Please keep your Data and Application
Hosting Confirmation Letter with you handy, since you will need to refer to it
from time to time when using this guide. In the Webhosting Confirmation letter,
you should have some essential information. For example, a Sabah.Net personal
user called Test Ting received a confirmation letter from K.K.I.P.
Communications Sdn. Bhd. with the following information:
Membership number |
: PS1234567 |
User ID (User Name) |
: test |
Password |
: test007 |
FTP |
: www.sabah.net.my (Users please note your FTP address:
|
URL |
: http://www.sabah.net.my/testing(testing is the URL prefix you requested when you applied for this service. The URL domain should be similar to the domain on your e-mail address.) |
ftp www.sabah.net.my
ftp> lcd c:\< your web page document location>If you see a "Local directory now C:\<your web page document location>" status, you have successfully changed the location of your Local System.
ftp> binaryIf you see a "Type set to I" status, you have successfully changed the location of your Local System.
ftp> lsYou will see a list of contents in your directory. For example,
index.html mywebpage.html folderYou will not see any list if your web site does not have any content. To find out your current working location in the FTP server, type the following in the prompt:
ftp> pwd
ftp> put mypage.htmlwhere mypage.html is the file name of your HTML document.
If you have more than one page you can use the multiple put command. In the prompt, type the following:
ftp> mput *.htmlwhere the "mput *.html" command will transfer all files with .html extensions into the FTP server. You will be prompted for each file before it is transferred into the server. Just type "y" for each prompt. For example:
mput mypage.html? yRepeat the steps above until all the files are transferred to the FTP server.
ftp> cd folderThe command "cd" will change the remote working directory into "folder."
ftp> cd ..The command "cd .." will change the remote working directory one level up.
ftp> mkdir <directory name>where <directory name> is the name of your new directory. Only use alphanumerics (alphabets and numbers), hyphens ( - ) or underscores ( _ ) when naming your files and directories.
In the prompt, type the following:
ftp> delete mypage.htmlwhere mypage.html is the file name of your HTML document.
If you have more than one page you can use the multiple delete command. In the prompt, type the following:
ftp> mdelete *.htmlwhere the "mdelete *.html" command will transfer all files with .html extensions into the FTP server. You will be prompted for each file before it is transferred into the server. Just type "y" for each prompt. For example:
mdelete mypage.html? yRepeat the steps above until all the files are transferred to the FTP server.
In the prompt, type the following:
ftp> rmdir <directory name>where <directory name> is the directory name that you want to delete.
To exit MS-DOS, type "exit" in the prompt.