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Uploading Your WebSite

Are you confused about how to upload your site to the net? Well, you’re not alone. This is probably the number one question for most people when they create their first website. Putting your site on the web is not that difficult. Here's what is required.

You need to know the address of the where your site is hosted.

You need to know the username and password necessary to add and remove files at that location.

You need software that lets you transfer files to and from that location.

Uploading your website is done by using FTP (file transfer protocol). Almost all FTP software works the same way. You'll usually build your site on your home PC; it'll consist of a series of files. The act of moving these files to your Web Host is known as publishing.

If you’re using a web builder from your hosting company, to build your site then you're actually build your site on the web server and therefore there's no need to publish it. This is probably the easiest and quickest way to get online.

Applications like Adobe go live,Dreamweaver and Frontpage have ftp software built in and make it easy to publish your finished web page straight from the software application without transferring information to another application.

You can also purchase what is called an FTP client program that will completely automate the process of publishing your pages on the Internet. CoffeeCup.com has a nice list of FTP software with free downloads.

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