Originally Posted by
Dolivo
thank you for your reply. ok, <<<<DEEP BREATH>>>>>
Unfortunatly I had already done all that you said. I entered my FTP information from my web host. I hit publish. Nothing happened. This is where I became confused. So I went to my web host account and tried deleting what I thought to be old Wordpress stuff that might be causing problems. Well, it took my old website (from wordpress) down, but didn't help with publishing my new one. This is when I found the wiki thing that said I needed Filezilla, etc etc.
you said "You will be asked to specify a folder on your computer to publish the files but the files will then also be transferred to Dreamhost." I don't know what that means.
When I'm done with making my web page, do I "save it as" something first? do I name it something specific? What's the difference between this and "exporting website"? when I export website, do I put it in a specific place with a specific name?
If it helps, my website is
www.hlhas.com. you can see what happens when I try to publish.
I'll try to make a couple of comments that will help you to understand the process:
1. Saving a Xara developed file - You save a file just like you do a Word Document or any other file you create on your computer. This is the file you work on to create and maintain your website.
2. Exporting a file - Before you publish a website you have to export the website. This process creates web browser readable html files and images that are suitable for uploading to a web server where your web site resides and is accessed by the public.
3. Publishing a website - This is the process of uploading the html files, images etc to your hosting site (described in step 2). There are 2 ways to do this:
a. The easy way is to use the built in publishing tool in Xara. All you need to do is enter the correct information in the publish screen
b. Use an FTP client like Filezilla, which stands for File Transfer Protocol. This is a stand alone program for transferring files between computers. Frankly this is more complicated for a beginner and you could easily make mistakes. It is not required under normal circumstances. It's a bit like baking a loaf of bread from scratch rather than using a ready mixed one. Well maybe not the best analogy but you may get the point.
Now the 5 yr old stuff - Think about paths in the same way that you think about indexing documents in a filing cabinet or a public library:
a. Filing Cabinets have drawers which have folders which have documents. Computers have hard drives\which have folders\which have documents hence C:\Data\Mywebsite\sampledocument.
b. Public Libraries have Aisles, which have shelves which have documents. So a library book located on Aisle A, Shelf 2, Book A213 could easily be stored on a computer as C:\Aisles\Shelf2\BookA213.
You are telling the computer where to store the files and the computer creates an index of where those files are located. Always remember that generally speaking a computer does what you do manually but does it a whole lot faster (generally).
When the penny drops you'll be fine. Just check with your hosting Company on the path you need to enter in the publish options. They will help you. They may have a tutorial on their site.
Gary
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