In Feburary 2016 27,
Choose a name you would like to use as the URL, also called domain name, for your web site. Verify that the name is available by using the free service at Network Solutions.
Open your browser window. Type 'VPS Hosting' into the search bar of your favorite search engine. Research available plans from the VPS providers listed in the search. Determine how many gigabytes of disk space and bandwidth you will require along with how much you would like to spend on hosting per month. Sign up for the hosting plan of your choice and make any required payments.
Research the Internet for any necessary software programs needed to create the web site such as an HTML editor or WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) editor and image editor. Download the programs to your computer.
Create any images including a header, background, banners and buttons that will be used on your website with your image editor.
Open your page editing program. Choose a color scheme that will be used for your site. Add a header image which includes your domain name to the top of your site. Include additional images, text and links in the body. Save your work.
Connect to your VPS by entering your username, password, and IP address into the proper fields of the FTP portion of your web page editor. Upload your web site using the 'Publish' feature. Test your web site by entering the URL into your browsers address window. Check that all links function properly.
Provide your friends and family with a link to your web site. Use social media such as Twitter and Facebook to invite your contacts. Increase traffic to your web site by adding the URL to the footer of your email, leaving comments on other web sites and submitting the link to search engines.
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Saturday, 27 February 2016
Friday, 26 February 2016
How to Create a Video Hosting WebsiteIn Feburary 2016 26,
In Feburary 2016 26,
Purchase a domain name for your website. A domain name is the address your customers will type in to access your site (yourvideohostingsite.com). Domain registrars typically charge between $1 to more than $14 per year.
Obtain web hosting for your site. A web host maintains various servers that manages the content and your subscribers who will come to your website. Choose a web host that provides a lot of memory for the lowest cost because your videos may require much memory. Web hosts can charge anywhere from $3 to more than $100 a month.
Determine if you would like to provide videos or if you want your subscribers to upload their own videos to your site, like YouTube. Answer this question before you start creating a website because the programming code required for others to upload videos will be different than if you want to upload videos yourself.
Sketch out the content, look and feel of your website using either a piece of paper and/or word processing software. You must know ahead of time what colors you would like to use and your welcome message, along with other information. Use a word processing software, such as Microsoft Word, that can be sent to your web designer.
Hire a freelance web designer to create your website. Hire your freelance web designer from sites like GetAFreelancer.com or Elance.com. Web designers from around the world will bid on your project based on your budget. Ensure your web designer has experience with programming codes necessary to upload videos.
Invite friends and family at different times of the day to access your site to view and upload videos to ensure there are no technical issues that need to be resolved before you go live.
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Purchase a domain name for your website. A domain name is the address your customers will type in to access your site (yourvideohostingsite.com). Domain registrars typically charge between $1 to more than $14 per year.
Obtain web hosting for your site. A web host maintains various servers that manages the content and your subscribers who will come to your website. Choose a web host that provides a lot of memory for the lowest cost because your videos may require much memory. Web hosts can charge anywhere from $3 to more than $100 a month.
Determine if you would like to provide videos or if you want your subscribers to upload their own videos to your site, like YouTube. Answer this question before you start creating a website because the programming code required for others to upload videos will be different than if you want to upload videos yourself.
Sketch out the content, look and feel of your website using either a piece of paper and/or word processing software. You must know ahead of time what colors you would like to use and your welcome message, along with other information. Use a word processing software, such as Microsoft Word, that can be sent to your web designer.
Hire a freelance web designer to create your website. Hire your freelance web designer from sites like GetAFreelancer.com or Elance.com. Web designers from around the world will bid on your project based on your budget. Ensure your web designer has experience with programming codes necessary to upload videos.
Invite friends and family at different times of the day to access your site to view and upload videos to ensure there are no technical issues that need to be resolved before you go live.
In Feburary 2016 26,
Thursday, 25 February 2016
How to Troubleshoot FTP IssuesIn Feburary 2016 25,
In Feburary 2016 25,
Type the FTP server, your username and password into the appropriate fields to double check that you have not made any typing errors. Click the 'Connect' button or press 'Enter' to try once more.
