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The assumption in this article is that FTP (protocol may vary for MX) is used to get files onto your web server. | The assumption in this article is that FTP (protocol may vary for MX) is used to get files onto your web server. | ||
At present this article does not cover alternative of running your own web server and using copy to get files onto that web server. | <big>At present this article does not cover alternative of running your own web server and using copy to get files onto that web server.</big> | ||
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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 version 4 (=IP) address in the screen-shot below - see the notes below it) (N.B. Some servers might have several names at a single IP location). In | *FTP server '''Host name''' (this is the name that is equivalent to the w.x.y.z format Internet Protocol version 4 (=IP) address in the screen-shot below - see the notes below it) (N.B. Some servers might have several names at a single IP location). In establishing a connection to a host name, Cumulus will contact the domain name server (=DNS) your system uses to convert the name you specify to the IPv4 address that enables the connection to be made; that step not needed if IPv4 used directly. | ||
*'''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) | ||
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#*This is discussed in the Cumulus 1 help, it was created as many people decided to add an addiitonal web page for their web cam and asked Steve Loft to make a link for that. | #*This is discussed in the Cumulus 1 help, it was created as many people decided to add an addiitonal web page for their web cam and asked Steve Loft to make a link for that. | ||
#*It can safely be left blank if you are only going to use the standard web pages. | #*It can safely be left blank if you are only going to use the standard web pages. | ||
#*Other people use it as an easy way for every standard web page to include a link to somewhere else on their web server, a home page, a information about locality page, or a [[Category | #*Other people use it as an easy way for every standard web page to include a link to somewhere else on their web server, a home page, a information about locality page, or a [[:Category:User Contributions|third party]] web page they have added to their web site. | ||
== Selecting what Cumulus is to upload == | == Selecting what Cumulus is to upload == | ||