how to upload files to your web site
This article explains how to publish your web site. This is done by uploading the web site's files to your space on the web server.
1. Get some file transfer software
You will need a program can use SFTP as its method of file transfer. Such programs are fairly common, so you can pick one that best suits your needs. Here are a few of them:
- Adobe Dreamweaver (Mac and Windows, commercial software)
- Fetch (Mac, shareware / free for educational or charitable use)
- Fugu (Mac, free software)
- WinSCP (Windows, free software)
- FileZilla (Windows, free software)
We recommend Fetch and WinSCP for their ease of use and low cost, but any SFTP program should work just fine.
2. Make a connection
Here are the settings to connect to the server using Fetch:
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Hostname: your site's domain name (for example: mycoolsite.com) User name: your username Connect using: SFTP Password: your password |
If you're using WinSCP then the settings will be:
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Host name: your site's domain name (for example: mycoolsite.com) User name: your username Password: your password Protocol: SFTP |
If you're using another program, the settings will be similar to what you see above. If you are asked for a port number, choose 22.
3. Using your account
Once you're logged in, you may see some (or all) of these folders.
- logs: The server log files. These can be used to calculate statistics about the web site.
- (a folder named the same as your domain): Contains the files that make up your web site.
Open up that second folder, the one with the same name as your web site's domain. Anything you change in there will be (potentially) visible to the visitors of the web site.
What you do next depends on the SFTP program that you're using. Here are some helpful links:
- Fetch tutorial: How to upload a file to your web site
- WinSCP: Uploading files
- Adobe Dreamweaver: Tutorial: Creating your first web site (Part 1). Note: if you're already comfortable with Dreamweaver, skip to Part 5 to learn how to upload files.
For detailed instructions on how to use your file transfer software, please check the documentation or homepage for that software. See the next section for some useful links.
4. Getting help
For assistance with your file transfer software, it is best to contact the vendor of that software.
If you think you're experiencing an issue specific to our server, please contact us.
