In order to place your personal web page on
kvvi.net you need to move it to our server. You can do this by
using an FTP Client. If you need help with configuring an ftp
program email us back with information about your Operating
System and your Web Browser. The following steps should make this
process simple for you.
1. Make sure the filename for your webpage is called
"index.html".
2. Make a connection to kvvi.net just as if you were going to
browse the web.
3. Using an FTP program connect to the host "kvvi.net"
using your own username and password to login (please make sure
they are in lowercase letters, or the connection will be
rejected).
4. After the connection is made you will be in your own home
directory, within your directory there is a subdirectory named
www(create one if not there). You must proceed into the www
directory.
5. Now that you are in your www directory, move your webpage and
any files that it points to (gifs, JPG’s, wav’s,
etc...) over to this directory.
6. After you have made sure that the webpage is named
"index.html" and that all the appropriate files have
been completely copied, the page will be updated automatically
and you will be able to view it by going to to http://www.kvvi.net/~username
with your web browser (i.e. - if your username was
‘mark’, your web page's URL would be
‘http://www.kvvi.net/~mark’.
7. At this point you should see be able to view your webpage. If
you have any problems doing so, do not hesitate to contact us
either by email info@kvvi.net
or by phone (518-576-4510).
Some commonly made mistakes:
- Make
sure that the main file of your web page is called
‘index.html’ or ‘index.htm’ (Case DOES
matter).
- Make
sure that there are no other files named ‘index.*’ in
your home directory (for example, index.htm.backup,
index.html.first, index.htm_, etc...). The computer looks for
the first file named index, regardless of it’s suffix, and
uses that file as the homepage.
- Make
sure that there are no spaces in your filenames. This can cause a
problem if you do not refer to the same exact filename while
writing your HTML.
- Make
sure that if you use long filenames, you look in your home
directory after transferring all of the files. Many times, when
Windows transfers files with long file names (longer than 8
characters) it shortens the name of the file and inserts a tilda
(~) to show the filename should be longer. You can rename files
on the FTP server.
*These instructions are intended for posting a
personal web page. If you are interested in posting a business
page, please contact us in order to set it up. Personal pages
must not contain any business content. If you are unsure if your
page will be appropriate or not, please contact us before posting
it.
Also note: your /www directory will be publicly readable (meaning
that anyone will be able to read the files that are in that
directory) so please do not store files in that directory you do
not want others to see.
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