Verify your FTP server address if you cannot make a connection. Some servers require you to type 'ftp.domain.com,' where 'domain.com' is the actual domain name. Other servers do not require the subdomain 'ftp.' Try both variations.
Add the domain name to your username. For example 'yourusename@domain.com' may work while simply 'yourusername' will not ('yourusername' and 'domain.com' are stand-ins for the actual values).
Download and install another FTP client, such as FileZilla or CuteFTP. Enter your server information and credentials to see if the new program can establish a connection.
Disable the Windows firewall, if it is enabled. Open the Start Menu and type 'Firewall' into the search box to bring up the Windows Firewall option. Click the 'Firewall' link and click 'Turn Windows Firewall On or Off.' Enter your password if prompted and click 'Turn off Windows Firewall' under each network connection before clicking 'OK.'
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Type the FTP server, your username and password into the appropriate fields to double check that you have not made any typing errors. Click the 'Connect' button or press 'Enter' to try once more.
Verify your FTP server address if you cannot make a connection. Some servers require you to type 'ftp.domain.com,' where 'domain.com' is the actual domain name. Other servers do not require the subdomain 'ftp.' Try both variations.
Add the domain name to your username. For example 'yourusename@domain.com' may work while simply 'yourusername' will not ('yourusername' and 'domain.com' are stand-ins for the actual values).
Download and install another FTP client, such as FileZilla or CuteFTP. Enter your server information and credentials to see if the new program can establish a connection.
Disable the Windows firewall, if it is enabled. Open the Start Menu and type 'Firewall' into the search box to bring up the Windows Firewall option. Click the 'Firewall' link and click 'Turn Windows Firewall On or Off.' Enter your password if prompted and click 'Turn off Windows Firewall' under each network connection before clicking 'OK.'
In Feburary 2016 25,
Friday, 19 February 2016
How to Set Up a CentOS Email ServerIn Feburary 2016 19,
In Feburary 2016 19,
Open a terminal by clicking 'Applications,' 'Accessories,' and 'Terminal.'
Type 'sudo yum install postfix.i386.' Give the root password if asked and answer 'yes' to any questions. PostFix is used to send and receive email from the Internet. Type 'sudo yum install dovecot.' Again, give the root password and answer yes to any questions you are asked by the installer. Dovecot will provide users with IMAP or POP3 access to their email accounts.
Edit the configuration file for Postfix. Type 'sudo nano /etc/postfix/main.cf' to open the configuration file in the Nano text editor. The defaults will work well for most systems, but a more sophisticated mail server will require you to specify some of the options in the configuration file. The most important setting is 'home_mailbox.' This will be each user's mailbox directory in their homepage. If you wish to use the Maildir format, the directory should end with a trailing forward slash, like this:home_mailbox = mail/Another option is the mbox format, and to use this format, simply leave off the trailing forward slash: home_mailbox = mailBoth formats are powerful, however there are subtle and complex differences between them. Whichever you choose to use, remember that choice. Find the 'myhostname' and 'mydomain' settings and give them the domain name you have associated with your computer. For example, if you own the domain name 'happy.com,' the options should read:myhostname=mail.happy.com
mydomain=happy.comYou can exit nano by hitting Ctrl-O (to save) and Ctrl-X (to exit.)
Edit the configuration file for Dovecot. Type 'sudo nano /etc/dovecot.conf.' The most important option is protocols. Ensure that this includes the protocol you wish your email users to use. The most popular options are 'imap' and 'pop3,' and you can enable secure connections by appending an 's' to each option.
Set the mail location to the same directory you chose in Step 3. Precede it with the format you choose in step 3. For example:mail_location = maildir:~/mailormail_location = mbox:~/mailFinally, if you use a 64-bit version of CentOS, change the 'login_process_size' to '64.'
