how do i upload my new website by ftp?

Question

say my website is www.hi.com.....i can put files on the net called things like www.hi.com/picture.gif with no problem...but how do i upload www.hi.com? i am using microsoft front page and free FTP v3.2....this is really frusterating!!! please help?

Answer 1

let me make it easy for you that the website you see is not something different than a folder on your computer.
you can access it by

ftp://hi.com
or
http://ftp.hi.com

once you enter the server will ask for username and password
or maybe sometimes it doesnt ask for it so you are shown a blank folder, if this happens just rightclick>> click login as>> type username and password

you will be forwarded to root folder

than open the website folder from your computer i mean where you have your website saved

1: resize both folders(the one you see from internet and the one on your computer) in such a way that you can see both of the folders at the same time.

2: drag files from your computer folder to the internet folder wait till the file is uploaded.

3: once every thing is uploaded than visit the url www.hi.com, you will see the wesite.

4: if you dont see the website keep refreshing ( some times you may not see the website for half an hour)

5: if you dont see it at all make sure you have draged the file into the root folder. root folder is usually named as www, wwwroot, public HTML and sometimes the server opens the rootfolder itself.

Note: dont use FTP applications they are always confusing all they do is copy the file from one folder to other but in a very difficult way. and please remember that the above procedure is for purchased website space not for a free webspace like

http://yourname.hi5.com
www.geocities.com/yourname

try this I hope you get it right but if there is any problem you can contact me [e-mail]

Answer 2

I think you are asking why you can't see the rest of your website but can see the gif? Once you upload using FTP, you're index page is what needs to be displayed. If there's a page called default on your website server, most times, you must delete the default page and replace it with your index page. The server will then recognize it as the place to start. I hope that's what your asking. :-)

Answer 3

"let me make it easy for you that the website you see is not something different than a folder on your computer.
you can access it by

ftp://hi.com
or
http://ftp.hi.com" Quote from Sam guy
well a ftp address is not HTTP://ftp.hi.com it will be
FTP://ftp.hi.com
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ftp://ftp.yoursite.yourextention
But if you have front page extentions installed on your domain (if your not sure ask your provider for this) DO NOT UPLOAD VIA FTP AS IT WILL F**K your domain up so ask!
you can upload via HTML by doing this in Microsoft Frontpage

=> www.yoursite.com
=>Enter Your Username And Password (as provied by your domain provider)
=>upload from there i recommened you upload via HTTP as a web designer

P.S MFP has a built in uploader

Answer 4

you can upload any files via ftp as long as ftp server is running on your host machine, make sure you got the right login/password and also check if you have the right domain and configured it properly to DNS.

Answer 5

ftp is an old protocol... rsync is based on ssh (secure shell), it can send an entire directory in 1 foul swoop!

below is 1 of many sources for a rsync command for windows.