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FAQ: For newcomers...
- How do I put my website on my account?
- FTP? Telnet? What's that?
- What FTP clients do you recommend?
- What Telnet clients do you recommend?
- Where do I connect to with my FTP/Telnet client to upload my site?
- What directory/file names are allowed?
- How do I create a directory?
- A summary of Linux commands and DOS equivalents...
Note: we strongly suggest you also take
a look at our Common mistakes FAQ.
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How do I put my website on my account?
After you have designed your website, and you have your web account ready, it is then
time to put it on the Internet. To do this, you must put a copy of the website
in our webserver (this is called "upload"). After that, people can reach your website
through the URL/domain you requested.
To upload your website, you will need a FTP client or FrontPage if you used it to design
your website. For a FTP tutorial, click
here. If you are using FrontPage, check our
FrontPage FAQ. Other web editors with an upload feature, like Dreamweaver, have
built-in FTP clients.
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FTP? Telnet? What's that?
FTP stands for File Transfer Protocol. It is used to transfer files from one computer
to another. In this case, you will be using it to transfer your website to our servers.
Telnet is a protocol used to access a remote "shell account" from your computer. In other
words, what you can do if you were sitting in front of our server can be done
remotely through your computer's Telnet client.
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What FTP clients do you recommend?
If you are a Windows user, then we recommend either
CuteFTP or WS-FTP.
They are both graphical FTP clients, and are easy to use.
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What Telnet clients do you recommend?
We use CRT as Telnet client, although it is shareware.
We suggest you check TUCOWS.com or
SoftSeek to find a good Telnet client.
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Where do I connect to with my FTP/Telnet client to upload my site?
If you registered a new domain, chances are it will not work during the first few days. So,
you will have to reach the website through its IP number, which was given to you during
the signup process and/or the confirmation email sent to you when you opened your hosting account
with us.
In other words, on your FTP software, use your IP number as "host address".
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What directory/filenames are allowed?
On UNIX, file/directory names are case sensitive. In other words, mydirectory
is not the same as MyDirectory. Remember this when doing links on your webpages.
We recommend you always use lowercase letters.
Just about any character can be used to name a file/dir, and they can be as long as you want.
We do not recommend using special symbols (! @ # ~ $ % ^ & etc), nor using spaces.
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How do I create a directory?
Use the mkdir command described below. If you are using a graphical FTP, right
click on the "server side" of the FTP client, and choose "Create a directory".
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A summary of UNIX commands and DOS equivalents...
These are some of the most used UNIX commands that you can execute on your account's shell, their descriptions
and equivalents in the DOS world. You need to know these only if you are using Telnet to use your
account's shell (not available on some type of accounts).
Note: you do not need to know these commands to use your account. It's only
for shell users (via Telnet, SSH, etc).
For more information on these, or other commands, type "man command" at the
prompt. This will display the MANual pages for the specified command
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UNIX command
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DOS equivalent
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ls
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Shows the contents of a directory. It has various parameters.
For example, "ls -l" shows the contents in a list form,
with the file's date, size, owner, group owner and permissions.
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dir
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cd
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Changes the current directory. For example, if you login to your
account, and do a "cd public_html", you will now be inside
the public_html directory.
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cd
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cp
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Copy a file from one place to another, or makes an extra copy with another name.
Syntax: "copy source destination".
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copy
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mv
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Same as copy, but this time the file is moved. In other words, after moving it,
the original file is deleted.
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move
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cat
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Shows the contents of a text file. Usage: "cat file".
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type
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emacs
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A UNIX text editor. We recommend you read the man pages for this program.
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edit (but emacs is 100 times better)
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rm
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Deletes a file. Usage: rm file.
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del, rm
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mkdir
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Creates a directory. Usage: "mkdir dirname".
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mkdir
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rmdir
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Removes an empty directory. Usage: "rmdir dirname".
Note: to erase a directory with files/dirs inside, use: "rm dirname -r -f".
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10 May 2004
