How do i get files onto my new website.....

[XcumminsX]

Hey guys i have my whole website on my computer right now. I finally went with a provider for a internet website everything is ready to go. Problem is i dont know how to get it onto the webpage, i can get in my webpage perfectly fine, but i have no clue how to get the whole page onto the site, please help me.

Thanks

Nick

 

[BigCarl64]

You need to FTP(file transfer) the files onto your webserver. Usually, html web software such on MS Frontpage or others will have this functionality built in. Or you can also use an FTP utility such as CuteFTP or WS FTP. Your webserver should provide the address where to ftp the files.

 

[XcumminsX]

is there anything i can download to convert my files to ftp?

Thanks

Nick

 

[BigCarl64]

You don't need to convert your files. FTP is merely the method of transferring the files from your PC to the webserver. If your webpages load ok from your PC, then the files are fine.

 

[XcumminsX]

ok now what if i made my site with microsoft word . what should i do?:--)

 

[NETim]

Once you have created the files on your home PC, then you have to transfer them from your PC to the webserver where your web site will reside. So the HTML files that you made with Word will be the ones to transfer.



Your Windows box has "ftp" built into it, however for the uninitiated, running ftp from the command line is not recommended. You need to pick up a nice friendly graphical interface for ftp like WSftp or cuteftp. Once you have one of those programs installed, you then need to configure it with the web server host info, username and password. Your web space provider should be able to tell you what to configure your ftp client s/w with.



Sometimes they will allow you to email the HTML files to them and they'll upload them to the server. It's easier and quicker to do it yourself.



That's really all there is to it.



Tim

 

[XcumminsX]

thanks alot man