OK, I admit it.....

[Kim]

...I'm in way over my head!

In trying to be the hero, I have to admit I have no idea what I'm doing here.

I was a member of a discussion board that was closing.  As members wanted to continue...I though it would be a simple matter to start up a new board, so I jumped right in.  This was going fine until that host server announced it would shut down.

I am now here with FutureQuest...my discussion board <<UBB>> is up and running and doing quite well...but now that my members are settled in and the urgency to find a new 'place' has passed, I would like to do something about getting a home page up...

I figured out how to do the HTML codes...that is written in my 'Notepad&quot; and saved to my documents.  I understand that the next step is uploading this to the server, but how??
I know ftp fits in here somewhere...

I appreciate any help you can give, point me in the right direction.  I am a bit embarressed to be in this situation and having to admit my ignorance...but here I am!!

[Deb]

Here's a starting point:
http://www.aota.net/FTP/CuteFTP.php3

This lil program will enable you to transfer the files from your computer to your account on the server..

Deb
 - Ready. Set. Go!

[Kim]

WOW!! 6 minutes??? You sure are fast Deb...thanks for the help.

[Kim]

OK...I wrote the HTML with CuteHTML, used CuteFTP to transfer the files to the www folder...but nothing shows up! No homepage...what am I doing wrong?  When I open the www folder it says the file is there...

[Brian]

Well for starters it would help if you could post us your domain.

I am not sure what your experience level is so I will start from the top. When you uploaded the files did they show up in your www directory in your ftp program? If they did not, what shows up when you go to your domain name? Keep in mind the page that comes up when some one goes to your domain needs to be index.html, or index.htm.

If this doesn’t help provide us with your domain name, as well as what you have done thus far so we can advise you from there.

Regards,
Brian Palik

[Dan Kaplan]

What's the address of the page?  It could be something as simple as an unclosed table tag showing as a blank white page in Netscape.

Dan

[Kim]

Sorry...I realized once I left the computer that I forgot to include my site.

My level of experience? basically nil...run now, I won't tell

When I uploaded the file, it does show up in the www folder on the ftp program.  However, when I try to go to the page...using index.htm 404 server error shows up. Without using index.htm the initial table set up by FutureQuest shows up.

http://www.21strenaissance.com

[Kim]

I think I blew it...now when clicking on the above link an index(?) comes up....

[sheila]

Hi Kim,

Change the link you posted to
http://www.21strenaissance.com/renaissance.htm
and now a page comes up.

It is usual to name the default html page in a given directory something like index.html. Since you have no such page in your 21strenaissance root directory, and you didn't specify a file (index.htm or index.html or renaissance.htm) in the URL, that is why the &quot;index&quot; page came up.

If you would like a recommendation for a good HTML book (around $14, and it's how I learned my HTML, more or less)
from PeachPit Press, HTML 4.0 Visual Quickstart guide by Elizabeth Castro
http://www.peachpit.com/books/catalog/69696.html

If you'd just like some links for messing around:

http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/...g/html_basics/
http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/General/Int...PrimerAll.html
http://www.htmlgoodies.com/
http://www.pageresource.com/html/hclist.htm

[Kim]

THANK YOU!!!