Once you have built your web site you will need to follow a number of steps to get it onto the web

(1) Domain Names

You have to find a home for your web page.
To get this running you need to get a 'domain' name
eg www.learnsouthwest.co.uk
This domain name must be purchased from a Domain Name reseller company.
The cost is about £5-15 for a .co.uk name and
£25-35 for a .com.

Names are unique and it is likely your first choice will be taken. You can get them free with a 'hosting' package.

(1) ISP Domains

You can usually get a domain name and web space from an ISP.
However it will have their branding on it and may not describe what your site is about.
Space varies from 5MB to unlimited MB

eg: www.johnsmith.f9.co.uk

Go to Domains and Hosting for list of typical resellers in UK

(2) Web Space Hosting  

You must rent space on a company's servers in order to store your web site 

• The domain name seller can usually sell you space with your domain on their 'web server' (where the registered programs run from).
  

• Better idea is to pick your hosting company for value and use your domain name in the space you rent
  
• Even better is to buy domain and rent space from a hosting company.

The amount of space depends on how much you are prepared to pay, but there are variations, so shop around!

•   You need upwards of 50 MB for a decent sized site.
  
• Your space is rented for a period of time (either 1 or 2 years) for a fixed cost.

Go to Domains and Hosting for list of typical resellers

(3) File Transfer Protocol (FTP)

This is the system used to transfer files to the web.

Hosting companies/ISP's have their own FTP servers

• The company will give you the address of the server and folder into which to transfer files.
• Have all your site prepared and working.
• Go online and open up the FTP program and connect to the FTP server.

There are two possible approaches

(1) Use FTP facilities within an editor eg FrontPage or Dreamweaver

(2) Get a specialist FTP program.

You can get free ones from the Internet or a magazine.  These will not have the same sophistication as a paid program, but will do the job effectively

• Look at this list of typical programs available free.

(4) Using FrontPage to upload your files

The program has built in transfer facilities.  To find out how to use these go to the help page below

Managing & Printing Web Pages

(5) Using DreamweaverMX to upload

Dreamweaver allows you to upload files to the web server direct from your local computer

• You must first have defined a site in which the pages site
  
• Dreamweaver will then upload alll the files necessary (images etc) as well as the pages
  
• To see how to do this go to the Webdevonline's Dreamweaver tuition site

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