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How to upload your web pages to your
Domain Web Space hosted at WestPA.net.

Create your Web Pages

Create your web site and test it using whatever program you wish.

NOTE: Make sure your main web page is called index.html

Uploading your Web Site

Once you have created your web page(s) on your computer, they need to be uploaded ( copied ) to our server. Until you do that, nobody will be able to see your web site. How you upload is largely based on the product you used to create the pages.

If you created the pages by hand or used a web design program like FrontPage Express that does not allow you to upload, then you will have to use an FTP (File Transfer Protocol) program. We suggest you try a program called WS_FTP. It  is available for downloading at numerous sites. You can download it here. This "lite" version is available free for personal use.

For general instructions in uploading using WSFTP Click Here.

If you used Front Page , NetObjects Fusion, etc to design your pages you are in luck because they can upload the pages for you. Consult the manufacturers manual or help files to upload.

General Information:

You have already received a "Domain Welcome" email from WestPA.net. That email includes information, username and password that you will need to publish your web site. Replace the information below with the info supplied in that email.

Programs vary but here is some basic information you may need:

  1. Profile Name: My Web Page ( any descriptive name is OK )
  2. Remote Host Name: www.mydomainname.com
  3. Host Type: Automatic Detect or Unix
  4. User ID:  mydomainname
  5. Password:  Your password 
  6. Remote Host Directory: /httpdocs

Now you are ready to upload: 

Follow the directions for your web design program to upload. Wait until the program indicates that transfer is complete. The files are now available and should be viewable on the internet at your web site. If you have named your main page index.html it should be visible when you type your URL in a web browser. Your domain web space will have a URL in the following form:

 http://www.mydomainname.com

If your website does not show up, you probably did something wrong. Recheck the directions and make sure that you actually uploaded the files. If the page shows but has none of the graphics, then you probably linked to the graphics on your computer or did not upload them at all. A little patience and experimentation will inevitably produce good results. 

When the page does show up.... congratulations.
You now have a site on the World Wide Web.

 

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