How do I upload my site?

10 Feb 07 3:35 am

You'll need to use an ftp program like www.coreftp.com

Once you change something, save it and then upload it over the original file.

10 Feb 07 10:09 pm

ok I have tryed doing what you said but nothing comes up in the box .
so i figure ihave other things i have to do.
Ihave a domain name with nameboy
I have hosting with go daddy
and I have pages for my site built and saved on dreamweaver obviosly I need to do more on dreamweaver to make it ready for uploading.

I thought there might be a lesson on this but i cant see one can u tell me how to bring it all togother online. Its probably fairly simple but im not that up with computer lingo so half the time i dont know what people are saying.

by the way thanks adrian i can follow how you put things.

11 Feb 07 10:28 pm

Hi Kevin,

Yeah it sounds like we need a lesson on uploading/FTPing -- I get asked this quite often.

Sounds to me like you haven't entered your website details into Dreamweaver. That's why nothing is appearing in the box when you click "manage sites".

Like Adrian said, at the top of the program click "Site - Manage sites". Click "New" and then click "Site".

A box will come up saying "Site definition for Unnamed Site" or similar. In the first screen (Local Info), give your site a name. Where it says "local root folder" browse for the folder on your computer where you're keeping your files. This is so you can upload and download from/to here.

On the left, select "remote info". Where it says "access", select "FTP".

Enter the information your hosting provider gave you in the boxes below. FTP host will typically be your domain name. "Host directory" is just the directory on your web server that houses your HTML stuff. If you leave this blank, it just means you'll have to navigate to your HTML folder once you're connected to the server, so don't worry if you don't know what it is. It'll usually be something like public_html or http_docs though.

Login, password, you know the drill. You can click "test" to see if dreamweaver can connect to your server.

Click ok, and return to your normal view of dreamweaver.

On the right you should have a "Files" palette with a pull-down menu. Pull it down and select the site profile you've just created. Click the thing that looks like two power plugs ("Connect" underneath the menu). Dreamweaver will hopefully connect to your site. Navigate from there to the place where you keep your HTML docs (as mentioned above, if you haven't specified already.) You can then use the pull-down menu on the right to select "local view" to see the files on your computer.

Select the files on your computer that you want to upload, and click the "up" arrow at the top of the palette. That should upload your files. Use the pulldown menu to navigate back to "remote view" (the view on your server) to see if your files have uploaded.

Or you might find using a separate FTP client makes things easier for you. Sean recommended CoreFTP, I've also used FileZilla and have had no problems.

I'll get the ball rolling on a video tutorial for this... it's a bit complicated to explain, but hopefully that helps you out.

Regards,
Mark

12 Feb 07 3:00 am

thanks very much i think i have it sorted but i beleive my host is not yet ready to recieve my files they say betwwen 24 and 48 hrs so i guess ill have to wait a while.
thanks every one its great to have your help im very glad i joined affilorama otherwise i could not have got this far
cheers kevin

12 Feb 07 3:44 am

kevin1234 wrote:i seem to have ecountered another problem when i go browsing for my files i cant find them in shared docs i but when i go back to dreamweaver to locate them then they are in shared docs.
ive tried sending them to my documents but it says it cant handle that type of file. also i tryed draging them into my desktop but it seems to change the ste out of the pages. maybe ill try another ftp clieint or will that make no difference.

I don't follow what you mean here. Can you be a little more specific?

Adrian,

12 Feb 07 9:35 pm

The only thing I can think of it that you might have two "shared documents" folders on your computer. Do a search for the files on your computer and see if they turn up. Maybe you've got these file types set to be hidden as well...

Why not try moving the files out of Shared Docs to somewhere more obvious like your desktop?

To get your domain name to point to your hosting, you need to refer to the information provided by your domain name registrar. They should tell you what to do. You need to provide them with the DNS server details provided by GoDaddy. Sometimes there will be a control panel that you can log into to do this, but it really depends on the registrar. Check your email :)

Regards,
Mark