1. FTP
Upload Instructions CuteFTP
4.0
2. FTP Upload
Instructions WS_FTP
1.
NOTE: These instructions are
written for use with CuteFTP 4.0. If you do not have CuteFTP
4.0, an evaluation version is available at http://www.cuteftp.com/. Although our
service is compatible with many different FTP clients, we have
provided information for the most used FTP clients for your
convenience.
Instructions
Open the CuteFTP client and click on the Quick
Connect button.
Enter your server name, username, and password
in the Quick Connect boxes. This information was supplied by
AvaHost in your account setup
email. The server name is your domain name or your IP
address. If your domain name has not yet transferred /
registered, you must use your IP as your
address.
Once you have entered your login information,
click the "Connect" button at the end of the login bar (the circled
lightning bolt in the graphic above next to "Port: 21").
Once you are connected to the server, navigate
to your local website folder in the left window pane. You can
upload files to the server by dragging and dropping from the left
window to the right window.
Note: in order
for your site to show up when you type in your domain name into a
web browser, You must place all of your files in
the www subdirectory in your account's directory.
The first page or the home page must be named one of these
file names, if there is an existing "index.html"
you must replace it with your own:
index.htm
index.html
index.shtml
FTP Upload Instructions
WS_FTP
2.
NOTE:
These instructions are written for use with WS_FTP. If
you do not have WS_FTP, an evaluation version is available at http://www.wsftp.com/.
Instructions
Open the WS_FTP client and click the NEW
button (shown below).
1.
Profile Name - Name your site in
the "Profile Name" field (this can be any name to distinguish your
site from other sites in the FTP client workspace.)
Examples: My Site, My domain, My
Whatever |
2. Host
Name/Address -
The server name is your domain name or
your IP address. If your domain name has not yet transferred /
registered, you may use your IP as your address.
Example:
yourdomainname.com |
3. Host type - this should be set to
"automatic detect"
4. User ID - this is the "username" that
was issued to you when you signed up with AvaHost
5. Password - This is the "password" that was
issued to you when you signed up with
HostMySite.com
(note: if you check the "save password
check box", you will not have to enter this password
again.)
5.
Click "Apply" and Click "OK"
To Transfer files to your remote
directory.
1. Find the file on the left side which is your
Computer directory or Local Directory.
2. Click on the file to
highlight it and click the arrow that faces to the Right side
which is your Remote directory to send the file to that
directory.
(Note: Repeat in reverse to
download from your remote directory to your Local Computer
directory.)
Note: in order
for your site to show up when you type in your domain name or IP
address into a web browser, the first page or the home page must be
named one of these file names:
index.html (standard HTML extension)
index.htm (standard
HTML extension)
index.shtml or shtm (standard SSI extension, used
with server side includes)
Also, these documents carry an
"order of precedence" as they are listed above. For example,
if you have both an index.html file and a default.html file, the
index.html file will be the one that shows up when viewing your site
with the domain name.
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