hello there....sitebuilder help?

Hi there, I am new here and would like to introduce myself. I purchased a domain and hosting account and now I am lost!!!!

I have created a basic site in sitebuilder which is provded by hosting company but don't know how to make it live on the internet. Sitebuilder states it's published but the files are just sitting in my httpdocs file...how do get the site live?

sorry for the basic question...

Welcome to WebForumz.

Don't know what 'sitebuilder' is but it sounds like a 3rd party building programme which may have only 'published' the files to a location on your own hard drive (if you know different, please disregard).

You need to upload the site to the webspace your host has provided you with.
It's usual to make the name of your homepage 'index', so the browser will find it automatically in the root file.

Make a note of the address of your hompage (something along the lines of http://YourHostingAccount/NewToThisS...File/index.htm [or 'html', as applicable]).
Then go to your user control panel and look for the domain name you purchased.
Where it asks you the address you would like it to point to, direct it to the address above (making sure you substitute all the rubbish I used for the actual address of your index page) and VOILA!

Robert should now be your Mother's Brother.

Thank you so much for your reply and yes it is a 3rd party program that came with my hosting account.

I have found my homepage which is indicated as an index.htm file...but I don't understand where on my control panel ( i have plesk 7.6) I go to make it point to the homepage. There is no where to enter that information. It does not ask where I want to point anything...

Okies, copy the url of your homepage.

Then go back to where you bought the domain name.
I have a couple with 123-reg (or something).
I just visit their site, log-in, and find my user control panel.
Then I go to the section that controls where I want the domain re-direct ("Manage Domains / Web Forwarding") and just point the domain name to my homepage url by filling in the relevant address box.

Hope that helps.

There are a couple of ways you can approach things.

If it's not already been done, within the Plesk control panel, you need to set up an FTP account. You then use this information within your FTP program to upload the files to your domains root directory (root as far as the web site is concerned). This is usually called .httpdocs'. This will be the most efficient way as you can upload all the files in one go.

Alternatively, within your control panel, go into file manager, then into httpdocs. You will find a link that lets you upload a file. This is the other way to upload your site but it's a bit long winded as you can only upload one file at a time.

Who is your host?

UK:

My hosting company is www.webserve.ca The site I purchased is www.lensonlife.ca

Is the button to upload the pics the globe with the arrow? If so when i click on it, it brings up my site page but all the graphics from the sitebuilder template are missing???

Sorry this is so basic but I am completely lost.

i just sent u a message

i just can't seem to find the button to physically upload the page.... for now i just want to upload an "under construction" page....