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The first thing you will need is the confirmation email that Spaceports sent to you. This
has all the details about the server your site will be on, your username and your password.
Next, you will need an FTP program, or use the browser version at the Spaceports main page.
Once you have started your FTP program, you will need to use the details from the email to
configure it to connect to your site. Make sure that the server, username and password are
set correctly.
I cannot give specific instructions for every FTP program out there, but I do have tutorials for
WS_FTP LE (which is free) in the FTP section. Screenshots and
download details are included.
There are also instructions for various FTP programs in the "Help" section of the Spaceports site.
Once you have connected, upload your page inside the folder called public_html so that
it can be viewed by others. You can also create new folders inside public_html later
if you wish. Any files or folders not inside public_html will not be accessible from
the Web.
You can now check your page by typing the URL of your page into your browser. It should
look something like http://server.spaceports.com/~username/ where server is the
name of the server you are on, and username is your username. Don't forget to type
the ~ character!
This site is on the io server, and my username is wysardry, so the URL to my
main page is http://io.spaceports.com/~wysardry/
Use lowercase characters throughout when typing that URL, and when saving filenames as the
Spaceports servers are case sensitive.
If you get some sort of error message when trying to view your page, check that:-
- You used lowercase letters when saving the file
- The file is named index.htm or index.html (not index.htm.txt)
- It was uploaded inside public_html
- That the URL is correct and all in lowercase
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