Uploading content to your web site
Can I use FTP to upload my web content?
What protocols can be used to upload web content?
A note about OpenSSH
What software should I download for this purpose?
What directory do I use?
Customizing the 404 Not Found error page
Step-by-step instructions for WinSCP
Do you support FrontPage, WebDAV, or other automated publishing mechanisms?
Where can I obtain further support?
Can I use FTP to upload my web content?
FTP (File Transfer Protocol) is not supported for this purpose. Since FTP sends your password in the clear over the network, it is a significant security risk! Only secured protocols are supported for uploading web content.
What protocols can be used to upload web content?
Level-five Research supports OpenSSH for file transfer on our servers. Many OpenSSH client applications are available to assist in uploading your web content.
A note about OpenSSH
OpenSSH provides the means to securely access a host. All data sent through an application using OpenSSH is encrypted. Encryption is one of the methods OpenSSH uses to ensure the security of your communication.
What software should I download for this purpose?
Following is a list of OpenSSH clients for platforms we deal with most frequently. It should be noted that OpenSSH has been ported to a large number of platforms. See the OpenSSH web site for more information.
Windows
Most Level-five Research customers use WinSCP because of it’s easy to use drag-n-drop interface.
Macintosh OS X
OS X comes with the OpenSSH command line applications already installed. Fugu is a nice GUI application if you prefer a drag-n-drop approach.
Linux
Most Linux distributions come with OpenSSH. The latest version can be downloaded from here.
What directory do I use?
The path to your web folder is: /home/your-user-name/www
http://your-domain-name/ reads from the www folder down.
If you are using PHP scripts, put any configuration files in /home/your-user-name, so they can not be read from the Internet.
Customizing the 404 Not Found error page
If you would like to present a custom 404 Not Found page, edit the 404.html file located in your www folder.
Step-by-step instructions for WinSCP
· Download WinSCP from here.
· Install WinSCP. If you are unsure of which interface to use, select Norton Commander. You can change this later if you like. At the end of the installation, select Launch WinSCP.
· The first thing to do is setup a Session with your site:
· The Host name is the same as your domain name (with or without the www.) - for example, both: google.com and www.google.com are valid.
· The Port number is 2222
· The User name is your account user name.
· The Password is your account password.
· The Protocol is SFTP only.
· The next thing to do is setup your Directories under Environment on the left:
· The Remote directory is /home/your-user-name/www/
· The Local directory is where your original files are stored.
· The next thing to do is setup SSH on the left:
· If you are using a dialup connection you may find that Enabling compression helps.
· The Preferred SSH protocol is 2 only.
· You can then save your session by clicking on the Save... button near the bottom of the dialogue. The default session name is: your-user-name@your-domain-name.
· After saving the session, it will appear under Stored Sessions. You can login to your site by double-clicking on it.
· The very first time you login to your server, a warning dialogue will appear with the server’s key fingerprint. The fingerprint must match the fingerprint Level-five Research supplied you when setting up your account. You can lookup your fingerprint by logging on to the support web page. If the fingerprint matches, click on Yes to store a cached copy of the key. If the key does not match or changes without us notifying you, cancel the connection and contact us ASAP!
· Once logged in it’s a matter of dragging-and-dropping your files to the server. You can adjust how much bandwidth WinSCP is using by dragging the slider on the copy dialogue.
· The file copy process may appear to be slower than what you are used to, however, this is simply because the entire session is encrypted. The file transfer speed to your server is also directly proportional to how much bandwith you have available on your outgoing connection to the Internet (also know as the backchannel). On a dialup connection, this is around 33.6kbps for a 56kbps modem. On DSL it varies from 64kbps to 512kbps.
· To create new folders on the server, click on the server side of the window to highlight it (the top changes to blue), and then press F7.
· When you have finished uploading your content, press Shift-Ctrl-D to end the session or F10 to exit the program.
Do you support FrontPage, WebDAV, or other automated publishing mechanisms?
At this time, Level-five Research does not provide support for remote site administration using Microsoft FrontPage, WebDAV or Macromedia DreamWeaver. Users of tools which support these protocols typically save their content locally and upload it to their site using the procedures listed in this document.
Where can I obtain further support?
The Level-five Research support team is happy to assist with any issues related to the services we offer, including the use of OpenSSH. To contact the support team, first login to the Support area, then submit a support request.
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