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Will someone please help a total amateur..

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  • 14-07-2010 10:07pm
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    Bebra
    Registered Users Posts: 26 ✭


    It seemed so simple. Register a domain name, choose a host, and download an FTP client. But now what?. I successfully uploaded a sample page I created, and I published pages using sitestudio. Why can I not find anything when I put my domain into my browser?.


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    WebGeek
    Closed Accounts Posts: 145 ✭✭WebGeek


    Well, the info you gave is scant, but I'll have a guess that

    a) uploaded your page to the wrong place.
    b) didn't point the uploaded page (www.yourdomain.com/mynewfile.html)
    c) didn't change the DNS names of your new domain to the ip address of host
    d) ..


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    cormee
    Registered Users Posts: 1,801 ✭✭✭cormee


    Bebra wrote: »
    It seemed so simple. Register a domain name, choose a host, and download an FTP client. But now what?. I successfully uploaded a sample page I created, and I published pages using sitestudio. Why can I not find anything when I put my domain into my browser?.

    Does your web server will have a www or public_html directory? If so you need to put the files in there.


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    Webmonkey
    Registered Users Posts: 9,579 ✭✭✭Webmonkey


    Need more information Bebra. What directory did you upload to.

    Maybe use a regular FTP client like FileZilla instead of that auto publishing stuff. Get a better idea where your files are going.


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    Bebra
    Registered Users Posts: 26 ✭Bebra


    Thanks guys. No offense, but you're talking double - dutch to me. If it doesn't have a button or an icon them I'm totally stumped. This is where I'm at:
    I registered a domain, and I have a host ( novara.ie). I used a template (SiteStudio) in my domain control panel to create a basic home page.

    These are my problems:
    1) I can't for the life of me figure out how to edit my homepage, so that I can add more content and pages. When I publish from SiteStudio, nothing seems to happen.
    2) I transferred a simple file using FileZilla. I can see this file in File Manager in my domain control panel. I don't know what to do with it.

    Please excuse my amateur - ness, I just want to create a basic site.


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    Webmonkey
    Registered Users Posts: 9,579 ✭✭✭Webmonkey


    Do you want to make the site offline or use the site builder.

    If you have something made offline and want to upload it, this should be straight forward enough.

    To be honest, it's impossible to see what you are doing unless one of us were to help you. Have you got any friend that can show you?


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    ScumLord
    Registered Users Posts: 28,789 ✭✭✭✭ScumLord


    You should buy a book really.

    Your control panel might allow you to install Joomla or wordpress which would be a much more user friendly way of making websites. It's all buttons and links which would be familiar to anyone that's used a publisher package or facebook site.

    It depends what your looking to do, learn how to make a website from scratch or just get a website out to the public.


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