Publishing a web page involves transferring the HTML document from your computer at home to our servers at Premier Communications. Permission must be properly set so that web surfers are allowed to see your web page, and the main page must have a predefined name so that the web server knows where to find it. The main page must be called index.html. All of the web pages must reside in a directory called public_html in your root (i.e. home) directory. The next section steps through the process of publishing a web page.
In order to publish pages, you will need a browser with ftp capability. The later versions of Internet Explorer should work.
To set up your account for publishing, perform the following steps:
1. Set up web publishing at Web Page Publishing Setup. 2. Follow the on-screen instructions for FTP Publishing.
To send your web pages over to your account, perform the following steps:
1. Start your Internet browser. 2. In the Address Bar, enter "ftp://yourusername@mtcnet.net/public_html". 3. When asked, enter your password. 4. You can then drag your HTML documents into this directory and they will automatically be published.
Note: If you receive a Forbidden Error when trying to view your webpage, you will need to run the Web Page Publishing Setup again. This will automatically check and change your permissions if necessary.
