In order to publish your pages to the internet you will obviously have to have hosting somewhere, we can offer a range of hosting packages.
Also you will need an ftp connection to your site - this is a method for transferring files over the internet.
To transfer your pages you will need to have ftp client software. Some HTML editors such as Dreamweaver will manage the details of transferring pages for you. Otherwise you can set up an ftp connection yourself very easily using Windows.
The process using Windows XP is as follows.
Click your start button, and select My Network Places, the select Add a Network Place, and then click next> . A wizard will start, which will guide you through the process. It will search for existing service providers. You need to choose the option:-
choose another netword connection
specify the address of a web site, network location, or ftp site
and then click next>.
You will be prompted to give the ftp address of your site, which will be something like:-
ftp://ftp.mysite.co.uk,
then click next>. Deselect the log on anonymously option, and provide your ftp username. If you are using an isWebdesign server, this will be the domain name (without the www prefix, for example mysite.co.uk). Click next>.
You will be prompted for a name for the connection. This can be whatever you choose, but it is best to keep it relevant, such as ftp.mysite.co.uk. Click next>.
Make sure the option to open the connection when finished is selected, and click finish>. You will shortly receive a message saying that the connection could not be opened with the supplied username and password. This is nothing to worry about, it is simply because you have not yet supplied the password. You will be prompted for your ftp password. Supply this, and check the option to save the password, then click log on.
A Windows Explorer window will open, showing you the files contained on your web server. Your new network connection has now been set up. You can close the connection simply by closing the window. If you want to open the connection again in the future you can do so simply by going to My Network Places (on your start menu) and then clicking on the folder icon for the connection. It will open automatically.
Once your network place has been set up you can easily access your site and copy files and folders back and forth much the same as you do on your own computer. Simply open an explorer window to the folder containing the copy of your site on your computer (the My Website icon on your desktop should give you quick access to this), then click and drag files across to your network connection window - they will be copied across.
Remember to keep the same structure for your site when you copy files across. The main pages of your site should be put in the root public folder of your internet site. If you are using one of our servers this will be called /public_html/. Images should be put into a sub-folder also called images - the easiest way to ensure this is to copy the entire images folder to the root folder. You will also need to copy the folder css to your internet site, and any other subfolders that are contained within your site folder.