You can access your web site on our virtual server.
Server url:
ftp.your-domain-name
Username:
your-username
Password:
your-password
Just login with your normal username & password. Anonymous logins are not possible.
You must use your username & password.
Uploading
To upload your web pages you will need an ftp program there are
several you can use. (See our members ftp area for a few.) The most
popular shareware program is CuteFTP 16 bit Trumpet users
16cftp18.exe and for 32 bit
32cftp18.exe
Domain IP
It will take 4 to 5 days before your accss providers DNS will be able to
see your new web site. If you require access to your web site before the
DNS becomes fully operational you can access your site via FTP to upload your
pages by entering the IP of the server for your web site. To obtain your site's IP use:
http://www.newnet.co.uk/cgi-bin-local/digw
Then enter the IP only in the hostname/address/url box of your FTP program.
Web Directory
Your web pages are located in the directory called www-docs.
This the directory for uploading your web pages.
In this directory you will find your index.html. This is the file
you should replace with your homepage.
Home Page File Name
Your auto-loading page file should be named index.html any other page name will
not be displayed. (Note: This filename is case sensitive; it must be lower case).
All file names should be in lower case. File extension names .htm or .html are
both accepted, but if both are present .html will take precedence.
Front Page Extensions
FrontPage extensions are not loaded on your server as standard. Support for
FrontPage is provided by Microsoft and NOT ourselves. We are unable to
support html editors.
Please do not remove any of the FrontPage files that are placed in your
www-docs directory. Do not try to access your FrontPage site using ftp as can
damage the FrontPage extensions.
If you remove any files FrontPage will not operate.
To have your site moved to a FrontPage server please send an email to:
support@newnet.co.uk.
Web Stats
Under the Directory www-docs you will find a directory called
www-stats. This contains log of accesses to your web site.
It is updated every Monday morning between 2am and 7am.
Email SMTP / POP3 / Forwarded
Email Delivery
POP3 to:
your-email-box
Your mail will be fully operational 24 hours after you receive this message. any-name@your-domain-name will be forwarded to your-email-box.
This option enables the forwarding of unlimited
email names at your domain to your mail box.
If the above POP3 to: option is blank or says "not required" or "none". Then this option has not been supplied for this site.
If it says "not known" Then please supply your mail box details.
Email Management
Additional option not supplied for this site.
Cgi Scripting
Information on cgi scripts can be found at:
http://homepages.newnet.co.uk/support/ (Forms Handlers, Web counters etc.) Call up all up cgi scripts as
http://www.your-domain-name/cgi-bin/script-name Do not use
http://homepages.newnet.co.uk/cgi-bin/ as this will only operate for sites
on that server.
You will find some cgi scripts are already in place see the above link for
details of scripts in your main /cgi-bin/ directory and read the cgi-bin.txt
file in your root directory. If you require your
own private cgi script area just send an email to support@newnet.co.uk
and your own /cgi-bin-local/ will be created in your root directory.
Details on using your own scripts can be found in your /cgi-bin-local/
directory.
Thank you for choosing NewNet to host your web site. If you require any assistance
please telephone 07020 957 952 or email
support@newnet.co.uk When emailing support please mention your domain name in full. Thank you
This page can be found at: http://www.newnet.co.uk/virtual/upload.html
Last Modified: 27th February 1997
