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Tutorial #24 - Putting Your Pages on the Web

Lesson #24: Putting Your Pages on the Web. Before you can put your web files on the Internet, you will need a web server to host them on. If you don't know what a web server is, or if you need help finding one, click here for more info. For the rest of this tutorial, we will assume that you already have a server to upload your files to. Click the play button to begin the tutorial.
We will use Internet Explorer’s FTP (File Transfer Protocol) feature to upload our files to the web server.
While this method should work in most situations, your particular web host may have special considerations. You may need to refer to those instructions also.
We'll start by highlighting the current address.
Then we'll type ftp. into the address bar.
Don't forget the dot after ftp.
Now, we will need to enter the domain name, and extension of our website.
Important note: When you are ready to upload your files to your website, you will need to enter your own domain name and proper extension, instead of using this generic example.
Now that our FTP address has been typed into the address bar, we can click on Go.
You should get a box for entering your User Name and Password.
This is just an example. Be sure to use the unique user name and password that you have for your own hosting account.
Now we can click on Log On, to access our web server.
What you see in this window will depend on how your web host has setup your account.
On this example web server, our website files should go in the directory called public_html. Of course, it may be different on your web server.
Be sure to check with your hosting service, as to where your files should go.
What's nice about this FTP client is that it supports drag and drop. Let's open our web folder next to this window, and see how easy uploading our files can be.
To upload our entire website at once, we'll highlight all of our files and folders, by pressing Ctrl + A on the keyboard.
Now we can just drag our files over to the public_html folder.
That was pretty simple. In the future, you can add or update files using this same method.
Be sure to test your website online, as soon as possible after any upload. You’ll want to make sure that all your links work, and that all your images are displayed.

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