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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 - see the notes below it) (N.B. Some servers might have several names at a single IP location). | *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 establising 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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Do check with any provider that they let you FTP files with at least all the following extensions: | Do check with any provider that they let you FTP files with at least all the following extensions: | ||
* .txt and .css | * .txt (critical for real time processing, steel series guages and similar) and .css (defines look for web pages) | ||
* .htm and .html ( | * .htm and .html (used for files that define web page structure) | ||
* .json | * optionally .php if you might use that | ||
* .js | * .json (essential for Cumulus MX) | ||
* .js (script files) | |||
* .bmp, .png, .gif, .jpg (and any other graphic formats you might use) | * .bmp, .png, .gif, .jpg (and any other graphic formats you might use) | ||
* audio and video mime types ( | * audio and video mime types (Cumulus 1.x.y only: uses .swf) | ||
= Folders and Files to Transfer = | = Folders and Files to Transfer = | ||