![]() ![]() Refresh your webpage and your changes should appear! If the website goes wonky then upload the backup file you took, to repair this. When you've made your changes you can upload the edited file using FileZilla (select the file you want to upload, right-click and choose 'Upload') and overwrite the one on the web server. Obviously without knowing any HTML you will only be able to edit the text, not change images nor the appearance of the website. So long as you do not change anything outside of the > < tags then you should not break any code. This will take you to where the actual text is stored. type Control + F to bring up the Find dialog box, then type in the text you’re looking to edit, e.g. Not to worry – you can search for the specific text you want to change, e.g. If you are not familiar with HTML the contents of the file will look like gibberish. You can then open this on your computer – when your computer asks what program to open this with just choose Notepad. To edit your homepage you would click on the file index.html (or perhaps index.htm or default.html), and download it. You can edit a file live on the website (right-click the file and choose edit), however we recommend downloading the file (to a separate location than your backups), editing the file, and then uploading it. Right click on the highlighted files and select ‘Download’. Then on the right side click on one of the folders or files to make it active, then type Control + A to select all files. ![]() To do this select the folder you would like to backup the files to on the left side of the screen. Although HostAway keeps a rolling 7 day backup of your web files it is always recommended that you take a local backup. Keep these in a separate directory in case you make a mistake when editing the files. IMPORTANT: Take a backup of your files before editing them. Double click on the folder to open it, and the folders and files that now appear are what make up your website. You will notice a folder appears on the right side of the screen called ‘htdocs’. Password: contact us if you don’t know this You can now enter your login details at the top of the screen: The right side should be empty because you have not yet entered your login details. Open Filezilla and you will notice the window is vertically broken in two, with your local files on the left and the remote (or website) files on the right. You can also download a tutorial on how to use FileZilla from our FTP support page. HostAway recommends FileZilla, which you can download for free at. You then need to download an FTP program. with anti-virus protection, not in an internet cafe or on a free wi-fi connection). ![]() This isn’t difficult to do, if you follow the steps below.įirstly you need to make sure you are on a secure computer (eg. If your website is plain HTML however, you may want to occasionally make minor changes such as updating a phone number. If your website is built on a Content Management System such as WordPress then you won’t need to worry about FTP as you’re able to edit the site via an administration section in a web page. If you remove a file on the server it will remove it from your website, so please take care. When you download or upload files via FTP (File Transfer Protocol) you are accessing your files on the HostAway web server.
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