Publishing your webpage

To set up your webpage (or website) you will need to follow these few simple steps. You will also need some kind of FTP program. (For example: Fetch for Macs, or CuteFTP for Windows).

We will attempt to remain as program-independent as possible. If you have trouble performing the steps outlined below, please consult the documentation that came with the FTP software package that you are using.

1. First off, you should fire up your ftp program.
2. Connect to the homepage server using your username and password (see Server Addresses).
3. You will find yourself connected to your home directory, now create a directory under it called "public_html" (lowercase without the quotes, this is very important).
4. Change to the public_html directory.
5. Upload your webpages, making sure that the index.html file is in lowercase.

Your website should now reside at http://home.iprimus.com/~USERNAME/ (or at http://www.mydomain.com if we are hosting your domain). When you choose to update your website, just go through those same steps, omitting step #3.