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Web
Design
Tutorial
Upload
Web Page |
Copying
files from your hard
drive to the server
is a simple process.
Once you've signed up with a
web hosting company it's now
time to publish your new web
site to your web hosting
server. When you direct your
editor to publish your site
your web hosting server will
prompt you for the
name of the
directory on your
hard drive where
your files are
stored and the file
names to be
uploaded. To avoid
confusion, make
certain that all
files are saved on
the server using
the same file names
that you used on
your hard drive. The
only software that
you require to
upload files is a
web browser such as
Netscape or Internet
Explorer.
Alternatively, FTP
software (File
Transfer Protocol)
can be used. Ideally
use the purchased HTML editor
software to build and upload
your web pages to your web
hosting server. FrontPage
makes it quick and easy to
upload with very simple steps
guided by prompts built into
the software itself.
Once
you have uploaded
all your files, you
should test your
page that are now on the web
server by viewing it
online through different web
browsers. Look over each page
and test all links to make
certain that it
functions properly
and that all files
have uploaded
correctly. It is
also a good idea to
test your page using
a different computer
to ensure that
graphic files are in
fact being read from
the server and not
from your hard
drive. This is a
common problem. It
is always wise to look up at
the very top of your monitor
an see if the tool bar reads
as being a web site online or
reads as your own files in
your PC's hard drive. It
happens.
If
all is well, it's now time to
congratulate
yourself! If
there are problems,
don't panic, no one
will see your web
site when you first upload
it. You have a few
days at least before
the search engines
find it and begin
offering it in search
results.
You have
published your very
first web site!
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