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Domain Names

Each domain name hosted on our system has a "home directory". Within this directory, you store all the HTML files, images, scripts, databases and any other content associated with your website.

When logged into the home directory of one of your domains using FTP you will see the following folders:

htdocs This is the folder that the website for the domain name points to. Inside this folder, you should place your index.htm file as well as any other HTML files, scripts and images that make up your website.

private This folder is for advanced users. Scripts running on your site have access to this folder but the folder is not directly accessible form the web. You should place any databases your site uses in this folder.

If you are using Password Protection for one of your websites, this folder is good place to put your password text file.

logfiles Every time someone visits your site, the system updates the current log file for your website. Your log files are stored in this folder and you can download them and delete them as you wish.

Writing your own server side scripts

When writing or configuring scripts, such as Perl scripts or ASP scripts for your website you may need to know the full physical path to your website's home directory. This path is as follows:

e:\domains\d\domainname.co.uk\user

where domainname.co.uk is your domain name (without the 'www')
and the letter d is the first letter of your domain name.

Configuring Your FTP Client ( SmartFTP )

SmartFTP is free of charge and can be downloaded from www.smartftp.com.

To log into an FTP account, you will need to enter the following information into your FTP client to connect to the server:

You must replace yourdomain.com to your own domain name for your hosting account, and the password should be changed to the one you received with your hosting account.

Host Address: ftp.yourdomain.com
Port: 21
Username: yourdomain.com
Password: 1234567 (seven digit number)

Once you have entered your information select connect in the FTP menu.

Example in SmartFTP:

Configuring Your FTP Client ( Cute FTP )

Cute FTP can be bought from the www.cuteftp.com.

To log into an FTP account, you will need to enter the following information into your FTP client to connect to the server:

Host Address: ftp.domainname.co.uk
Port: 21
Username: domainname.co.uk
Password: 48653739 (eight digit number)

Example in Cute FTP:

Configuring Your FTP Client ( FTP Explorer )

FTP Explorer is shareware and can be downloaded from www.ftpx.com.

The first thing you need to do is make a new connection. To do this click on the connect button, this is the fourth button across from the left.

Once in the connection dialog box, click on the add button, this is the button on the bottom left.

Once you have the new connection there are only four pieces of information you need to supply;

1) Profile Name : This can be any name to help you remember this connection.

2) Host Address : This is your ftp address, it consists of 'ftp.' followed by your domain name. (e.g. ftp.mydomain.com )

3) Login : This is initially set to anonymous, uncheck the anonymous box and then enter your user name. The user name is in the following form 'mydomain.com'.

4) Password : You must enter your password in the password box. The passwords we supply are usually in the form of a number (e.g. 8332408).

You are now ready to connect to your web space.

Configuring Your FTP Client ( Internet Explorer )

To access your web space using Microsoft Internet Explorer you must first go to your FTP address (ftp.mydomain.com). Type your FTP address into the address bar and click on go.

Once Explorer has found the page you have to login. To do this click on the file menu and select 'Login As'. You will then see the following dialog box.

You need to supply two pieces of information here. The first is your user name, usually in the form mydomain.com. Then you need to enter your password, this is usually in the form of a seven digit number.

Once you have done this click Login and then your are ready to access your files.