Dear Sir/Madam



The subject of FTP is not clear for me because at dreamweaver course we didn't have website connected and we couldn't do the subject practically.



My question is: I have the website ready & register a domain name,

what shall I ask from my hosting service to provide me to download the website?



Regards

Sasan

Hi Sasan,

First check that you have linked your domain name registration to your hosting provider. Can you reach your domain name (ie. type it into a browser) - what do you see?

Your web hosting provider should have provided you with FTP information such as FTP host, username and password. In Dreamweaver, you enter these settings within your 'Site' settings.
Go to Site -> Manage Sites -> Click your site -> Press Edit button -> Go to Advanced tab -> Go to Remote Info category -> Select FTP from the Access dropdown list -> Fill out your details.

The 'Host Directory' field may be required - check with your Hosting company - sometimes you can connect without 'hosting directory', and type in the name of your web site's path later (eg. if you connect, and you then have to go into subfolders to find your web site, eg. 'public_html/domainname.com' - then you can type this into the Host Directory field later to save time.

Press the TEST button to test your username/password. If it doesn't work, please contact your hosting provider to confirm details.

Once you've uploaded some files, try your domain name in a browser again and you should see some files. Index.html is usually the default file - again check with your hosting provider to check on this. You can usually change it in the control panel back-end of your web site, if your hosting company provides one.

Hope this helps. If you have any more questions about this, please don't hesitate to ask.

Regards, Rich

Hi Sasan

You will need to use an ftp program such as Cute ftp once you have installed this, you will need to locate you ftp details which include:
- user-name
- password
- ftp address
When you have these details enter them into your ftp program. You should then be able to to connect to your account and upload your website

Alternatively
You can use Dreamweaver to manage your ftp. To do this you will need the same details as above, but instead of using an ftp program you would use the sites tool in Dreamweaver.
Using Dreamweaver's sites tool is probably the easier option as you will find it easier to manage your site using Dreamweaver.

Hope this helps
David