Create a user mailbox. Type the following:mkdir /home/bill/mail
chown bill:bill /home/bill/mail
chmod -R 700 /home/john/mailThis creates the mail directory, ensures that the user owns his mail directory, and allows him to access it. This must be repeated for each user who has an email account. In this example, 'bill' has the email account 'bill@happy.com.'
Start the server. Type this code in the terminal:chkconfig --level 345 dovecot on
/etc/init.d/dovecot start
/etc/init.d/postfix start
In Feburary 2016 19,
Open a terminal by clicking 'Applications,' 'Accessories,' and 'Terminal.'
Type 'sudo yum install postfix.i386.' Give the root password if asked and answer 'yes' to any questions. PostFix is used to send and receive email from the Internet. Type 'sudo yum install dovecot.' Again, give the root password and answer yes to any questions you are asked by the installer. Dovecot will provide users with IMAP or POP3 access to their email accounts.
Edit the configuration file for Postfix. Type 'sudo nano /etc/postfix/main.cf' to open the configuration file in the Nano text editor. The defaults will work well for most systems, but a more sophisticated mail server will require you to specify some of the options in the configuration file. The most important setting is 'home_mailbox.' This will be each user's mailbox directory in their homepage. If you wish to use the Maildir format, the directory should end with a trailing forward slash, like this:home_mailbox = mail/Another option is the mbox format, and to use this format, simply leave off the trailing forward slash: home_mailbox = mailBoth formats are powerful, however there are subtle and complex differences between them. Whichever you choose to use, remember that choice. Find the 'myhostname' and 'mydomain' settings and give them the domain name you have associated with your computer. For example, if you own the domain name 'happy.com,' the options should read:myhostname=mail.happy.com
mydomain=happy.comYou can exit nano by hitting Ctrl-O (to save) and Ctrl-X (to exit.)
Edit the configuration file for Dovecot. Type 'sudo nano /etc/dovecot.conf.' The most important option is protocols. Ensure that this includes the protocol you wish your email users to use. The most popular options are 'imap' and 'pop3,' and you can enable secure connections by appending an 's' to each option.
Set the mail location to the same directory you chose in Step 3. Precede it with the format you choose in step 3. For example:mail_location = maildir:~/mailormail_location = mbox:~/mailFinally, if you use a 64-bit version of CentOS, change the 'login_process_size' to '64.'
Create a user mailbox. Type the following:mkdir /home/bill/mail
chown bill:bill /home/bill/mail
chmod -R 700 /home/john/mailThis creates the mail directory, ensures that the user owns his mail directory, and allows him to access it. This must be repeated for each user who has an email account. In this example, 'bill' has the email account 'bill@happy.com.'
Start the server. Type this code in the terminal:chkconfig --level 345 dovecot on
/etc/init.d/dovecot start
/etc/init.d/postfix start
In Feburary 2016 19,
How Does an FTP Work?In Feburary 2016 19,
In Feburary 2016 19,
File Transfer Protocol (FTP) is the protocol used to transfer files between devices on the Internet. Particularly useful for larger files, FTP is a more robust and more capable protocol than the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) used to deliver web pages and smaller files from a server to a client by way of a web browser. Since no special browser is required, FTP is also more universal. All major operating systems, including Mac OS, Windows and Linux allow FTP file transfers directly from the command line. Graphical FTP programs do exist though, and help organize and facilitate bulk file transfers that would otherwise require considerable manual input. By using FTP to transfer files between clients and servers, or between network servers, FTP helps webmasters publish the files that drive the Internet.
FTP Transfers Work in Sessions
In order to transfer a file from a client to a server, or to download a file from a server to a computer, a user must authenticate, or identify himself, when logging on to an FTP server. By authenticating, the user creates a session on the server during which he can transfer or modify as many files as necessary. The authentication process also allows remote hosts to set proper file permissions, keeping users from viewing files or directories to which they do not have access, and allowing an individual user to set read, write, and execute permissions on his own files or subdirectories. When the user session is complete, the user simply disconnects from the server and the session is closed. Some FTP servers also allow 'anonymous' connections, where members of the public can connect anonymously to the FTP server and initiate file transfers; these settings are generally used when publicly available information--like program files released for free--needs to be available for download by knowledgeable users.
