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Below is your check list before you start: | Below is your check list before you start: | ||
*You have FTP webspace | *You have FTP webspace (i.e. your provider allows you to use FTP to place files in your webspace) | ||
*and an [[FTP tool]] | *and an [[FTP tool]] (use this cross-reference to get more information) | ||
From your webspace provider you will be given: | From your webspace provider you will be given: | ||
*FTP server name | *FTP server name (this is the name that is equivalent to the w.x.y.z format Internet Protocol (=IP) address in the screen-shot below) | ||
*Port | *FTP Port (in most cases port 21 is reserved for file transfer clients) | ||
*username | *username (controls access to the directories you can update) | ||
*password | *password (do not disclose this when you ask questions on the support forum) | ||
*webspace folder / directory | *webspace folder / directory (could be something like "public_html" which is the FTP root for the file and folder structure you will create, that is different to the root when you look at the page through the browser's port) | ||
For a simple set-up, a server that uses a ''Linux'' environment is normal for displaying standard Cumulus pages (although some people use a server on their own machines using a ''Windows'' environment). | |||
Although Cumulus 1.x.y builds do not require ''PHP Hypertext Pre-processor'' script, having that available will allow you to subsequently use more of the customised pages on offer from other contributors, and if you later decide to write your own web pages PHP does allow you to 'include' standard bits of code (stored in just one file) on multiple web pages easily. | |||
=Core files= | =Core files= | ||