Newbie Upload Problem

Hi everyone,
I'm new to building websites, but trying hard to get it right (and professional). I'd be grateful for a little help.

I have got my domain, and have written a one page sales letter, and want to publish it.

I have successfully uploaded the html page to: mydomain.com\public.html

and it is showing in File Manager as its own file within the public.html folder

Fine so far, BUT, when I view it, the images are missing. So I uploaded each of the 13 images (it wouldn't take them as a folder of the images, don't know why). So each image is showing as an individual file.

But still, they don't show up in the letter.
Can anyone tell me what I should do next to bundle them all together and make them show up on the published page.

Also would the page URL read:
www.mydomain.com\public.html ??
Does that look right on a web address??

Many thanks in advance,
Ves

Hello,

You need to upload the index.html file in the public_html directory. (public_html is not a file).

You'd just access it via www.mydomain.com, and apache should automatically find the index.html file. You could also get it via:

www.mydomain.com/index.html

As for the images, you need to make sure that they're linked correctly in the html. If you're putting them all in the public_html directory, then you'll include them in your html using:

<img src="file.jpg">

John

Hi John

Thanks for your assitance.

Here's what I did:

Deleted the files I had previously uploaded, so I could start again afresh.

Checked the html for the image sources. Yes, it was a lengthy file directory. Simplified them as you instructed.

Uploaded the html page, and images seperately, all into the public.html folder

then, I changed the name of my html file to index.html
it asked if I wished to overwrite the original index.html, I said OK.

Now, the index.html file holds my page, and I can see it via the 'edit' button and preview.... but it isn't showing up when I just look at the index.html file itself on the left.

Can you advice please... I seem so close yet so far!!

regards
ves

Hello,

Your browser may have it cached. Reload your page by pressing F5 (or the reload button)

John

ves said:

Can you advice please... I seem so close yet so far!!

Click to expand...

Your main file should be named "index.html" and should be in the public_html directory.

Your images should be either in public_html, or in a subdirectory of public_html, depending on how you access them in your index.html file.

If you're still having problems post your real domain name so we can see what we can see .

Jeff

Thanks John and Jeff for your kind assistance.

Yes, John, I had tried the reload button, but that didn't work. BUT, when I logged on this morning the page was there - in index.html just as it should be
(edit update: just discovered that I need to click on reload while viewing the page, not while at file manager page - that's what makes the difference!! stupid me )



So all is well... so far so good... now on to my next tasks... be prepared... I may be back sooner than you think!!!

All the best,
ves