A Newbie In DIRE NEED of help!

[fancypants_sc]

Someone please take my hand and take baby steps with me as I learn all of this. Those FREE websites really spoiled me and I fear I might have jumped into something I can't do.

My first question is -- How do I get something up on my site so the 'under construction' stuff will disappear. Do I upload something in htdocs besides index.html or do I put something in one of those other folders??

I did get lucky with learning enough about my ftp client to get some images (jpg format) uploaded the other night but I wasn't quite for sure what to use, the binary or auto. When I try to download them, some showed up as pictures while others showed up with gobs of letters/numbers. Help in this area is needed.

Second question is this -- do I have a directory that I can view as in the ones that has links that when you click on them, you can view whatever they are?? How do I get to it?

Thanks in advance for whatever help/advice you can give me. Be prepare later for the 'email setup' questions. I haven't EVEN gone there yet. *lol*

Oh yeah, one more question. If we are suppose to upload in the htdocs folders, what are the other two there for? Do I use them for anything?

Thanks everyone. :)

fancy

[stevel]

Welcome to PowWeb!

To get rid of the "under construction" page, just replace index.html or, if your home page is something else, delete the index.html that is in the htdocs folder.

You will get the directory listing by default if you access a directory that doesn't have a filename that PowWeb considers a default home page (index.htm, index.html, index.php, etc.) You can turn that off by adding an index.html, or with a line in a .htaccess file (if you want to know more about that, look in the "User Help Documentation" link at the top of this page.)

Typically you would just use the htdocs folder. logs is where your access logs go, if you want to analyze them. cgi-bin is for scripts, if you have any.

Your uploaded graphics may be garbled if you uploaded them in ASCII (text) mode, or if the files got their names changed. What software are you using to upload files to the server?

[fancypants_sc]

Steve,

Thanks so much. some of what you said I understood, other stuff no. *lol* Actually, I uploaded a index.html for experimental puposes only the other night and it worked. But the 'under construction' was there before and after....hmmm....any insight to that?

And as far as the software I'm using to upload....uh, I'm trying out the ftp client WS_fle or whatever it is called but I'm sure you know what I mean.

I will study over what you've said and try it tomorrow night. Thanks again! ;)


fancy

[(jj)]

If you uploaded a new index.html file, then it should have overwritten the old (under construction) file. Make sure that you use all lowercase letters (no Capitals) in the file names/extensions. Powweb uses a Unix type based operating system and it is case sensitive. If you have an index.html file and upload a Index.HTML file, it will not overwrite the old one and you will then have 2 index files.

By the way, welcome to Powweb and the PW community forums :) When you need help, just jump in and start asking, there are many wonderful, helpful and intelligent people that tend to hang out in here at just about any time of the day/night.