If you have saved your web pages on your computer, there is one step left to make your pages visible to the world. You need to upload your web pages to your web host. This is done using an FTP progam.

FTP stands for File Transfer Protocol. This page shows you how to upload a file using FTP. There are lots of FTP software programs available, and they will work on similar principles. With each you will need the IP address of your web host, your username and your password.

Our site provides a free FTP program with Web Page Teacher and the following tutorial shows you how to upload a web page using this software.

Open Web Page Teacher and Select "Publish to the Internet". A window pops up. Select "Website Server" and then "Connect"

You need to enter 4 pieces of information: your FTP address, your FTP username, your FTP password, and the www-folder on your web host that you want to upload the files to. The ftp address, username and password will normally be given to you by your web host when you sign up for a hosting account.

The FTP address is usually ftp.your-domain-name.com where your-domain-name.com is the name you have registered with the web host. If you have only just registered your domain name then since it takes 24 hours or so for your new domain to be propogated on the web, you may be given an ftp address that looks something like 208.25.221.6 in which case you would just enter this instead.

The "www-folder" name is usually the "root" folder on your web space so you can probably leave it blank. However some web hosts will set up a folder called "html" or "www" where your files should go. Your web host should also give you this information when you sign up.

Next click on "Connect" and if the details you have entered above are correct you should see a window showing your .html web page files and folders (that you have previously created). If not you need to check your details. (Your password is case sensitive).

Now you need to right click with your mouse on the files you want to upload (you can select multiple files by hodling down the Ctrl key on your keyboard) and select "Upload".

That's it - You have successfully uploaded your website to your web host!

Congratulations!

To learn how to design more complex pages in HTML you can use our Website Design Guide.

FTP Software

The FTP program in Web Page Teacher is very simple, and you will probably find you want to use a stand alone FTP program once you have more than 5 or 6 files.

These stand-alone programs allow you to see your files in one window and the files you have uploaded in another window. This is useful because it allows you to see how the folders are set up on your web host. The download is free for 30 days and there are many freeware or shareware versions available.

• WSFTP - This is very widely used and is an excellent FTP client.
• CuteFTP - Also excellent
• Fetch - for the Mac.

Next steps

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