CoffeeCup FTP- Netsol?

Question

I recently built a website through coffeecup HTML Editor and now have Coffee cup FTP I have connected and even downloaded the files, however.. I think im missing a step at actaully set these pages up or something. Im lost. My domain is through NetSolutions. Can anyone help me? i have read all the help files and all it gets to is how to download them, It doesnt explain how to make them run? if that makes sense...

Answer 1

I dont know Network Solutions directory structure but generally you UPLOAD your files into the html directory on the server. Once those files are in that directory you should be able to go to your domain and view them.

Your "home" page needs to be named "index.html" on most systems or "default.html" or on some systems. Those names will be the only pages "automatically" delivered.

If you really think you have uploaded your pages try accessing one from your domain.
http://yourdomain.com/yourpagename.html
and see if that page appears. It should if it is loaded in the correct directory on the server. If you get a 404error you have the pages in the wrong directory. If Network solutions is your host get their tech support to tell you the correct directory.
You can always just make a page that says..nothing more than
THIS IS MY PAGE save it as index.html -- upload it to your server and see if it appears. That is just a quick test if you dont have a page called index.html! If that works.. rename your real home page to index.html on the server!

Good Luck