This document covers the following
topics:
Your Temporary Index Page
Right after the registration, a directory for your site is created on the
server. This directory contains a temporary index page that is accessible from
the internet.
- You need to remove or overwrite this page with your
own index file in order for your website to show up. It is best to delete the
default index.html file from your web folder then upload your website. That way
there is no confusion about the problem.
Uploading Your Site
Whenever possible, upload your site using the utilities
that come with your web-site development software. For instance, if you made
your site with SiteStudio, FrontPage or Dreamweaver, use their integrated web
publishing tools. If you made your site with simple text editors, or if your
site-building software does not have a publishing utility, use freestanding FTP
clients, such as CuteFTP, SmartFTP, or the built-in
web-based FTP agent.
Please note that site publishing tools don't remove your
old web content from the server. For instance, if you used SiteStudio to upload
a site with 15 pages and later you published an updated 7 page version of this
site, your directory on the server will have all the new pages and the old pages
that haven't been overwritten. If you publish many versions of the website, the
site may become cluttered with old files. Warning: If you have a complete
website, be careful not to overwrite it with a publish command.
Don't upload your site to the root of your user directory! Instead,
put it to the specific directory. See below for more information.
Related: Sharing access to
your home directory with others.
Contents of Your Home Directory
Your home directory contains several default subdirectories.
Their number and names will differ depending on your plan, yet some of them are
common for all plans. Here are some of the directories that are automatically
created and may not be deleted:
- Directories that contain your sites. Each of
your sites is put in a separate directory. The name of the directory is the same
as your site's domain name. If you have more than one site, you will have several
such directories. These are the directories where you will upload your .html
files or any other files that you want to make accessible from the Internet.
Each of these directories may contain their own /webalizer or /modlogan directories. Do
not delete either of these directories! Your site is too valuable to lose
at a touch of a button.
- The Logs directory. It contains directories for
every site with transfer log enabled. Each such directory contains its own set
of log files that are required to write and read the data about all visits to
your sites. Deleting the Logs directory will cause the loss of the web statistics
accumulated in the course of your site operation. Click here for
more on web statistics.
- The Virtual FTP directory. Its name is the dedicated
IP address. This directory is created when you enable Virtual FTP Server and
can be accessed by virtual FTP users to list and download its content. There
are as many such directories as dedicated IP addresses. Deleting Virtual FTP
directories will cause incorrect operation of Virtual FTP. However, you may
harmlessly delete individual files in these directories. Click here for
more on Virtual FTP.
- The subdomain directories. When you make a subdomain,
a new directory is created with the subdomain name as the directory name. If
you delete a subdomain directory, internet visitors will get the 404 "File not
found" error when attempting to access the subdomain. Click here to
read on how to create subdomains.
- The ssl.conf directory. This directory stores
SSL pairs for all encrypted sites. Deleting the ssl.conf directory will result
in incorrect SSL operation.
Warning: Don't delete ANY default directories
in your root directory, as this will cause malfunctions of your acount. As a
rule of thumb, you may delete only directories and files you have uploaded yourselves
or that have been uploaded by any of your Virtual FTP and Anonymous FTP users.
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