Digital Indigo provides various ways for users to put their documents and designs on the web. For users with Macintosh computers, you can use our Apple Share features. Persons and organizations using FrontPage should contact us and request that Front Page login be enabled.

If you are using FrontPage, we recommend you read the following text. However, a FrontPage-specific page is available by clicking here.

Using FTP
The most common way to send your documents to the server is by using an FTP program. There are hundreds of different FTP programs available for your Windows, Macintosh, UNIX, or Linux computer. Because of this, we can't cover the details of every FTP program. However, most basic features are the same, and a brief look through your FTP program's manual should give you a good foundation of the basics of using it.

Removing the "Coming Soon" Page
Since this is your first time publishing to your account, you'll want to remove the page that lets visitors know your website is "coming soon."

To do this, you must have your username and password. You should have received both of these when you set up your account. Using the FTP program of your choice, enter in your username and password as well as your domain name (ex. www.your-new-domain.com) as the FTP Host .

After loggin in, you should see a folder called "www". This is where your web documents are stored. When you click on this, it should open to reveal a file called "index.php". This is the file that displays, "Coming Soon." Since we no longer wish to display the "Coming Soon" message, highlight the file, and click delete.

Publishing Your Own Pages
There are many different programs used to create web pages. Microsoft's Front Page and Macromedia's Dreamweaver are among the most popular. Some people even write their web pages by hand.

Whatever your choice, you need to get your files up to the server, so the world can see them. Again, if you're using FTP, enter your web address, username, and password into the FTP program. After logging in put all of your web documents in the "www" folder.

Your files must end in ".html" or ".htm" if they are to be displayed on the web. Most web editors will automatically add this ".html" extension to your filenames when you save the file.

For a file to be displayed automatically, you should call it "index.html" or "index.htm". For instance, you should have an "index.html" file in your "www" directory so that people see it as soon as they come to your website.

Checking Web Statistics
You can check out how many people are coming to your website, where they're coming from, and the overall popularity of your website using our Web Stats features. To check your web stats, type in your domain name followed by /webstats. For example, if you own "www.joesmith.com" you can see your stats at "http://www.joesmith.com/webstats"

Using Web Mail
You can also check your e-mail from anywhere in the world by using our Web Mail feature. All you need is your username and password. Then to check your web mail, type in your domain name followed by /webmail. For example, if you own "www.joesmith.com" you can see your stats at "http://www.joesmith.com/webmail"

Getting More Help
These are just the basics of creating a website. There are many advanced features that your account is capable of. If you need help uploading your site to the server, please feel free to contact us. If you need help designing your site, we will be glad to help you at our hourly design fee.

If you have any questions, please feel free to e-mail support@digitalindigo.com.