Basic definitions

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Some more special softwares:


FTP Client

This is a very simple piece of software that allows you to view the server folders and files in your web host account as if they were files and folders on your own computer. You can then drag and drop files between you computer and your web host account.

Email Client

If you are on the internet you would already be using an email client to send and receive your email. The most common are Outlook Express, Eudora and Web based mail clients like Hotmail.

Database Administration Client

The most common databases used with web servers are Microsoft SQL Server (available only on Windows) and MySQL (commonly found on Linux and UNIX but also available on Windows). SQL Server comes with it’s own administration client where you can view your databases, edit them, backup data and do all the administration functions you need. MySQL has an active online community where there is a range of administration clients available.

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Various terms related with Email accounts

POP Email
POP stands for Post Office Protocol. POP is a standard client/server protocol for sending and receiving email.

The emails are received and held on your internet server until you pick it up with a client email program, like Outlook, Outlook Express, Netscape Messenger, etc. POP email programs are built into Netscape and Internet Explorer browsers (i.e. Microsoft Outlook Express).

IMAP Email
IMAP stands for Internet Message Access Protocol. IMAP is another standard protocol for sending and receiving email.
Unlike POP whcih was designed to support email access on a single computer, email stored on an IMAP server can be manipulated from many computers.


Web-based Email
Web-based email services enable you to access email via a web browser. You log into your email account via the Web to send and retrieve email.
Examples of web-based email services are Yahoo! Mail and Hotmail.

Email Forwarding
With it you can have multiple email personalities. With email forwarding, you can setup aliases for other email accounts.

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Introduction to FTP


FTP stands for File Transfer Protocol and is a standard application protocol that uses the Internet’s TCP/IP protocol to transfer files from one computer to another.

FTP is a very common process today. FTP is commonly used to transfer web pages from the creator’s computer to the server where the web site is situated. Also FTP is used to download programs and files to your computer from a server.

How do I use FTP?

To use FTP you will need to install FTP software on your computer. There are many freely available FTP programs on the Internet such as, FTP explorer (http://www.ftpx.com) and Smart FTP (http://www.smartftp.com).

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How do I connect with FTP?

Follow the steps below to connect to a server, to upload files using FTP Explorer:

1.Open FTP Explorer.

2.Click on the connect button on the toolbar or select connect from the Tools menu.

3.In the Profile Name text, enter a name to give your FTP connection.

4.In the Host Address text box enter the address of the server you are connecting to (this can either be the DNS entry or the IP Address).

5.Enter the Port number that the server accepts FTP connections on (the default port for FTP is 21).

6.Tick the Use PASV option, if your computer is behind a firewall, which does not allow external FTP connections.

7.Tick the Use Firewall option if your computer is located behind a firewall.

8.Either enter a user name for the FTP login or tick the Anonymous option (the anonymous option will only work if the server is set up to allow anonymous FTP connections – if this is selected go to step 10).

9.Enter the user’s password in the Password text box.

10.In the Initial path text box, enter the path on the server, where you want your connection to start at – this is optional.

11.In the Attempts text box enter the number of times to try the FTP connection if fails, you will need to have at least 1 in this text box.

12.In the Download path you can specify the path on your computer where to save the files downloaded from the server – this is optional, you can specify this later if you like.

13.To establish the connection with the server click on the Connect button.

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How do I upload files using FTP?

Once you have established your connection with the server the next step is to upload your files to the server. The following describes how to do this:

Go to the path on the server where you want to upload your files to.

In the Tools menu click on the Upload button.

Select the file or files that you want to upload (to select more than one file hold down the CTRL key).

NOTE: You can also upload files by dragging and dropping them to the directory/folder on the server.

Click on the Open button. Your file will now be uploaded to the server. (You will see this uploading process in the dialog box.)

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[d.clint]

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