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Upload My Web Site

This guide contains simplified description of uploading and editing your website with WinSCP.

Managing website differs greatly with webhosting provider. This article just summarizes basics you need to know to edit pages on your website or to upload new pages.

Before starting you should:

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Web Site Directory

Once you are connected, make sure you are in the remote directory dedicated to store a web pages. It may be the one you get in after logging in (it is the case if you do not see any subdirectories after logging in). But with some providers you will have several subdirectories available, from which only one is visible on the Internet. Such subdirectory will have a name like www, htdocs, httpdocs, public_html or other.

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Uploading Pages

You may start uploading by dragging your files to remote panel of WinSCP. You can drag the files either from local panel (if you are using Commander interface) or from Windows Explorer.

Read guide to upload files or full documentation of uploading files.

Editing Pages

If you do not need to maintain your files locally, you can edit them directly on the remote server.

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Creating Pages

If you want to create the new page, either create new file locally and upload it. Or use File(s) > New > File command.

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