User Guide - NetObjects Fusion

Setting Up to Transfer Files to Your Web Server
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4. What is the name and password for your account? You need this information so
NetObjects Fusion can log on to the server and publish your site.
5. What is the preferred name for the default Home page? Your service provider
determines what file name the server displays by default for each directory on
the server. Most servers are configured to display by default any file named
index; others default to home or default. You must match this preferred name in
the Advanced Publish Settings dialog for remote server transfer.
6. What HTML file name extension does your server support? Web page servers typically
support .html, .htm, or .shtml as file name extensions. Some service providers
map one to the other so the server recognizes all of them; others require you to
use a specific one. You must set the Advanced Publish Settings dialog so
NetObjects Fusion transfers files with the correct extension. You can also enter
a custom extension, if your server supports it.
7. Is a specific port required for upload? The service provider or hosting service might
have designated a specific port on the server that it wants you to use to upload
files. If so, you must specify this for NetObjects Fusion. See “Setting the Server
Port and Permissions” on page 895.
8. Does your log-in account have the necessary permissions? Servers use permission
configurations to control what you are allowed to do while logged on—whether
you can delete files, for example, or create new directories.
In Publish view, you can specify the file and directory structure that you want
NetObjects Fusion to create or use for your site by selecting Arrange Files from
the Publish menu. Your log-in account—which NetObjects Fusion uses to store
the files—must have the server permissions necessary to create the directory
structure you defined.
If your service provider does not let you create directories, then you must use
the Flat directory structure option to transfer and store your site.
9. How much server space do you have? Before you publish your site to the Web server,
check the size of the generated HTML files on your hard disk. The default
location for the files is a folder named User Sites\Sitename\Local Publish. Make
sure you include all the subfolders as well. Check that the space allocated on the
Web server can accommodate all the files in the Local Publish folder.
10. Does your server have security systems in place, such as proxies or firewalls? Firewalls
and proxy servers can prevent NetObjects Fusion from uploading files properly.
See “Publishing with Firewalls or Proxy Servers” on page 897.