| Connecting
to your site |
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With
any Host4Yourself Account, you may connect to
your site at either you domain name (ex: yourdomain.com)
or your IP address (ex: 66.34.240.180). The IP
address of your site was sent to you via email
with your first billing invoice, along with your
master username and password. |
| Logging
in |
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By default, you
must use your master username and password (included
in the email as noted above) to login via FTP.
If you are a Premium User, you can create additional
FTP accounts that can be given access to your
entire site or restricted to one directory using
the Advanced User Control Panel (MonsterControls).
Please see the Member's
FAQ for more information. |
| Placing
your files in the correct directory |
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Once you are logged
into your site, by default, you will start in
your root directory. Inside of
you root directory, you will
find a sub-directory named "www".
This is where all of your web content must be
placed. Sub-directories created inside the www
will be accessible via the web using the address:
http://www.yourdomain.com/sub-directory. Consequently,
files placed in your www directory
will be accesible using the address: http://www.yourdomain.com/file.htm.
NOTE: Some FTP
Clients will allow you to specify a "remote
directory" before connecting to your site.
If you enter "www"
as your remote directory, you will be taken directly
to the "www" directory.
Other FTP Clients may also require you to enter
your address as ftp://yourdomain.com/www/.
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| Viewing
a preview of your site |
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If you are using
a new account and your domain name has not yet
been registered or transferred to our servers,
you can still view a preview of your site at http://host4yourself.propagation.net/yourdomain/.
Please note that the trailing slash ("/")
at the end of the address is necessary, or your
preview will not load. This can be very useful
for ensuring that your site has been uploaded
correctly before your domain name becomes active
on our servers. |
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