Host Directory

Little Confused when setting up ftp

[sadelb]

Hello,
This may be an easy question for some of you but I am using dreamweaver and there is a section where they ask me to basically configure my ftp... this is the part that confuses me.. one part says in an example:

ftp host:www.example.com
host directory:?

I do not know what is suppose to go into the host directory part.. Is this given by the webhosting company or is there where I store my files on my computer.. thanks in advance

ben

[edited by: rogerd at 9:48 pm (utc) on Oct. 20, 2004]
[edit reason] Example URL [/edit]

[neo_brown]

Set it up without a host directory. This will either take you to where you need to be (publically accessible directory) or it will show you a directory structure which you should then be able to navigate and find the section where you need to upload your files. This will then also tell you what you should use as your host directory in future.
e.g.
When you log in you may find some folders such as:

public
logs
and so on

If you found the same as above then you directory would simply be "/public/"

[sadelb]

Thanks... so when it asks me about the host directory I am just going to skip that part? What exactly is a host directory.. Is it the folder where I store all of my information...

[rogerd]

Sometimes using your domain will take you to a higher level directory than the one where your HTML files are located. In that case, you can put the directory name or path in the Host directory spot, e.g., with one host, I put this in there so that Dreamweaver will synchronize with the same folder on the server:

html/

Dreamweaver isn't the most capable pure FTP tool - I usually use an FTP program to explore the folder structure if needed.