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Uploading
Your Website
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what is it and how do I use it? |
The
most common way to get files from your computer to a webserver
is through a protocol called FTP, that stands for File
Transfer Protocol. There are quite a few programs
that will help you upload your website to our webservers.
Most HTML Editors will have a built in FTP program to upload
your webpages when your done working with them. Since I cannot
cover every FTP program or every HTML editor that does FTP
I will just cover a good solid FTP program I use here at work,
and I will also cover Microsofts FrontPage Express built in
FTP capabilites.
If you know what you're already doing with your FTP client
and want to connect, use the following for your connection to the InfoWest FTP Server:
Hostname: ftp.infowest.com
Username: Your InfoWest Dialup Username
Password: Your InfoWest Dialup Password |
| Crystal
FTP
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download
it here |
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Crystal FTP is a freeware
program, that means you can use it as long as you want and
that you dont have to pay for it. The reason they do this
is because they put banners inside the program to pay for
the liscense instead of the actual user paying.
The reason I suggest this software is because free is always
good :) but besides being free its fast, easy to use and
its not to hard to set up, and it allows you to drag and
drop files. click here to
visit their homepage
I dont go over the install or downloading of Crystal
FTP for one basic reason, if you dont understand the
basics of computers enough to install a program, your probably
not ready to start uploading and download files to a remote
computer.
Step by Step instructions on uploading
and downloading files with Crystal FTP
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| Front
Page Express |
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FrontPage Express is the default HTML editor for Microsoft
Windows. Since it does come with most new computers it tends
to be a popular program for our users learning how to make
their own website.
The program itself is setup to act like a common word processor,
with almost the same set of buttons for fonts, text size,
centering, and others. There is a few drawbacks to usuing
FrontPage to design your pages with though #1 its not a
true HTML editor, it doesnt follow the standards the rest
of the internet uses, for instance, it allows you to put
spaces in file names and folder names. For this reason please
be sure to always use lowercase lettters in naming
files and folders, and never ever use spaces.
Another reason I dont like FrontPage is how it uploads the
files to the online server, it doesnt allow you to upload
one file at a time, rather it makes you upload the website
as a whole instead of in bits and pieces. Its very frustrating
when you need to change one sentence on one page and it
wants to upload the entire website to do that.
If your still convinced that FrontPage is the right program
for you I listed the link below.
Step by Step instructions on uploading
and downloading files with Front Page Express
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InfoWest
does offer most of these basic web services for free, because
of this InfoWest cannot provide support beyond this webpage
without charging for consultation, each request is handled
case by case and a fee of $20.00 an hour will be billed to
your account if you need any further or specific programming
help.
as always there are exceptions and if you feel
you have a question that most people need help with please
send it in here webhelp@infowest.com |
You can also reach InfoWest Customer Support on the telephone at (435) 674-0165 during business hours. |
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