Using CuteFTP to upload your wesbite


    Once you have created a connection in CuteFTP, you can connect to your Host4Yourself Account at any time to upload and edit your website. With CuteFTP, you can upload your site easily and quickly following a few easy steps:

    This is what you will see the first time you connect to your Host4Yourself Account. The frame on the left displays the files on your computer, and the frame on the right displays your files on our server. This is the file that automatically loads in a user's browser when they type http://www.yourdomain.com into their browser. The first time you connect, this file will contain our "Site Coming Soon" page. To replace this with your website, you must first delete the index.htm file off of the server. To do this, simply highlight the index.htm file in the right frame and hit the delete key on your keyboard. It will ask you to confirm your decision to delete this file, simply click yes and you are ready to upload your website.

    To replace the "Site Coming Soon" page with your website, simply find your website's files on your computer in the frame on the left and highlight all the files associated with your website. For the purpose of this example, these files will be a new index.html(which should be the main page for your website -- what you want the user to see first when they type http://www.yourdomain.com), section1.html and section2.html. Once you highlight all the files associated with your website, simply move your mouse over them, and click-and-drag them into the right frame. If this is done correctly, CuteFTP will ask you if you want to upload the selected files to the FTP Server. Simply click OK and your website will begin uploading.

   Once all of your website's files are uploaded, you should see them in the right frame. As soon as these files are uploaded, your website will be instantly viewable anywhere on the internet. You should now go to your website by typing http://www.yourdomain.com into your browser. If you see the "Site Coming Soon" page instead of your website, try deleting your internet cache(usually under the options for your browser) and refreshing the page. If it still appears to be the "Site Coming Soon" page, try going through the process of uploading your website again. Make sure that you aren't receiving any errors from CuteFTP, and if you're still having problems uploading your website, please feel free to ask us.