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My ISP provides a free personal website via Internet Explorer. I was told to go to I.E. and type in a certain ftp type address related to my server, along with my membership name. I did and now I have a blank screen with a folder called public_html. I'm not sure where to go from here. My contact at my ISP said to just drag my files into that folder and design my web page. I'm clueless . . . can anyone help?
To be honest with you, I really can't rephrase what you already have been told by your ISP. I would download WS_FTP LE. It's a free client that allows you to transfers files. I think it does a much better job.
http://www.ftpplanet.com/tutorial/dwnld_ftp_client.htm
The first thing you need to do is make a file to put into that folder. It should be named index.html. That file is the one that will open when you access your website thru the url you have been given for your website.
You can create the file using any number of html or text editors. The file must be html though. To learn how to make an html file you can do a search ( Google ) and type in "html tutorial". My favorite for beginners is http://www.pagetutor.com/ . Step by step, just follow the instructions. You can get creative once you learn some basics.
You can use a browser ftp to transfer files per the instructions you were given. I use it occasionally when I'm somewhere other than at my own computer but once you start updating more and more you will definitely want a separate ftp client. I use the one ecross suggested.
Here's a good html tutorial also
http://htmlgoodies.earthweb.com/primers/basics.html
My ISP is the same set up.
Your url for your homepage will be www.your ISP.com\your username\index.html
Dave
Hi aquarius
Two things, firstly your page address may be as David states above or it could be www.yourISP.com/~yourName/index.html depending what web server is being used. Secondly the file index.html should be placed inside the public_html folder.
To get there using the method give to you by your ISP just double click on the public_html folder in the browser window and another window will open. Drag the index.html file into that window.
You can write index.html in notepad, for a simple file just write something like this:-
Have fun :D BFCode:<html>
<head>
<title>My Test Page</title>
</head>
<body>
<H1 align="center">Hi, This is My Test Page</H1>
More stuff here.
</body>
</html>
Perhaps easier if you just want to test it out for now and learn more about writing web pages later is to use the web page templates in MS Word. MS Word writes horrible codes but it will do do for a simple web page just to get thing started.
Pagetutor linked to by Dan C is excellent. Do give it a try. :)