Uploading your website with Filezilla
"How I site?" of often-asked new affiliates. this show to website — and FTP PC computers. …
In lesson I’m to how to:
- Set your so connect website
- Upload from to
- Make content site
Acronym alert: FTP = Transfer Protocol. It’s a allows log a (your web hosting) upload, modify content.
For lesson we’re to Filezilla, which free FTP both Mac. a FTP program, you’ll most in way.
If you’ve Dreamweaver other program the upload website, you a lost lesson process a different. But you your one programs, still separate to all. it’s to what’s going you separate program.
To Filezilla have and program. Filezilla at www.filezilla-project.org can little confusing, the to from www.download.com . do for "Filezilla" it’ll up.
Connecting to website
Once you’ve installed FileZilla, first need is what it’s to! this, "File" top screen, select "Site Manager".
Go File > Manager
Inside this window, on "New Site" and you’ll a appear " My Sites". Give name like, it’ll just "New site"
Select this and bunch will the right. these you’re going some information will from hosting you with (check your email):
Your host name be yourdomainname.com, sometimes ftp.yourdomainname.com. hosting have this information.
In next have "Servertype". leave the default, "FTP", for moment.
For "Logontype" "Normal", and your password boxes below. "User" will main name, but your provider, it be yourusername@yourdomainname.com, something else. password been the with other your email. (If you’re sure of information, take to the of company’s website. They’re bound a that this.)
That’s all you enter moment, "save exit".
Important note:
If you’ve just for and name, not to your right it 12 hours information "propagate". You upload your site, you enter address box the name. Your should you IP the email, and probably like 123.45.234.90/~yourname.
The easier to a while!
Now you’ve saved and box, we’re to again to website. Click icon top open box, then FTP site, click "Connect".
What you’ll next whole text the window. That’s program the server. it’ll and you’ll a of blue through window, then windows in window right.
The the the folders website. the administration hosting bundled account, see of here. Usually won’t need into them. folder we’re interested the holds and actually your website. It’ll typically "public_html" "www" "httpdocs".
Open by double-clicking it. Congratulations! You’re your website!
What need now the your into space. The on represent and your computer, you navigate to you’re keeping you’ve for website. You the like to the want. click folder of will the underneath.
Once you’ve website (hopefully it’s organised folders), you to drop the on hand Filezilla them. also right-click select "upload". can folders once, and upload and them. (Make that put the you upload!)
Be Filezilla upload directory you’re looking the server… of you’re looking computer! you upload image "images" your computer, also navigate "images" your so you’re looking when upload. Otherwise upload somewhere different.
Just as aside, it’s good have folder computer all files on, you’re to looking to upload. only that, try the this organised same they’ll your — make version same online version. makes breeze, you do all from to without go around, looking files.
There’s no "publish" button comes FTP. As you to it live, so you’ve in step be the internet! to celebratory pizzas!
Making to website
Once you’ve site want something, new pages, directories, whatever. best do to changes offline version, then new like before. you’ve a pages a images, it’s not upload site! the want upload.
***Tip***
A good you’re is a the into file your directory, so you you back old version. instance, you’re changing index.html file (a important one!) the in "oldfiles" directory, it index_250508.html (or current is.) You’re have lot of index.html putting in a meaningful index_2.html.
Downloading files (or entire site)
If want or entire any (recommended!), all to make you’re looking place computer to to (in left side) then files to your the right, click "download". download files to computer.
Basic troubleshooting:
If you’re to your some reason, can some help the problem. important look the through of when to your site.
"Unable connect!" - means you’ve entered of server incorrectly. it something example.com, or ftp.example.com. not "http://".
"Authentication failed, sorry. Error, Unable connect!" - that has username password. Make you’ve entered correctly.
If you there files bottom screen upload just don’t to uploading, or tells it difficulty files, thing is again!
Right click files failed (in window, bottom screen) "Reset status". will upload again. You use to files them bottom queue.
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