NVU Publishing Information

[tjmarshall]

The information below is not confusing to me, I just am not sure which server address Tops specifies us to use. I cannot seem to locate this info. anywhere. Thank you in advance for your help . See below:

"Publishing server" is a bit more complicated to explain. When you signed up for your web hosting account from a commercial web host, you would have been given a whole bunch of details by your web host. Among these is something known as your "FTP address". FTP, or File Transfer Protocol, is the usual means by which you transfer your web pages from your own computer to your web host's computer. Transferring your pages from your computer to your web host's computer is known as "publishing" or "uploading" your pages.

For the purpose of this tutorial, I will assume that your web host told you that your FTP address is "ftp.example.com". You should substitute your real FTP address every time you see "ftp.example.com" in the examples below.

Before you enter that address though, you will need to know which directory (or folder) you need to put your web pages. Some web hosts require you to put your web pages in a directory named "www". Others require you to put it in a "public_html" directory. Still others say that you are to put your web pages into the default directory that you see when you connect by FTP. And so on. Find out the directory where you're supposed to upload your web pages to.

Once you've got all the details, you're ready to form the address you have to enter into the "Publishing address" field.

[Jimmy]

Tammy,

I used Ipower, to upload from from computer. I found it easier than publishing from NVU.

Log into IPOWER, goto host manager, then to file manager, now open the public_html folder. Scroll to the bottom, where is says upload a single file, click browse goto to where you put your index page and then upload. When you goto put your images onto the Ipower server. You will put them in the images folder in public_html, the same way you put your web page on the server.

Here is a thread I ask a question about where the index goes, and Troy explained it perfectly.

erichw33.proboards53.com/index.cgi?board=nvu&action=display&thread=1173559750

I hope this helps, I am sure somebody else will post on this.

Jimmy

[tjmarshall]

Thank you Jimmy. I will try that tomorrow. It is late now and also, I cannot transfer images from my index Tops file to my Tops template? Any suggestions?

[troyzone]

Tammy,

If you are having problems saving, updating, and transferring web site files, I highly recommend that you go through Jim's TOPS Tutorial web site. It provides all of this information, including how to save the TOPS site or template to your own computer, how to manage your web site files, editing, publishing, and more. You can find it at:

www.theworkathomeindex.com/tops

If you are just having problems getting your web site files from your computer to your iPower web hosting account, there are some directions for using the File Manager feature in the vDeck control panel to upload (or publish) your files here:

erichw33.proboards53.com/index.cgi?board=p1&action=display&thread=1148930464

I would not recommend using the publish feature built into NVU....it might work for you, but others have reported having issues using it. Most people use the vDeck control panel for their hosting account as per the link above.

Troy

[tjmarshall]

Thank you Troy. I will definitely go there.

[tjmarshall]

I keep getting this message when I try to upload my C:document tops index file to ipower, it says: Files can only be uploaded into the public_html directory
What does this mean? Thank you.

[Jimmy]

Tammy,

You have click and open up your public_html folder before uploading your site (index).

Jimmy

[tjmarshall]

Okay, I got it. Now I have to figure out how to update my webpage. Thank you.

[Nancy]

Check out Jim's Tutorial. It will be a huge help.

www.theworkathomeindex.com/tops/

Good Luck
Nancy