Once you are completed with your website designing and development procedure you need to publish it on server so that your website would be accessible form any part of worldwide. If you are hosting it on windows hosting platform you have different ways using which you can publish it like … using FTP, using Plesk control File Manager and through Adobe Dreamweaver / Microsoft Frontpage software. Among these FTP is widely used by all webmasters as its easier to used as compare to other options.

Once you have completed with designing and development part and have added domain in Plesk control panel of your windows hosting account then you need to follow following procedure for publishing website.

Publishing Sites using FTP:

Once you sign up with any web hosting service provider you would get server login details using which you can connect to your hosting account.

  • You will have to connect to server using FTP details you have got in your welcome email. You can use any FTP client program and will have to pass hosting account login credentials so that you get connected to your assign web space. Make sure to enable passive mode if you are behind firewall.
  • You need to upload all web files and directories which are to be accessible through HTTP protocol under httpdocs directory.
  • If you are using any CGI scripts within your website then you will have to upload them under cgi-bin directory.

    • Once all required web files and image files are uploaded under specific directory, you need to close FTP session and need to crosscheck if your website is running fine and all files and images are displayed properly.

    Thus you are done with publishing your website using FTP.