How to upload a website to a server – an easy to follow guide

After building your own website you will need to know how to upload a website to a server so that people may visit your website online. If your website is stored on your computer nobody is going to be able to see it there and it won’t make you any money so this article will explain how you can get your website live online in an easy to understand way.

The first step in getting your website online is to download an FTP program. FTP stands for File transfer protocol and an FTP program is a software program that allows you to upload files to your server. The server is where your website files are stored so that people can browse your website. There are many different FTP programs available and lots of them are free of charge and do a great job.

The next step is to install your FTP program and once that is done you will need to enter your FTP settings which will have been provided by your webhost. You’ll need to enter and FTP username and password as well as your website domain name and title. Once these settings have been entered correctly you will be able to browse your webspace by clicking on the connect button on your FTP program.

I’ve been asked by many people how to upload a website to a server and to be honest, it’s not difficult at all and once you’ve uploaded files to your website a few times you’ll be confident using your FTP program. So, to get your website up so that people may view it online you’ll need to start up your FTP program and connect to your server. Once connected you’ll see all the files and folders if any in the root directory and this is where you want to upload your website files to.

Uploading your website files isn’t a difficult task although it might seem that way the first time you use an FTP program. With an FTP program connected to a server all you have to do is select your website files and/or folders which you would like to upload and click on upload and that’s it. On some FTP programs you can just drag and drop the files to your server which makes it even easier. Now that you know how to upload a website to a server you can get your site live in no time so that people can browse it on the internet. Terms such as “FTP” and “upload to a server” sometimes scare people but in truth you don’t need to be scared. You might upload your files to the wrong place by accident but you can’t break anything. Just try it and see!