2 years, 4 months ago
How do you start a personals site?
I had the idea that I might want to start a personals site. I have a niche, which doesn't currently have any sites on the web. Does anyone have any sound advice about how to start up and maintain this kind of site? Something with minimal cost would also be ideal, but I wouldn't be opposed to making monetary contributions so don't let that limit your answer.
I would also like the site to be free of charge to users. A site like collarme.com (bdsm adult site) would be a model I would be interested in following. Though my target group isn't an adult population primarily, it would include teens as well. But the group is a more "secret" group like in the bdsm community. Can anyone help me?
I would also like the site to be free of charge to users. A site like collarme.com (bdsm adult site) would be a model I would be interested in following. Though my target group isn't an adult population primarily, it would include teens as well. But the group is a more "secret" group like in the bdsm community. Can anyone help me?
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Once you have your FTP client uploaded to your computer and you have an account set up with a home page hosting provider that offers FTP then you are ready to get started. Open your FTP client. You will see several different boxes that you will need to fill out. The first one is the "Profile Name". This is simply the name you are going to give to this particular site. You can call it "My Home Page" if you want to.
The next box is the "Host Name" or "Address". This is the name of the server that your home page is being hosted on. You can get this from your hosting provider. It will look something like this: ftp.hostname.com . The other important things you will need to access your site are your "User ID" and "Password". These are the same as the user name and password that you gave when you signed up for the hosting service that you are trying to access.
You may want to click on the button that saves your password so you don't have to type it every time, unless you have a security reason for not doing this. You may also want to go to the startup properties and change the initial local folder to automatically go to the place on your computer where you are keeping your home page files.
Once you have all your settings in place click on the button that says "OK" and you will see it connect to the other server. You will know this is complete when files show up on the right side of the screen.
For simplicities sake I recommend that you set up the folders on your hosting service exactly the same as you set them up on your computer so you will always remember to send your files to the correct folders.
Using FTP
Now that you are connected the hard part is behind you and we can start the fun stuff. Let's transfer some files!
The left side of the screen are the files on your computer. Find the file that you want to transfer by double clicking on the folders until you get to your file. The right side of the screen are the files on the hosting server. Go to the folder you want to transfer your files to also by double clicking.
Now you can either double click on the file you are transferring or you can single click on it and then click on the arrow that points to the right side of the screen. Either way you will now have a file on your hosting server. To move a file from the hosting server to your computer do the same thing except click on the arrow that points to the left side of the screen.
That's not all you can do with your files using the FTP client. You can also view, rename, delete and move your files around. If you need to create a new folder for your files you can do that too by clicking on "MkDir".
You've now mastered the skill of transferring files. All you have left to do is go to your hosting provider, log in and look at your Web site. You may need to make a few adjustments to your links but you now have a working Web site of your very own.
The next box is the "Host Name" or "Address". This is the name of the server that your home page is being hosted on. You can get this from your hosting provider. It will look something like this: ftp.hostname.com . The other important things you will need to access your site are your "User ID" and "Password". These are the same as the user name and password that you gave when you signed up for the hosting service that you are trying to access.
You may want to click on the button that saves your password so you don't have to type it every time, unless you have a security reason for not doing this. You may also want to go to the startup properties and change the initial local folder to automatically go to the place on your computer where you are keeping your home page files.
Once you have all your settings in place click on the button that says "OK" and you will see it connect to the other server. You will know this is complete when files show up on the right side of the screen.
For simplicities sake I recommend that you set up the folders on your hosting service exactly the same as you set them up on your computer so you will always remember to send your files to the correct folders.
Using FTP
Now that you are connected the hard part is behind you and we can start the fun stuff. Let's transfer some files!
The left side of the screen are the files on your computer. Find the file that you want to transfer by double clicking on the folders until you get to your file. The right side of the screen are the files on the hosting server. Go to the folder you want to transfer your files to also by double clicking.
Now you can either double click on the file you are transferring or you can single click on it and then click on the arrow that points to the right side of the screen. Either way you will now have a file on your hosting server. To move a file from the hosting server to your computer do the same thing except click on the arrow that points to the left side of the screen.
That's not all you can do with your files using the FTP client. You can also view, rename, delete and move your files around. If you need to create a new folder for your files you can do that too by clicking on "MkDir".
You've now mastered the skill of transferring files. All you have left to do is go to your hosting provider, log in and look at your Web site. You may need to make a few adjustments to your links but you now have a working Web site of your very own.
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