This Is Difficult - I Am A Woman - Please Help

[linda]

Hi guys

I'm in a pickle. Not sure if I've even purchased the right package. All I want to do is build a website with a shopping cart - an online catalogue basically. I have Frontpage, which I'm fairly OK with - can do tables etc etc. What I'm really having difficulty getting to grips with is that I've done a test site - not much on it, and want to load it up into my web-space. I've tried and it doesn't seem to work. I can't log onto my site. It isn't because it's new I've had this space about 3 months and keep going back to it.

Biggest problems is that I seem to have duplicated all the folders. Can anyone point me in the right direction - an idiots guide or something, or would any of you kind people out there be willing to wet nurse me through it? A lot to ask I know...... Desperate.

[ProWebUK]

Once your logged into DirectAdmin for your domain:

-> file manager
-> public_html

You should see index.html and possibly other files here, this directory is basically the index of yor website

public_html/index.html

is the same as

yourdomain.com/index.html

if you want to use FTP just login and again, use your public_html folder :)

Chris

[linda]

when I type in www.mydomain.co.uk, all I get is a screen saying that in order to get rid of it, I have to upload my website into the public_html. I thought I had done this and nothing happens - am I being dumb???? What else can I check. When I look in the index in my ftp software, I find that I have about 4 indices all the same. It looks as though I've been re-creating them without realising. How do I know which is the real one and which are the ones that I've created. What would happen if I deleted by accident the public_html folder that directadmin supplied. Or is it not possible. you see I need to get rid of some files, because they are duplicated - and I don't know how, this is as well as not being able to log on to my web page.

I hope this makes sense.

Thank you for getting back to me.

Linda

[ProWebUK]

Ensure you remove the DA index.html thats there as default :)

Chris

[linda]

Thank you for getting back to me.

It hasn't worked. I've got to take my children to cubs, but if you're going to be kind enough to reply - I'll get back to you later. I really need to do this.

Thanks.

[ProWebUK]

hmm.... are you going directly to the file....... eg domain.com/file.php or just domain.com?

You could try a basic html page named test.php and go to domain.com test.php to check...

Chris

[linda]

I feel so dumb at this - i will get there - I will try it and come back. Where are you from? Are you in US? I'm just wondering how much time I've got left before you abandon me (lol)!!:)

[S2S-Robert]

ProwebUK ought to give some hint of his location ;)

What you could do is go to the file manager in DA and try changing the index.html file there. Alternatively you could use an FTP program to upload a new index.html / index.php file and check it out.

The file manager is located in your control panel on :2222/CMD_FILE_MANAGER

[edit]
Perhaps the domain name hasn't propagated yet, in which case you should use the ip address you've been given when you signed up. You would do this by entering http://ip-address/~username

[linda]

Thanks to you guys. I appreciate your help. I'm going to work on a few of the suggestions and get back to you. Meanwhile I've got deadlines in my business to meet, children to feed, puppy to potty train, house to clean etc etc - I'll be needing a wig soon, when I've got no hair left.

Thanks once again - I'll be back when I've tried a few of the suggestions.

Linda x

[linda]

Hi again

I think I've really screwed up now. Whenever I try to log onto my site, I get a forbidden message come up. This is the site, that I've been unable to use as, when I loaded up to the public_html folder, I still got the message telling me that the page would disappear once I'd uploaded my site the public_html folder. I'm new at all this, and really haven't a clue. I could do with someone to talk me through. Someone did in fact try last week, but I'm a mother looking after children too and so I can't get a window long enough to have a really good bash at it. Please help.

Linda

[DirectAdmin Support]

Hello,

If you havn't changed anything, then contact your webhost in case they have been doing anything with the server. Try uploading your site again.

John