Now you are ready to show the world what you have been working on!

The procedure depends on how you made your website.

The best bet is to read your web host's instructions. They normally have a tutorial that shows you a step-by-step procedure.

If the tutorials are not sufficient, you can contact them directly.

To give you an idea, here are some of the most common upload procedures.

FTP stands for File Transfer Protocol. It's an easy way to publish your website content to the server. There are many free or trial version FTP clients available. The more popular ones that you can check out are WS_FTP and Cute FTP.

Password: This is provided by your webhost when you sign

     up for hosting. This password can be changed.

Directory or local path: This is the directory where you want

     to store your files. Optional

Port: 21

You can use Internet Explorer for simple file uploading.  The IE FTP system works similar to using Windows Explorer/My Computer.

 Go into Windows Explorer and find the files you want to upload.    Select them all and hit "Ctrl-C" to copy them.

Now open Internet Explorer and in the address bar, type ftp://your_ftp_username@yourdomain.com it will take a few seconds for it to connect then you will get a login box.

Enter your password in the password box (Your username should be in there already) and press "Ok".

Now it will load up your directories, you will need to double-click "httpdocs"

Next, look at the  files you copied before? Once you are in the folder you want to upload to, simply press "Ctrl-V" and they will start uploading. You can use this FTP similar to Windows Explorer, meaning you can also copy files from your site to your computer, you can also delete files and change permissions.

To change permissions, right-click the file/directory and go to its properties.

Change the check boxes at the bottom of the screen and click "Ok" when you are finished

EZ Generator comes with a built-in FTP.

Open the site you with to upload

Go to Publish/Upload then specificy hostname, subdirectory, your username and administrator (give by your webhost).

Click Ok. Uploading starts. Depending onthe size of your file, the upload process can take a few seconds to a few minutes.

Dreamweaver MX is the popular authoring software  from Macromedia.

Setting up a Site

The first step and probably the most time consuming part is to set up a site in Dreamweaver. If you have done this already, and your FTP settings are correct, then proceed to the next section, otherwise, continue reading on.

In the Dreamweaver main (design) screen, press F8 and you will see in the right-hand pane, the Files section will open up.

In the Files section, you will see a set of menus, click on the "Site" menu. In there you need to click "New Site...".

A wizard will appear on the screen. Click on the Advanced tab at the top of the screen.

On the next screen, Enter in a name for your site.

Find your site's root folder. To do this click on the folder icon and browse to see where it is located on your computer.

Next, type in the full URL of your website in the HTTP Address box. This is to enable Dreamweaver to check your links.

Then click on "Remote Info". This can be found in the list on the left.  This is where you set up your FTP settings. At the moment you will see a single menu, click it, and choose "FTP". A few new boxes will appear.

Type your domain name in the FTP host box.

Type /httpdocs/ in the FTP host box.

Enter your FTP username and password, In the Login and Password boxes.

When you are sure all the settings are correct, check the "Save" box and click "Test".

If you got everything done correctly, you'll get a message saying Dreamweaver connected successfully, if not, go back and check your settings and try again.

 Click "Ok" and then  "Done". You are now ready to upload your site.

After you've set up Dreamweaver, you can now upload your files.

From the design screen, look on the right pane under the Files heading and click on the icon on the far-right of the toolbar. If you hold your mouse over this button, it will say "Expand/Collapse".

You will now see a screen with two panes. The left pane lists all the files that are uploaded to your website, the right pane lists the files that are on your computer.

Now you need to connect to the server. Do this by clicking the connect icon on the toolbar. It is the first button from the left.

Once connected, the left pane will refresh and you will be able to see the files that are currently located on the server.

If you want to upload your site to a directory, you have to create it first.  Right-click in the left pane, click "New Folder" and type in the name you want (ensure this is in lowercase) and press Enter. Double-click the new folder, this is now where all your files will be uploaded.

  Select the files and folders you want to upload. To do this, click the first file or folder in the right pane. Next, hold down the Shift key and click on the last file. All your files will now be selected.

To start uploading your files, right-click the selected files and click "Put".

Once uploading is complete, close that whole window down and you will be returned to the design screen.

You can access your File Manager through your Administration Control Panel. File Manager Upload is recommended if you wish to upload single files. Let's say the files for your ebooks that will be available for download by your visitors.  However, if you want to upload an entire site, FTP is faster and more reliable.

Log into your Control Panel and select the domain you want to upload to.

Once at the main screen, you'll see a "File Manager" button. Simply click that and File Manager will open in a new window.

Once the initial screen has loaded, click the small folder icon next to httpdocs (or httpsdocs if you are uploading to your secure site). This directory you are in now is your web site's directory.

From here you can add directories, upload files, change file/folder permissions as well as many other functions.

Creating Directories

Navigate to where you want to place the directory using the folder icons.

Scroll down the screen a little and enter the name of your directory in the middle text box.

When you have done that, click "GO!" and your directory will be created.

Uploading Files

Go to the directory where you want to upload to by clicking the small folder icons.

Once you have found your desired directory, scroll down the screen a little and click the "Browse" button next to the top text box.

Find the file you want to upload and click Open.

Click on "GO!" and your file will be uploaded. If you have a large file, it can take a few minutes to complete the upload.

Now you are ready to tell the world about your site.

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