Hello,
The process of transferring a file from your computer to your
website is often referred to as “uploading” that file or “publishing” it.
You need a program called an “FTP client” to transfer the file.You can
transfer a file to your web server using a free FTP client known as
FileZilla.You can download and install FileZilla from below link :
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=21558
Before you can upload any file to your site, you will also need some
information from your web host. In particular, you will need to find
out the following:
# The name of your host server or ip of the server
# Your user id or login username for your FTP account.
# Your password for your FTP account.
#The directory where you need to place your files
so that they can be seen by a web browser visiting
your site. For example, your host may tell you to place
the files in a subdirectory called “www” or “public_html”
or even the default directory that you see when you log
into your FTP site.
** Uploading or Publishing a File to Your Web Server
1] Start up FileZilla. The first time you start it, it will ask you
whether you want to save your settings in the Registry or an XML file.
If you are using FileZilla on your own computer with no other users
and you are logged in as Administrator, it probably doesn’t matter
which option you select. If there are other people using the same
computer, you probably should choose to save the settings to the
Registry.
2] Click the “File” menu followed by the “Site Manager” item on that
menu. A dialog box will appear.
3] Click the “New Site” button on that dialog box. This creates a new
item under “My FTP Sites” called “New FTP site”. Rename “New FTP
site” to the name of your site if you wish.By default, the keyboard
cursor would have been placed in the name portion of “New FTP
site” allowing you to change the name immediately.
4] In the section entitled “Site details”, enter the name of your server
name in the “Host” input box.For example,if your web host told you
that your hostname is “server.example.com”,enter “server.example.com”
into the space provided.You can also put the server ip therein.
5] Leave the “Port” and the “Servertype” entry boxes alone.Use your
mouse and click on the “Normal” radio button in the “Logontype” section.
This will enable the “User” and “Password” boxes for the next step.
(If incase you need to enter the port number,you can put in as “21″).
6] Enter your user id or your login name (or whatever your web host
calls it) into the “User” input box. Likewise, enter your password into
the “Password” input box. If you don’t want to bother with entering
your password everytime you connect, leave the box “Don’t save
password” unchecked. If you are sharing your computer with others,
and don’t want others to be able to access your site, you should
probably check the “Don’t save password” check box.FileZilla will then
prompt you for the password when you try to connect in future.
7] Click the “Connect” button. FileZilla will proceed to log you into your
server. If it is successful, you will see a directory listing of your website’s
account in the right window pane. The left window pane is the directory
listing of your own computer.
8] Next, locate the file that you wish to upload in the left window pane
(the “Local Site” pane). Both window panes behave like a Windows
Explorer windows, so navigating them should not be unduly hard. Once
you have located the file you wish to upload, say “test.php”,doubleclick
it to upload it to your website. Alternatively, you can drag that file from
the left window pane to the right window pane. The file will be uploaded
to the folder that is currently open on the right window pane, so make
sure you have changed to the directory you want before dragging the
file there.
9] As FileZilla proceeds to upload your file to your site, you should be
able to see the upload progress in the bottommost window pane in
FileZilla. When the upload has completed, you can disconnect from
your website. Do this by clicking the “File” menu followed by the
“Disconnect” item.
So finally you have uploaded the file to your site using FTP client FileZilla!!
