To successfully upload your website to your web hosting space, follow these instructions:

1. Prepare

* Make sure that you have enough disk space in your hosting account - you need to check how large your
website is and make sure that your hosting plan has enough disk space left to accomodate it.
* Make sure that your files are arranged properly in directories and subdirectories on your computer so
that you can easily locate them.
* Determine where exactly you should put the files on the server. Usually your domain points to a folder
in the www/ directory, which has the same name as your domain. So if your domain is my-best-domain.com, the
correct path would be /www/my-best-domain.com - this is where you should put your files.

2. Connect through FTP to your hosting account to upload the files. you can use a free program like Mozilla.

3. Uploading with Dreamweaver
Note: This is an alternative to uploading via an FTP client - you are not required to use Dreamweaver, this
is simply a tutorial for Dreamweaver users. If you didn't use Dreamweaver to create your website, refer to
step 2 and upload your website via an FTP client.

Dreamweaver is a very popular tool that provides a lot of options for building your site. If you have built
your site using Dreamweaver and now you wish to upload it to the server, here are the steps you need to take:

* In Dreamweaver, go to Site > Manage Sites... and select your website. In the window that appears,
labeled "Site Definition for SiteName", choose the "Advanced" tab and click on "Remote Info" on the left.
There you need to choose the FTP option from the "Access" drop-down menu. Several fields appear:
o FTP host - enter your domain name here, e.g.: my-best-domain.com
o Host directory - type the path to the directory, where you wish your site to be uploaded. The
path is relative to the directory, which your FTP account connects you to. Usually, you should enter your
domain name again: my-best-domain.com
o Login and Password - enter your FTP login details here. If you are not sure what your FTP
username and password are, you can find them in the welcome email for your hosting account and also in the FTP
Manager section of your Web Hosting Control Panel (Site Options > FTP Manager). Usually the username is the
same as the one you use to log in to the Web Hosting Control Panel. However, the password could not be the
same - it could be changed via the FTP Manager section.
o Use Passive FTP - make sure this option is selected.

Finally, click on the "Testing Server" menu on the right. You will see a "Server Model"
drop-down menu. Choose the PHP MySQL server model.

Click on the "OK" button to finish your settings.

In the Dreamweaver main window, you should be able to see a menu list, located in the top left
corner. There you need to find the name of your site and the directory where it is located, and under it, all
the files that it uses. To upload your site you need to click on its name and then click on the up arrow
button.

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