Web help

With each UKF account, you have the option of adding web-space for use with your home or business pages. The UKF web-space is a place to put your web pages for access through the Internet. To create your pages before you put them on display, you must either write the code (HTML) that will make up your page, or use a web-authoring package to produce pages to your liking (eg Dreamweaver, Frontpage, Fusion, etc). Once you’re happy with the look and content of your site, you then need to upload each page and tied-in graphic using File Transfer Protocol - or more commonly known as an FTP package. You find many free or shareware versions in the market. This piece of software connects your computer filing system with UKF servers and moves files between the two, just like you would between directories on your computer.

How do I set up my UKF web-space?

It’s very simply. First, make sure you’re using a hostname in your email addressing. A hostname is the name used after the @-sign in the email address (and before ukf.net). If you haven’t already set up a hostname, click on Email control and enter the Email Control Panel. Click on ‘Add a hostname’ and choose a name which is appropriate to any new email addresses you might select, and what you want the web space to be called, eg www.barclay.ukf.net.

Once that’s in place, either select web-space control from the menu bar at the top of the page, or return to the UserZone and select ‘Web/ftp control’. Enter the Web/ftp Control Panel and you will be presented with the option of adding web-space to your account. By choosing a password and confirming the hostname already selected, you will activate the web-space.

Will my account be ready to upload site straight-away?

Yes you can upload your pages as soon as the web account is in place. However, because server aliasing is used, DNS servers need to be updated, which could take up to 24 hours to complete. This will initially delay access to the web-site from the outside world.

Where do I upload my pages to?

You will be given three pieces of information. First the host server for uploads is ‘websites.ukf.net’. You’ll also use your ukf.. login ID as the username and the password you selected just a moment ago. Input this information into the required fields within the FTP package.

How do I arrange my files?

You can create directories just like you would on your computer filing system. You may need one directory allocated to ‘graphics’ and another to ‘html’. If you want a home page to appear when your web URL is selected, eg www.myspace.ukf.net, then you should save your home page as index.html or index.htm in the main directory - the system then heads for this file first.

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