Transferring Your Pages Using FTP

Once you have created your Website, you will need to transfer those HTML documents and graphics files to our server. Follow the steps below...

Step 1 : Obtain FTP Client software

FTP (File Transfer Protocol) is the way two computers talk to each other in order to exchange files. FTP is universally accepted, so it does not matter what kind of machine you are on, as long as you have software that speaks the FTP language.

There are a large variety of software packages for all computer platforms that will help you to transfer your files. We have compiled a small list of them:

These links reside in our Software Archive. We urge you to visit, as we have direct links to many FTP clients!


Step 2 : Configuring Your FTP Software

Now that you have your FTP software, you need to configure it to be able to connect to our server. Each of the software clients has its own way of setting up its preferences, but each of them will require the following information to make a connection:

If you have your own Domain Name



Host or Server Name	ftp.yourdomain.com
User Login Name	yourusername
Password	yourpassword


If you do not have your own Domain Name



Host or Server Name	ftp.mia.net
User Login Name	yourusername
Password	yourpassword



You will not need to specify a directory if your software asks for it. When you connect, you will automatically land in your directory, with a view of all of your current files.

To try to make things even easier for you, we have compiled some screen shots of various FTP client software that show the settings. Choose from the list below:



Windows Clients

Cute FTP
WS-FTP
IIFTP



Macintosh Clients


Fetch 3.0.1
Anarchie

Step 3 : Transferring Your Files

Once you are connected to your account, you may transfer files to and from your directory, make new folders or delete files. Follow the instructions that came with your FTP software to transfer files to and from your account.

Remember to name your first page "index.html" only.

Once your pages are transferred they are automatically ready to be viewed. So just type your URL into your browser, and you will see your pages on the Net!!