FTP Uses Multiple Ports
The File Transfer Protocol is unique among protocols used on the Internet in that it actually works across two ports: one port for issuing commands and conveying other administrative information between the client and server, and a separate port for actually transferring files. Users can also transfer files in either an 'active' or a 'passive' mode, allowing flexibility for file transfers from behind a network firewall or other situation that may present difficulty in transferring files.
In Feburary 2016 19,
File Transfer Protocol (FTP) is the protocol used to transfer files between devices on the Internet. Particularly useful for larger files, FTP is a more robust and more capable protocol than the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) used to deliver web pages and smaller files from a server to a client by way of a web browser. Since no special browser is required, FTP is also more universal. All major operating systems, including Mac OS, Windows and Linux allow FTP file transfers directly from the command line. Graphical FTP programs do exist though, and help organize and facilitate bulk file transfers that would otherwise require considerable manual input. By using FTP to transfer files between clients and servers, or between network servers, FTP helps webmasters publish the files that drive the Internet.
FTP Transfers Work in Sessions
In order to transfer a file from a client to a server, or to download a file from a server to a computer, a user must authenticate, or identify himself, when logging on to an FTP server. By authenticating, the user creates a session on the server during which he can transfer or modify as many files as necessary. The authentication process also allows remote hosts to set proper file permissions, keeping users from viewing files or directories to which they do not have access, and allowing an individual user to set read, write, and execute permissions on his own files or subdirectories. When the user session is complete, the user simply disconnects from the server and the session is closed. Some FTP servers also allow 'anonymous' connections, where members of the public can connect anonymously to the FTP server and initiate file transfers; these settings are generally used when publicly available information--like program files released for free--needs to be available for download by knowledgeable users.
FTP Uses Multiple Ports
The File Transfer Protocol is unique among protocols used on the Internet in that it actually works across two ports: one port for issuing commands and conveying other administrative information between the client and server, and a separate port for actually transferring files. Users can also transfer files in either an 'active' or a 'passive' mode, allowing flexibility for file transfers from behind a network firewall or other situation that may present difficulty in transferring files.
In Feburary 2016 19,
Thursday, 18 February 2016
How to FTP Between Two ComputersIn Feburary 2016 18,
In Feburary 2016 18,
Note the address of the FTP server. This address can either be a host name or an IP address. A host name will be similar to one you use to access a website. An IP address will be similar to 192.168.1.1, although your numbers will vary.
Determine whether a user name is required to login to the FTP server. FTP sessions may either require a name or they may be anonymous. If no name or password has been provided, assume it is anonymous FTP.
Make a note of the password required for your FTP access to the remote server. If it is anonymous FTP, you will not need a password.
Connect with an FTP Client
Attempt an FTP connection using your web browser. Most browsers support FTP connections. Type 'ftp://192.168.1.1/path/filename' in the address bar of your web browser. Substitute the actual host, domain, path and file name that you have been provided.
Connect with a command line FTP client. Both Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X support FTP from the command prompt. Open a command prompt in Windows, or use the Terminal application in OS X. In both, type 'ftp' from the command prompt to access the FTP client.
Download a free graphical FTP client. If you plan to use FTP regularly, a graphical client can simplify the process. Some of the most popular FTP clients include WinSCP for Windows, Cyberduck for Mac OS X, or CrossFTP for either operating system.
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Note the address of the FTP server. This address can either be a host name or an IP address. A host name will be similar to one you use to access a website. An IP address will be similar to 192.168.1.1, although your numbers will vary.
Determine whether a user name is required to login to the FTP server. FTP sessions may either require a name or they may be anonymous. If no name or password has been provided, assume it is anonymous FTP.
