When you organize files on your own Windows computer you create a heiarchy of folders (also called directories) to store them in, correct? You can do the same thing with your web space. When you login to your web server via an FTP program (such as Filezilla) you see only one folder with the name of your domain...click on that and you are now in the "root" or bottom-level directory. Every file you put there will be accessed on the web by typing:

http://www.yoursitename.ws/yourfile.html

When you organize web content in directories the web address changes depending on the name of the directory. If you put all of your digital photos in a directory called "photos" then all of the files files in that directory can be accessed on the web by typing in:

http://www.yoursitename.ws/photos/filename.jpg

If you want to organize them further into vacation photos and business photos create seperate directories to put them in. To make it easy I'll call those new directories "vacation" and "business". So files in those directories are accessed on the web with:

http://www.yoursitename.ws/photos/vactaion/filename.jpg
http://www.yoursitename.ws/photos/business/filename.jpg

Probably more than you were looking for, but it makes a good overview for those really new to how websites work.

Cheers,

Jim

Howdy!

If you're using GDI's built-in SiteBuilder because you're new to the world of web publishing, fear not. With a few free internet tools you can produce your own web pages seperate from SiteBuilder and without having to worry about writing cryptic HTML code. I read somewhere that links to outside websites were against this forum's House Rules, but you can find these website via Google easy enough as they are very popular.

WEB PAGES: If you have MS Office on your computer you're already set to go. You can save any Word document as a web page (File -> Save As Web Page... or something similar depending on your version of Word.) If you don't have MS Office or at least Word there is a alternative application suite available called Open Office. It does pretty much the same things as MS Office only it's ABSOLUTELY FREE.

FILE TRANSFER: Once you produce your web page(s) you'll need to transfer them and any images included to your .WS web space. What you need is an FTP program, and a very good one is called Filezilla. Again, it's a free program. Follow the authentication instructions provided by GDI when you first signed up to access your web space. There are two main windows in Filezilla, the files on your own hard drive are on your left, and the files on the .WS web server are on the right. Navigate to where your newly created webpage is and, navigate to the folder on the web server you want to store the web pages, then drag the local files to the web server window and the files will be transfered, eeeasy breeezey!

Further details on how these apps work can be found on the respective websites, or if someone else wants to chime in by all means go for it.

Good luck!

Jim