Getting Started Q&As
How do I create sub-directories?
How do I get my page to load automatically?
How do I update my web pages?
What do I name my files?
How do I create sub-directories?
When making a sub directory you should use the make directory "MkDir" function
key located on your FTP program. Open up that directory then place all files
that need to go in there.
How do I get my page to load automatically?
You should name your main loading file "default.htm". Be sure to name everything
in lowercase, not "INDEX.HTM" . UNIX is case-sensitive: default.htm is
not the same as default.HTM. Also, this file must be located in your
public_html directory.
How do I update my web pages?
You can create and maintain your web pages, images and scripts locally and
upload them to the web server at your leisure via FTP. You can overwrite
existing files or transfer a new file. To do it on the fly, consider using
Shell Access.
What do I name my files?
The starting point for a Web site is called the homepage. It is the page
that is retrieved and displayed by default when a user visits the Web site.
The default homepage name for a server depends on the server’s configuration.
On many Web servers it is default.htm. If you use FrontPage Explorer
, let
it name your first page, which in this case will be index.htm. All other
pages that follow can be named whatever you choose (but read on).
Be careful what you name your homepage! UNIX will auto-open the following
in order of priority: default.htm, index.phtml, index.pht, index.cgi, index.shtml,
index.html, welcome.cgi, welcome.html, index.htm. Make doubly sure that
your homepage is named one of the above, and that none of your other files
are named any of the above.
Note that
UNIX is case-sensitive: default.htm is not the same as default.HTM
or Default.htm.