Step 5a. Pick an Upload Method
The process of getting your completed web pages to your host server is called uploading/publishing. The web design product you use may have an upload/publish function. If not, there are FTP (File Transfer Protocol) software products available that will upload/transfer your files to your host server (see the Links page). NOTE - Some web design software upload/publish functions will not work with some hosting companies. If this is the case you can use FTP software to do the uploading/publishing.
Step 5b. Upload Your Web Pages
Use your web design program to upload/publish your web pages if it has an upload/publish function. If you use FTP software you will have to select the web files to be uploaded (HTML, graphic, pdf, etc.) and initiate the upload. Remember that your home page should have index.html as the file name if you want it to appear when someone uses your basic web address
(e.g., www.joeblow.com).
Be sure to thoroughly test the website after the upload to be sure all necessary files were successfully uploaded and work correctly. When you need to update a web page you can just upload that page (and related files) and the upload will overwrite the old files. NOTE - Some web design software products save web pages in their own unique file format and automatically convert the files to web format files (e.g. HTML) when the upload/publish function is used. If you are going to use FTP software for your uploads you will first need to do a save-as/export for the web page files to create HTML files. It is a good idea to save these files in a separate folder to make the FTP file selection easier as the web design unique format files do not need to be uploaded.
Publish the Website Pages
