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First of all, make sure you have purchased webspace
from fairBroadband or webspace is included in your package.
If free webspace is included in your package you need
to activate it by going to:
http://www.fairadsl.co.uk/activatewebspace.php
The normal way of uploading files from your computer
to our servers (or uploading your beautifully
designed website) is via FTP which stands for "File
Transfer Protocol". There are quite a few different
FTP software packages for Windows and Mac users. Windows
users can try CuteFTP, WSFTP, Leapftp, Serv-U, Crystal
FTP, or any others. Mac users should check out Tucows.
A search on the word "FTP" will get you a
number of free FTP programmes. Front Page or Dreamweaver
have FTP integrated, so you won't need another application |
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Each of these
applications does things slightly differently, but all
of them need three very important details: firstly,
the name of the FTP server you're uploading your files
to (this could be called site, host or address) secondly,
your username and thirdly your password. You might not
see a place to type in your username and your password;
if that is the case check if the option to log in anonymously
is checked, and uncheck it. That might help. |
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Continue with
the ftp server: Fill in ftp.yourdomain.com. If you've
just bought your domain and webspace, this might not
work instantly. It takes time for these sort of changes
(changes to the DNS) to travel around the world. |
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The username
and password were emailed to you when your website was
first set up. You can check them at any time by logging
into your domain and going to the Website section. |
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Your software may ask you for
a host directory, starting directory or default folder.
Leave this blank. |
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| I have broken images
on my website |
| Our web servers are
case-sensitive, so photo.gif is a different file
from Photo.GIF.If you get broken images or links
when you upload your website that you didn't get
whilst designing your website, check the cases
of the files that aren't working. Just make all
filenames in lower case to avoid confusion in
the future. |
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| index.htm |
| The default page
for your website is index.htm. |
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