After you have created your web page, you'll need to upload it to the web server. You do this with a program called a FTP Program or sometimes called a FTP Client.

FTP stands for File Transfer Protocol. It uses a special internet port to connect to the web server so that you can upload your files. Once the files are transferred from your hard drive to the web server, anyone with a web browser can then view your web pages 24 hours a day, 7 days a week! You can also add, remove, change and do other things with your files if you need to, using the FTP program.

First, you'll want to read our Webmaster's Workshop article in this issue to learn how to choose a good FTP program. Then you can see if we have a tutorial on setting up the program to log into your web or CGI server.

If you are going to upload the files to your CGI server, then the host name and password will be different from your web server host name and password. The CGI server's FTP host name is usually something like cgi.yourdomain.com whereas your web server's FTP host name is ftp.yourdomain.com. Your username will be the same for both, which is simply your domain name. In addition, be sure you use the correct password since the CGI server and Web Server should use different passwords for best security.

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