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How do I upload my Files?
You can upload your files with a File
Transfer Protocol (FTP) program. Our
advice for Windows users is the program Cute
FTP
. This is shareware which means
that you can us the program for 30 days.
When this trial period expires, you may
use it by buying it.
How
do I use FTP to upload my files ?
After starting the FTP program you click
on the button "New".
You will see the following screen: |
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The
following variables can be entered by the
user.
Site label :
The name of your site (free choice)
Host address:
The IP-ADDRESS given by the service
provider
User Name:
Fill in your user name given by
the service provider
Password:
Fill in your password given by the service
provider
FTP connection port:
Fill in 21 which is the port
you must use.
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To
upload your files, click on the name of
the site you want to upload to. Next click
on "Connect". If
everything went okay there will now be a
connection with the virtual server.
Cute-FTP
opens automatic a confirmationscreen which
shows the message: "LOGIN MESSAGES", click
on the button "OK"
to continue. Now you will see the
following screen, this is where the actual
upload will begin. |
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As
you can see the screen is into two
different parts:
The left side contains the directories and
files on your local computer, your
harddisk.
The right side contains the directories
and files on the webserver.
You must upload your HTML pages into the
"httpdocs"
directory.
Simply "drag and drop" the files
you want to upload.
Click in the left side of the screen the
file you want to upload, hold down your
mousebutton and move your mousecursor
to the right side of the screen.
You
must remind that your main page (the page
which is shown when somebody enters
http://www.yourcompany.com in their
browser) needs a special name.
You must use the following name: index.html
Hereby
a short description of the other
directories.
bin, pd : those are "system"
directories, don't worry about them.
cgi-bin : here you can upload your CGI
scripts.
cgi-bin : We have pre-installed already 15
CGI scripts for easy use.
logs : this
directory contains your LOG file.

Click here to download Cute-FTP Trial
Version.
Warning!! This is a 30 day trial version.
To use it longer than that buy it.
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