Using a "Publish" Feature

Many of the software packages available on the market for web editing have a feature called "publish" or "publish-to-web." What this generally does is compile all of the pages you designed, along with any necessary supporting files, such as graphic files. It then uploads all of this work to wherever your web site is located. While this sounds neat and convenient — and in many cases it is — there are a few exceptions.

Generally, a publish-to-web feature will ask you a few questions before the uploading begins. While the various programs may be asking for the same information, each asks for it in a different way — and it is up to the user to know which information goes where. This can be a very confusing thing for people not familiar with the terms and specifications being requested. The basic information you need to know is listed below. The program you choose will make it easy for you to fill the information in where it is required.

For all programs and servers you will need to provide your username and password.

• For customers on the UNIX server that do not have domains:
  Remote Host: ftp.eticomm.net
  Base Directory: /public_html
  CGI Directory: /home/username/public_html/cgi-bin
  
  
• For customers on the UNIX server that do have domains:
  Remote Host: ftp.eticomm.net or ftp.domain.com
  Base Directory: /public_html
  CGI Directory: /home/username/public_html/cgi-bin
  
  
• For customers on the NT web server:
  Remote Host: ftp.domain.com (where "domain" is your domain name)
  Base Directory: /
  
  
• Some programs like NetObjects Fusion require just a URL: username:password@www.eticomm.net/public_html/file.ext
  or
  username:password@www.domain.com/file.ext
  
  
• For customers with Microsoft FrontPage:
  NOTE: If you have problems publishing your site, please contact Technical Support, so that they can make sure the FrontPage extensions are properly installed.



• For customers on the UNIX Apache server that do not have a domain:
  Remote Host: http://www.eticomm.net/~username/
  
  
• For customers with domain on Unix or NT
  Remote Host: http://www.domain.com