Welcome to Rebel Networks

Uploading your Website

Uploading your web site
The first thing you will probably want to do with your new account is begin uploading your site. There are many good ways to upload web pages, images, and other site files.

If you don't already have a website building tool, try our SiteXpress tool (free 30-day trial).

We'll focus on the most popular tools here: FTP programs, the File Manager from your account Control Panel, and integrated upload utilities in programs like Frontpage and Dreamweaver. No matter which method you choose, you can upload and download files 24 hours a day, as often as you like.

Detailed instructions with screen shots:

Uploading files - Overview
However you choose to connect to your account, you will need the following pieces of information to get started:

Your User Name........(case sensitive)
Your Password..........(case sensitive)
Your Host Address.... yourdomain.com or your IP address

("IP address" is the numerical address assigned to every account. For the first few days, until your domain name is registered or transferred, this will be the only way you can connect).

Account structure

domain-logs	This directory holds your access log files
domain-mail	Mail area for your domain (no need to touch this!)
domain-www	same as the WWW folder
domain-secure	same as the WWW folder
www	This is where your site files will go

CAUTION - DO NOT DELETE ANY DIRECTORIES IN YOUR ACCOUNT.

Default page
Your default page is a "Coming Soon" page which is called 'index.php'. Either replace this file with your own 'index.php', or delete this file before uploading your new web site.

Other default pages are actually feasible (index.php, default.php, index.phtml), but the default "Coming Soon" page that comes with every new account is named index.php, and will not be replaced unless it is specifically deleted or overwritten by your own index.php.

As soon as a file is uploaded to the web server, it is available for all to see. If, after uploading a file, you are still unable to see the updated file via your browser, try hitting the "Refresh" or "Reload" button.

Some browsers - particularly Netscape - have very tenacious "caches" - places where pages are temporarily stored on your computer. You may need to manually empty your browser cache to see a new or updated page on your site.