Now you have your web pages ready to publish to the web, so your asking yourself what now? We have compiled this information so that we can take some of the guess work out of it for you.

WS-FTP is a program used to publish your website to the Internet.  From here you can upload/download files to and from your Virtual Server webspace. Once you have downloaded this program you will need to input your information (as shown below) When you open this program you will be looking at a screen like this:  (Shown Below) For some people it may look very intimidating. But once you use it you will see that it's not too complicated.

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If after reading this information you are still unclear how to operate this software please go here. This is the WSFTP Software Company.

Profile Name: This is just the reference name which WS-FTP remembers as the profile, this can be any name that you like that you can associate your site with.

Host Name / Address: Type in your domain name that you have with your account (www.mydomain.com, net, org, edu, depending on the one you chose). This has to be correct for the server to find your site.
Please note: that if your domain registration has not been completed in the Internic Database then you must use the (www.yourdomain.com, net, org, edu, depending on the one you chose) If the registration has been complete according to the Internic Database, then you need to type in your IP Number that was provided for you when you opened your account.
In other words, if you try one way and it doesn't work, try the other.

Host Type:  From the drop down menu please select: Automatic Detect

UserID : YourDomainName (without the .com or .net)
(Ex. if your domain name is getsite.com then ftpusername is getsite).
Please remember that most things on the internet are case sensitive. Type this information in lower case.

Password: type your password in lower case.

Once you have setup WS-FTP and clicked OK, WS-FTP will display the directory structure on your virtual server on the right hand side, and your local machine directory structure on the left.

Now you can transfer files to and from your virtual server by dragging files across or tagging files and using the arrow buttons in the FTP window.

If there are still some problems, try some of the solutions below:

I FTP'd all my files but I still can't see my page, why isn't it there?

Check to make sure that your home page is named index.htm

I can't seem to connect with FTP, what is wrong?

Your account name gets converted to all lowercase, if you entered capitals, please try again with lowercase letters. Also, your password is case sensitive, please make sure that you are entering it correctly.

When I FTP my files, where do they go?

When you FTP your files they are transferred directly into a directory specifically set up for your files, no one but you and the administrators of the server have access to this directory.

Do I need a special ftp client?

No, you do not need to use a special client to connect.