Web Hosting
Web hosting providers usually allow publishing through FTP Some web hosting providers allow other methods such as SFTP, WebDAV, etc. which you can use to upload your website. Some of them allow other methods such as SFTP (secure FTP), WebDAV, FrontPage Server Extensions, etc. and these are detailed usually in the page that displays various plans for comparison.
For web pages created using HTML, you can use any provider that supports FTP.
Note: You can also use your own web server if you have a 24/7 active Internet connection and a static public IP address. Though you need to host the content in a web server for others to view, web pages made with HTML can be viewed from even a folder on your computer by sharing the folder in a LAN environment. Share the folder and provide the UNC path for others to view.
Publishing your website
Once you have created the website, you need to publish it to computers that will be available 24x7 for visitors to view. When you sign up with a hosting provider, generally, you will be given multiple options to publish the content such as FTP, WebDAV, FrontPage Server Extensions, etc.
To publish a website using FTP, do the following:
1) Open the website that you need to publish.
2) Select Site > Publishing Settings…. The Site Settings dialog box appears.
3) Prior to publishing, you need to add details such as the destination computer’s IP addresses or domain name, settings and credentials. For example if you have signed up with a web hosting provider who has given you an IP address 192.168.1.200.
FTP as the method for publishing, do the following:
a) Click Add…. The Connection Settings dialog box is displayed.
b) Enter the following details:
(i) Type a name in the Name: textbox (usually your domain name or destination computer name or IP address of the destination).
(ii) Select FTP from the Connection Type: dropdown menu.
(iii) Hosting providers will provide a path for publishing, for example: ftp.domainame.ext. Type the path in Location: textbox.
(iv) Specify the folder where the content will be stored (Usually directory is auto-selected for websites, use this only if required).
(v) Enter the username and password in Credentials: section. This will be used when you publish from the HTML editor. Generally multiple files are transferred simultaneously between HTML editor and destination resulting in faster transfers. Leave this setting as it is or contact hosting provider for this detail only if required.
(vi) Click Add.
c) Notice the change in the Publishing tab (figure below) indicating the remote site is added to the list.
4) Click OK.
Now MEW is ready with the remote site settings for publishing content.
Whenever you want to publish (first time or periodic updates), do the following:
5. Select Site > Publish All files to [NAME].
To view the website, do the following:
1) Open the web browser.
2) Type the web server IP address, for example: 192.168.1.200.
3) Select Go. Notice the website displayed in the web browser.
