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From your webspace provider you will be given: | From your webspace provider you will be given: | ||
*FTP server '''Host name''' (this is the name that is equivalent to the w.x.y.z format Internet Protocol (=IP) address in the screen-shot below) | *FTP server '''Host name''' (this is the name that is equivalent to the w.x.y.z format Internet Protocol (=IP) address in the screen-shot below - see the notes below it) | ||
*'''FTP Port''' (in most cases port 21 is reserved for file transfer clients) | *'''FTP Port''' (in most cases port 21 is reserved for file transfer clients) | ||
*'''username''' (controls access to the directories you can update) | *'''username''' (controls access to the directories you can update) | ||
*'''password''' (do not disclose this when you ask questions on the support forum) | *'''password''' (do not disclose this when you ask questions on the support forum) | ||
*'''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 Universal Resource Locator (=URL) root when you look at the file through the browser's port) | *'''webspace folder / directory''' (could be something like "public_html" which is related to the FTP root as explained later on this page for the file and folder structure you will create, that is different to the Universal Resource Locator (=URL) root when you look at the file 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). | 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). | ||