Content

• Steps
• Advice
• Warning

This article teaches you how to post a website on the domain name (domain) you have purchased. Although the specific website posting process will vary depending on your domain's hosting service, usually if you upload the website's files to your hosting service, you will post them to your domain name. . You can use your hosting service's control panel to upload files, or you can set up your Windows or Mac computer's FTP server for a shorter solution.

Steps

Method 1 of 4: Prepare post

1. 

   . Click the Windows logo in the lower left corner of the screen.

2. 

   
   
   Finder. Click the Finder app icon that looks like a navy-blue face in the Mac's Dock.

3. 

   Create a new FTP folder. After opening Finder, do the following:
   • Click Go at the top of the screen.
   • Click Connect to Server ... in the drop-down menu.
   • Type in the website's FTP address, then click Connect
   • Enter your site's FTP username and password when prompted.

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   Open the server folder. Double-click "public_html", "root", "index", or similar directory in the main section of the archive directory.
   • If you are unsure of which folder contains the website's files, see the website hosting service's FTP page for detailed instructions.

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   Paste the site's file. Click an empty space in the folder, then press ⌘ Command+V to paste the files into the directory.

6. 

   Visit website. Access the website's domain address using a web browser on your computer. Once the website's files are successfully uploaded to the website's FTP directory, your website will go live. advertisement

Advice

• You can also use FileZilla to upload to websites if you do not want to use your computer's built-in FTP feature.

Warning

• Uploading a website's files to a server computer is not a good way in the long term, unless you intend to plug in and turn on your computer all day.