To upload files of your web site on the server you need to use FTP. FTP can be used in two environments:
Windows based environment.
Here the DOS based FTP is illustrated with screen shots.
Note: The FTP details for a web site are sent in an e-mail by the Support of RDS. In the e-mail you are given the Username, Password, URL and IP needed for the FTP. Use these to do the FTP
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Open MS-Dos prompt on your system |
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Type the command ftp www.yourdomainname.com at the prompt.
* Instead of "www.yourdomainname.com" you can use the FTP URL; Using FTP IP would be better |
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In our example, files are to be transferred to www.twincitiesbbs.com |
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Once you get connected to the web server, you will be prompted to give the User Name and Password as shown in the screen below. |
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Once the given User Name and Password are authenticated, you are allowed to carry out the FTP and ftp prompt will be displayed.
* by typing help at the prompt you can get the list of commands. |
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To transfer files from your local system to the web server, following is the command to given : put c:\default1.html |
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You have to mention the path from where the files are being uploaded.
In the example, default1.html is the file to be uploaded which is located in C: directory, and so it is mentioned the root directory |
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To download files from the site the command is
get default1.html
this will download the files into the current directory you are in. |
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The above command once executed will display that file has been transferred successfully. Similarly, other files can be uploaded into the respective directories of your site. |
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Your FTP session will be terminated, by giving bye command at the ftp prompt. |
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