Screamforme99
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i purchased a domain and host setup from godaddy.com and  decided to make an official website.
i designed the website in photoshop and used the slice tool to create the images im using as buttons and whatnot,
then saved it for web and mobile devices.
dropped the html into dreamweaver and added the necesary coding and links to it so that the website would function.
NOW WHAT?
do i upload the html and psd into my ftp manager?
how do i set the html i designed as my home page?
please help sad

dsv101
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Medina, Ohio

So what you do is get an FTP client, such as Filezilla (my favorite), and use your FTP account information to upload you site files. I am not familiar with making a site in Photoshop, but the file named index.html or index.php will be your home page. Just upload everything and see what happens smile Files should go in public_html or htdocs folder smile

Last edited by dsv101 (Apr 20, 2012 4:26 pm)

ant1
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yes, save it as index.html and upload it to the ftp

edit: you will also need to upload all the images and stuff, they aren't embedded into the html

Last edited by ant1 (Apr 20, 2012 4:44 pm)

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the psd is just your graphics dev file. you dont need to upload it. but the HTML files, and all the images you slices out (and saved for the was as PNGs i hope) need to be uploaded to the server. also, check the html code for you images/css. if the links are relative (e.g. <img src="myimage.png">) your good to go. but if they are absolute links to your file system (e.g. <img src="file://c:/users/xero/desktop/www/myimage.png">) you need to make them relative before uploading them.

you can use dreamweaver to upload them (you set it up in the ide, here's a video tutorial for that) but i suggest you use a real ftp client. for windows i suggest WS_FTP_LE, it's been around forever and it's free http://www.wsftple.com/.

nitro2k01
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Ugh, not WS_FTP LE. It's the descendant of WS_FTP95 that every tutorial ever in the '90s mentioned, so it must be good, right? Use Filezilla instead.

xero
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nitro2k01 wrote:

Ugh, not WS_FTP LE. It's the descendant of WS_FTP95 that every tutorial ever in the '90s mentioned, so it must be good, right? Use Filezilla instead.

lol,
i have heard this so many times over the years.
so it's old? the ftp protocol really hasnt changed.
i like the way it's setup and the options it has. but
that's just my suggestion.

filezilla always freezes up on me. i never had much luck w/ it.
if yew want another suggestion try teracopy

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Last edited by xero (Apr 20, 2012 5:48 pm)

herr_prof
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ive had better luck with ws than filezilla in uploading huge binaries to CDNs. That being said, FTP protocol sucks dick.