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How Do I Upload Documents To My Free Web Space

Eos — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 14:24:35 GMT

I’ve created a website for use with my Internet Business Pack hosting package and domain name, but I’ve never really used my free web space at http://home.btconnect.com/mydomain other than to create an online photo album.

I would now like to upload documents like pdf’s etc. so I can view them online or host them so other people can view them.

How do I upload to and organise my free web space?

Thank you.

Re: How Do I Upload Documents To My Free Web Space

Eos — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 11:36:55 GMT

Ok, Maybe you can't do that then. . . . .

Should I just use file manager to upload them to my existing website?

How would I host a document something like www.mydomain.co.uk/documents/doc1?

Thank you.

Re: How Do I Upload Documents To My Free Web Space

BLWRAVE — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 15:22:34 GMT

Hello

When uploading files of any type, PDF,Jpeg or text files you must upload into the public folder, you can use both FTP clients (fetch,filezillie, ect) or you can use file manger, but you must be in the "public" folder when you upload using filemanger.

Re: How Do I Upload Documents To My Free Web Space

Eos — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 20:24:26 GMT

Thanks for your reply BLWRAVE

Can we go through this slowly?

Go to BT Website centre

Website Management

File Manager

Choose file, upload, I can now see the uploaded file under the Source Dir column.

Do I now download it to <DIR> Public under Destination Dir?

Can I create a new sub-directory within <DIR> Public?

Thank you

Re: How Do I Upload Documents To My Free Web Space

BLWRAVE — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 15:42:17 GMT

Hello

all the steps below are correct

Can we go through this slowly?

Go to BT Website centre

Website Management

File Manager

Choose file, upload, I can now see the uploaded file under the Source Dir column

you would now download it to <DIR> Public under Source Dir

to create a sub <DIR> in file manger if you look between Source dir and Dest dir there is a area called "Information" just add the sub DIR name in this area, call it what ever you desire and on the left had side the botton called MK DIR and it will create the <dir>

Re: How Do I Upload Documents To My Free Web Space

Eos — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 19:33:17 GMT

Thanks for your reply BLWRAVE

I’ve created a new directory within the public directory, and I think I’ve put some docs in there. How can I open the sub-directory to see what’s in it?

Re: How Do I Upload Documents To My Free Web Space

BLWRAVE — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 20:43:27 GMT

Hello

When you are in file manger you would double click on the <Dir> you created and it will open and you can see what has been placed inside

Re: How Do I Upload Documents To My Free Web Space

Eos — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 07:21:19 GMT

Ah yes, I've found it now!

So to view the document on line what will the URL be? www.mydomain.co.uk/public/newdirectory/doc1?

Will I need to republish my website first?

Thank you.

Re: How Do I Upload Documents To My Free Web Space

BLWRAVE — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:28:16 GMT

Hello

To view your documents you would have to use www.my.domain.co.uk/thefilename.pdf, and you would not have to republish to view the document once on the servers

Re: How Do I Upload Documents To My Free Web Space

Eos — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 20:00:19 GMT

Thanks for your reply BLWRAVE,

I still can't seem to get it to work, is it because I've put the doc in a separate directory within public?

Any idea where I'm going wrong.

Re: How Do I Upload Documents To My Free Web Space

duskjome — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 22:42:33 GMT

That's probably the problem, be sure the URL you try to visit it at includes the folder name in which the file is located, so in your case the URL would be something like domainname.co.uk/foldername/filename.pdf .

Note this is just the directory inside public, you do not need to include /public in the URL.

Hope this helps.

Re: How Do I Upload Documents To My Free Web Space

Eos — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 07:39:19 GMT

Spot on Duskjome!