
- cgi-bin - this is for cgi/perl scripts, normal html files will not work in here, you must never change the
chmod mode of the cgi-bin from 755 and all cgi scripts must be also set to 755 to function
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About /www/ & /public_html/ folder
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For files to be visible on the web they need to be placed in the public_html folder. The www directory is linked
to the public_html folder.
IMPORTANT: Do not remove either the www or public_html folder.
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About index.html
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The index.html file is very important. It is the file visitors to your site will see if they go to www.yourdomain.com.
You can use:
- index.html
- index.htm
- index.cgi
- index.php
- index.shtml
However, if you use a name different to index.html remember to delete the default index.html file as it will
take presedence over all other index files.
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Using FTP
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FTP stands for File Transfer protocol and is how you move files from your PC to our server. To use this you
will need some FTP software on your PC, there are plenty of free programs available on the ineternet.
Once you have a program you need to configure it with your FTP connection information:
- Host - use your domain name (if your site isn't yet live on our servers you can use the IP number supplied
but once live always use your domain name)
- username - as supplied in the welcome email
- password - as supplied in the welcome email
Once connected go to the public_html folder and upload your files
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Using FrontPage
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FrontPage is an HTML editor that most windows users have. It is not the best or the easiest to use but it is popular.
If you use FrontPage to publish your site you must never use FTP to transfer the files, you must use the 'publish'
option in FrontPage.
Before you can publish you must 'enable' publishing in your control panel, this is found under the hosting button.
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Using the CPanel File Manager
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In the web panel you will find a button called File Manager, this works similar to an FTP program and allows you
to transfer files between your PC and the server.
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Changing your FTP password
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If you want to change your FTP password enter your web panel and click hosting, here you will see two boxes where
you can put a new password, after doing this scroll to the bottom of the page and click update
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