Publishing Your Web Site

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Publishing Your Web Site
What you need to knowto be seen on the web
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Publishing Your Web Site

• Use FTP
• File Transfer Protocol
• Transfer files between your computer and a remote
  computer (usually a server)
• via Dreamweaver, or
• Stand-alone FTP application (MAC-Fetch, PC-WSftp)
  
• available from http//www.download.com

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4 Things to Know

• In order to publish your web site, you will need
  to know
• Name of your web server (host) - usually supplied
  by your web hosting company
• Login name or user ID - usually supplied by you
  or your client
• Password - again, supplied by you or the client
• Directory - this is up to the web hosting company
  (sometimes it will be your login name or it may
  be left blank)

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Domain Name

• Domain name is part of the URL (Uniform Resource
  Locator)
• Go to Internic.net to see if domain name is
  available (accredited)
• Can be .com, .net, .biz, .org
• Register domain name for your site
• Sometimes registration can be done through web
  host
• Usually 2-year upfront charge

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Publishing

• You can publish your web site on your computer
  (essentially your computer is a stand-alone
  server)
• This is referred to as viewing the site locally
• Use as many browsers as you have on your computer
  to check cross-compatibility issues
• You can publish your web site to another computer
  through a web hosting company
• This is referred to as publishing your site to
  the web
• There are many web hosts with many different
  plans
• Ranges in cost from roughly 50/year for basic
  plans to several hundred per year for advanced
  plans
• Some advanced features include, use of scripting
  tools, such as CGI, ASP and SQL for building
  dynamic sites and adding shopping cart features.

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ISP vs Hosting Service

• ISP - Internet Service Provider
• Verizon, Comcast, AOL
• Some ISPs offer limited web hosting space with
  your service
• Disadvantages - do not have your own URL (you use
  the ISP as the link)
• Hosting Service
• Go Daddy, Lunar Pages, Yahoo
• Have your own URL (must register domain name)
• Various web hosting plans to choose from

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Fetch FTP Screen
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Dreamweaver FTP Screen
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Dreamweaver-Uploading Files
Toggles between local file view and both
remote/local file view
2. Blue Up Arrow - Put Files
1.Click to connect
Must have index.htm(l) as your home page
3. Files will upload to server. You will see the
left side of this box populate with your files.
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Viewing Files on Server

• Open browser window
• Type URL in address field
• Address any issues with your web site that
• is not working (QA)
• Fix issues and reload web site to remote server
• Modified files will be overwritten
• If only the HTML code has changed,
• you do not have to re-upload your images
  everytime

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Now you give it a Try!

• URL
• http//bccwebdesign.icginc.net
• Host info
• secure1.apollohosting.com
• Directory
• httpdocs/yourlastname/
• Login
• webdesign
• Password
• spring07