Step
1
Click
the start button, click run, and then type
in ftp and press Enter. Or open the
command prompt (MSDOS Prompt in Win98/Me) and
type ftp at the prompt. This will launch
the FTP client within Windows as indicated
by the FTP> prompt.
For a list of commands available type help
at the FTP> prompt and hit enter.
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Step
2
Type open <hostname> and
press Enter. Where <hostname> is
your domain without the "www." at
the start of it. For example, if your
domain was "www.yourdomain.com",
you would type open yourdomain.com.
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Step
3
Type
your username when asked for login name and
press Enter. |
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Step
4
Type
your password when asked for password and
press Enter.
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Step
5
Type cd
/web and press Enter. Make sure
that you include the "/" before "web" or
your web page will be uploaded to the wrong
place and you won't be able to see it.
This takes you to the directory for your
site's home page.
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Step
6
Type put <path> \index.html and
press Enter. This uploads the index.html
file.
(<path>is the local path to your home page file on your local
disk, and index.html should be the actual name of the file containing
your Home page). For example, if you had your index.html file in
the folder "mysite" on drive C:, you would type put c:\mysite\index.html.
Type put <path>\ <filenames> for the rest of your
web site's files that you want to upload. (<filenames>stands
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Step
7
Type quit and
press Enter to return to the command
prompt and leave FTP. This terminates the file
transfer session. You may now close the command
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