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Getting it up
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I'm very close to finishing my website. I've done it on my laptop in Front Page (yeah I know it's not the greatest but it's all I have). I don't have net access with my laptop at the mo, the only net access I have is through uni (or at my parents, which is a slow AOL/Macintosh connection).
I need to get a domain name, and find some way of getting it online. I don't really know where to start, someone please explain...
Ta
I need to get a domain name, and find some way of getting it online. I don't really know where to start, someone please explain...
Ta
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Then you will need to download an FTP programme so that you can upload what you have done from your laptop to your webspace. 'WS FTP Pro' is a good ftp programme and there's one you can download for free if you're using it for 'educational use'. Can't remember the url so just do a search on google or something for that.
Once you've done that you will need to get what you have done off your laptop and onto a computer with net access, so just save it to disk if it's not too big, and then use the ftp prog to upload it all!
Does that make sense? Hope so! Get your domain name etc first and let us know if your stuck after that!
As for getting a site online, there's three methods. HTTP upload, FTP upload or frontpage publish (kinda http also). Find out what a chosen host supports,. If they support frontpage extensions it'll be easy for you to get it up.
If they allow ftp access it's maybe quicker if you already use an ftp utility.
For domain names I've used www.freeparking.co.uk a few times with no complaints.
FTP Commander - Best and FREE
I create with Front page and generally upload with FTP Commander as it's usually quicker and less buggy.