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sunrise0asis
12-01-2005, 05:50 AM
well I am having problems rephrasing the question but I kinda got used to geocities, where they said that index.html is actually the name of your site. since my old site was http://www.geocities.com/sunrise_oasis

now that I purchase the Siteground, I wanted to know how to get actually started. the site builder doe'snt work fo rme because I can't find a button function that allows me to edit.

anyway i triewd putting the file name index.html but even thought I show the file my sites there but it gets more frustrating when the name is not under http://www.sunriseoasis.net

so uhm if anyone is confused on my question, its this..

(since I am used to geocities and new to more advance uploading) How do I make a html file to make sure its under the name http://www.sunriseoasis.net and not (hopefully not) http://www.sunriseoasis.net/home
traction
12-20-2005, 05:53 AM
(Since I posted this, I checked your URL and you seem to have solved the problem).

Hi,
Ok, I think I can help here.

I have never used GeoCities so if I make things sound really simple, I do apologise.

First of all you need an FTP program such as Ws_FTP or Filezilla (both are downloadable with a quick search with google).

You need to enter in your FTP details which should be provided to you from SG.

When you connect to your server look for a folder called public_html. This is the folder you need to upload your index.html file in to.

Ok, if you have done this then have you coded your .html page correctly?

The best way to test this is by creating a very simple HTML file and uploading it in to this folder (public_html).

Here is an example of a simple HTML page you could use :

<HTML>
<TITLE>Test Page</TITLE>
<BODY BGCOLOR="Yellow">
<H1>TEST PAGE</H1>
</BODY>
</HTML>

And save that as index.html

Let me know how you get on and I will try and help some more.