Make a note of the password required for your FTP access to the remote server. If it is anonymous FTP, you will not need a password.
Connect with an FTP Client
Attempt an FTP connection using your web browser. Most browsers support FTP connections. Type 'ftp://192.168.1.1/path/filename' in the address bar of your web browser. Substitute the actual host, domain, path and file name that you have been provided.
Connect with a command line FTP client. Both Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X support FTP from the command prompt. Open a command prompt in Windows, or use the Terminal application in OS X. In both, type 'ftp' from the command prompt to access the FTP client.
Download a free graphical FTP client. If you plan to use FTP regularly, a graphical client can simplify the process. Some of the most popular FTP clients include WinSCP for Windows, Cyberduck for Mac OS X, or CrossFTP for either operating system.
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Sunday, 14 February 2016
How to Search FTP SitesIn Feburary 2016 14,
In Feburary 2016 14,
Point your browser to the FTP website you want to browse. Simply replace http://"siteaddress" in your browser's address bar with ftp://'siteaddress' and then click 'Enter.'
Examine the folders that are available once the site loads. These folders will include any options created by the webmaster.
Browse the site by clicking on each folder, just as you would on the folders of your computer. You can browse through main, sub, sub-sub and other folders as you require.
Click on the back and forward buttons on your browser to bounce back and forth through folders (just as you would when browsing websites).
Click on files to download them directly to your computer.
Browse FTP Sites Using An FTP Client
Download an FTP program to your Mac or PC. Filezilla Client is a good option for new users and it is free.
Launch Filezilla and under the 'host' box at the top of the screen type in the URL for the FTP. For example 'testsite.com.' Note that you do not need to enter in the 'ftp://' information. Click on the 'quickconnect' button. If a username and password is required, enter them in the provided boxes and then hit 'quickconnect.'
Click on the word 'Server' at the top of the FTP program and then choose 'Search Remote Files.'
Leave the 'search directory' box as it is when the new box appears. It should have '/' already inserted. Next to the 'filename' and 'contains' boxes, enter in the name of the file you are searching for. As an example, if you want to find the 'index.php' file for a website, you would type the full filename 'index.php' or simply 'index' to find all index files.
Click 'search' once you have entered the file name. All available files for download will appear in the larger-sized box at the bottom of the window. You can also search the site just as you would in a browser by clicking on each folder once the site's folders are displayed after clicking on 'quickconnect.'
In Feburary 2016 14,
Point your browser to the FTP website you want to browse. Simply replace http://"siteaddress" in your browser's address bar with ftp://'siteaddress' and then click 'Enter.'
Examine the folders that are available once the site loads. These folders will include any options created by the webmaster.
Browse the site by clicking on each folder, just as you would on the folders of your computer. You can browse through main, sub, sub-sub and other folders as you require.
Click on the back and forward buttons on your browser to bounce back and forth through folders (just as you would when browsing websites).
Click on files to download them directly to your computer.
Browse FTP Sites Using An FTP Client
Download an FTP program to your Mac or PC. Filezilla Client is a good option for new users and it is free.
Launch Filezilla and under the 'host' box at the top of the screen type in the URL for the FTP. For example 'testsite.com.' Note that you do not need to enter in the 'ftp://' information. Click on the 'quickconnect' button. If a username and password is required, enter them in the provided boxes and then hit 'quickconnect.'
Click on the word 'Server' at the top of the FTP program and then choose 'Search Remote Files.'
Leave the 'search directory' box as it is when the new box appears. It should have '/' already inserted. Next to the 'filename' and 'contains' boxes, enter in the name of the file you are searching for. As an example, if you want to find the 'index.php' file for a website, you would type the full filename 'index.php' or simply 'index' to find all index files.
Click 'search' once you have entered the file name. All available files for download will appear in the larger-sized box at the bottom of the window. You can also search the site just as you would in a browser by clicking on each folder once the site's folders are displayed after clicking on 'quickconnect.'
In Feburary 2016 14,
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