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| From | Jenny Amparo |
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| To | Me |
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| Subject | got hosted but i dont know where, and how to start. |
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| Date | 6 February 2006 18:04 |
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hi im a little confused..
a friend of mine got me hosted on her domain but i dunno where and how to
start..
i have [brand]FTP, now what do i do?
how does php work? coz i dunno, i see it the same as html..
ive downloaded [CMS brand]..how do i install it?
how can i set it up and running? need help pls....
| From | Me |
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| To | Jenny Amparo |
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| Subject | Re: got hosted but i dont know where, and how to start. |
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| Date | 6 February 2006 21:05 |
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Jenny,
> i have smartFTP, now what do i do?
Create the HTML files you want to make your site from, and use the FTP
client to transfer them to the server. Your hosting should have provided you
with the login details for that site.
The first file you should try is "index.html" upload a basic HTML file
called index.html into your FTP folder. That is the file that the server
will usually use if you request the site, without specifying a specific file
name:
http://example.com/ <no file name>
You can then create some other files, and make links between them (use <a
href="./"> to link to the index file, but use the real file names to link to
the others).
> how does php work? coz i dunno, i see it the same as html..
You probably will not need to care about the specifics of PHP. It is
embedded within HTML files (usually called something.php), and looks a
little like this (the part inside the <?php ?> is the PHP):
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN">
<html>
<head>
<title>Title</title>
</head>
<body>
<?php print '<p>hello world</p>'; ?>
</body>
</html>
> ive downloaded [CMS brand]..how do i install it?
I have no idea. I do not use [CMS brand], or other publication system, since
I create all my pages by hand. They have their own online documentation, I
suggest you follow that, and contact them whenever something does not work
quite right. I understand their admin is helpful:
[CMS brand support URL]
Mark 'Tarquin' Wilton-Jones - author of http://www.howtocreate.co.uk/
| From | Jenny Amparo |
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| To | Me |
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| Subject | Re: got hosted but i dont know where, and how to start. |
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| Date | 7 February 2006 05:20 |
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oh thanks so much! ill do what you said..ill just email you again if ever i
find it difficult. :) thanks so much!