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HTML How to Make a Website Sharing a Website Upload the Website

Posted by Brian Aderholt
Brian Aderholt
3,099 Points

Where do the files go?

I'm not sure where to upload the files to in FTP. I've looked through all the questions relating to this, but can't find this specific answer. I don't have a "www" or "public_html" or anything close. I've tried adding a folder like some have suggested, but it won't allow it. I sent a trouble call to web hosting for students, but there's no telling how long that will take to be answered. I've been very excited up to this point with learning web design, but I'm starting to get a little discouraged after messing with this issue all day.

Any help is appreciated.

I would post a screen shot of what I have available, but not sure how on here.

6 Answers

Brian Aderholt
Brian Aderholt
3,099 Points
Brian Aderholt
Brian Aderholt
3,099 Points

Fixed it by going with another hosting site.

Rafael Capati
Rafael Capati
10,725 Points

Nice, wonder what was the problem before, but the important that now you can continue working with your projects.

Rafael Capati
Rafael Capati
10,725 Points
Rafael Capati
Rafael Capati
10,725 Points

Hi Brian,

When you sign up in Web Host for Students you get an email with some information, including FTP, SFTP and SSH Login. To connect to your account via FTP, you have to use a FTP client and use the information you received. After a successful connection, you will see a public_html folder in the list.

I prefer to use FileZilla as my FTP client instead of Cyberduck, you can try as well if you wish.

Brian Aderholt
Brian Aderholt
3,099 Points
Brian Aderholt
Brian Aderholt
3,099 Points

As far as I know I get a successful connection. The folders that I have are... bin, chroot, dev, etc, home, lib, lib64, mysubdir, tmp, usr, var, and Z

Rafael Capati
Rafael Capati
10,725 Points

What is inside in the home folder? If there is nothing inside, try to create the public_html folder there and see if you get a error? Then, try to upload your files.

Brian Aderholt
Brian Aderholt
3,099 Points
Brian Aderholt
Brian Aderholt
3,099 Points

It says I don't have permission to add a folder anywhere. I was going to download FileZilla, but everyone is saying that the download site for it (Sourceforge) is filling it full of malware.

Brian Aderholt
Brian Aderholt
3,099 Points
Brian Aderholt
Brian Aderholt
3,099 Points

By the way, thanks for helping.

Maria Caruso
Maria Caruso
2,858 Points
Maria Caruso
Maria Caruso
2,858 Points

Hi this question is old, but I'll give some advice anyway. One option is to add the folder from the command line. You'll need to write sudo before you type in the command to create the folder. Then you'll be asked for your personal computer password. This should bypass any permissions issues you have when creating folders. You'll need to "cd" into the correct folder and then type in the command sudo mkdir your_chosen_folder_name

This is obviously not as user friendly, but it should work. Hope you figured it out!