There are a number of ways to publish your website depending on if you are publishing to our Windows or Linux servers.
Windows Servers
Firstly you should understand how your Windows hosting space works. Within your hosting space are a number of different folders that are hidden from every day web browsers but which are accessible via FTP and from our Control Panel File Manager. The folder structure looks something like this :
Note : If you have more than one website in your hosting space then you would have a set of these folders for each website you host.
Note : If you are a hosting reseller you may also have an additional folder below the domain name which identifies the users space you have created.
Each folder has a function and we recommend this folder structure be left intact for proper functioning of your web space. Here is an overview of each folders function.
- data
This folder is for storing secure files, for example access database files that can be accessed from your web applications but not directly by your website visitors.
- logs
As the name suggests this is where all your raw web logs are stored. You can download them to your local PC for safe keeping.
- wwwroot
This folder is where you should place all your website files.
You can upload your website files in the following ways :
- Via FTP
Using your preferred FTP program (We recommend the FREE open source Filezilla ftp program) connect to our FTP server using the following settings :
Host name : ftp.yourdomain.com
Port : 21
Passive mode : off
User name : Assigned in your welcome letter
Password : Assigned in your welcome letter
- Via the Control Panel File Manager
Sometimes it can be quicker and simpler when you are first uploading your website to use the file manager in our DotNetPanel control panel. Simply create a zip file of your sites files locally and upload the zip file to the wwwroot folder using the file manager (or FTP if you like). Then use the unzip command to unpack the contents of your zip file. This can be much faster than transferring all the individual website files via FTP especially for large sites.
Linux Servers
Instructions coming soon
