i am very new with ftp so much detail will be appreciated. My problem is i have been trying to upload an html file to an ftp site using smartftp, but i cannot get it to upload so it is visible on the domain im using: http://tco.altvater.sg . thank you in advance to anyone that helps also if it helps any more i am using Nvu to edit html
i dont know what more there is to tell, what happened was i made a page, i uploaded it, the file shows up on the ftp page, but the actual site will not show up
where did you put the file? most servers have html_public or www or something smartftp has an auto mode - use it unless you know the difference about files and binary or ascii formats.
the only folder is the cgi-bin, but your question made me think of what i might be doing wrong, so could you explain to me how to make a directory?
cgi-bin is common gateway interface which is associated with pearl. it is used for scripts. cgi-bin talks with the server. you are in the wrong place, delete the html file. ftp is like explorer on your pc, so just click on your public folder and you will be in the right place. most of your files will go rihgt there, if you make a sub directory for say images, then you need to just drag and drop the new dir from your pc on to the pulic directory. if you want to make a new one just right click, look for new. remember the first file servers look for in any directory is index.html or default.html, it depends on the host. let us know how it goes.
your welcome post the site when your done so we can see it. there is a section in the forum to do so and you will get a lot of good opinions about it.
