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* Enter your username and password in the appropriate fields, click QuickConnect | * Enter your username and password in the appropriate fields, click QuickConnect | ||
* Under Remote Site it will show the path to your home directory on the server. Click your username and you should see "public_html" underneath. Under there you should see the directory for your web site, say "mysite.com". Double-click it. | * Under Remote Site it will show the path to your home directory on the server. Click your username and you should see "public_html" underneath. Under there you should see the directory for your web site, say "mysite.com". Double-click it. | ||
* Under Local Site, navigate to the folder where you published the site with iWeb (e.g. /Users/YourName/Sites/mysite.com). | * Under Local Site, navigate to the folder where you published the site with iWeb (e.g. /Users/YourName/Sites/mysite.com). You should see file called '''index.html''' here and a folder called '''Site'''. | ||
* Double-click the index.html file to upload it | |||
* Control-Click the Site folder and select Upload from the menu. That will upload the Site folder and all the fiels contained within it. (If you have a 2-button mouse, you can right-click to get that menu; if you have a recent macbook, you can do a 2-finger click to get it). | |||
* Now visit http://mysite.com/ in your browser to see your site. | |||
==See Also== | |||
* [[For Web Developers]] | |||
Revision as of 13:05, 23 July 2010
If you have designed a web site using iWeb on your Macintosh, here is how to upload it to the SWCP web server.
Export the site from iWeb
- Make the site in iWeb.
- Select File -> Publish To A Folder
- It will prompt you for a folder name in the Sites folder of your web home directory
- Click New Folder to assign a new name.
- Some features of iWeb won't work in this method:
- Hit counter
- Password protection
- Comments and attachments
Install FileZilla
- Go to http://filezilla-project.org
- Download FileZilla
- There is tutorial on using FileZilla here: http://www.elated.com/articles/filezilla-tutorial/
Upload your site with FileZilla
- After you Publish the site to a folder, start FileZilla
- In the Host field enter "ftp.swcp.com"
- Enter your username and password in the appropriate fields, click QuickConnect
- Under Remote Site it will show the path to your home directory on the server. Click your username and you should see "public_html" underneath. Under there you should see the directory for your web site, say "mysite.com". Double-click it.
- Under Local Site, navigate to the folder where you published the site with iWeb (e.g. /Users/YourName/Sites/mysite.com). You should see file called index.html here and a folder called Site.
- Double-click the index.html file to upload it
- Control-Click the Site folder and select Upload from the menu. That will upload the Site folder and all the fiels contained within it. (If you have a 2-button mouse, you can right-click to get that menu; if you have a recent macbook, you can do a 2-finger click to get it).
- Now visit http://mysite.com/ in your browser to see your site.
