Questions about hosting with Godaddy

ech0419 · 06-16-2009, 11:44 AM

Hi, I'm trying to start a website with a few friends of mine.

My question might sound incredibly simple or stupid but cope with me please. I'm new with the web site hosting business.

So I have a bunch of domain names I purchased through godaddy. I have a lot of experience in flash so I made a homepage using flash - action script 3.0.

The .swf file has links that go off to html parts of the site, and I'm just curious how I would go about uploading files for different sections of the website...

I know all about ftp so you can skip that part but... I'm not sure how, on the server (godaddy), I make these files link to one part - Home page (mysite.com/home) to (mysite.com/forum) or (mysite.com/ContactUs) etc. etc. As they are different html files and indexes.

I might have this all wrong, but if you could let me know how it is actually done and/or what I am doing(thinking) that is wrong that would be great.

Thanks.

**Redcore** · 06-16-2009, 05:27 PM

I'm not sure how GoDaddy does it (I host with Hostgator), but since you can host multiple domains on one hosting account, it just creates a new folder on the root of your web folder. So if you add "FlyingFlashMonkeys.com" to your account, it creates the folder /flyingflashmonkeys - and everything that goes into this folder is basically the root of the SITE. You can access files from other folders (and by the same method, other sites hosted on the server) just by navigating those folders.

My answer may seem a little vague...I'm just not quite sure what you're getting at...stab in the dark :P

ech0419 · 06-16-2009, 08:10 PM

I understand that much. My question more simplified is how do I set links from, say, I'm on my homepage and click forum. What do I tell that link? go to the forum or go to mysite.com/forum. Also, how do I specify what file is "contact" like mysite.com/contact or would it be index3.html or what?

I've designed self contained flash webpages (very small) before... for a class. But I'm a bit new to how html works. I guess I should just read a tutorial but I'm a bit urgent to get some sort of site running.

**Redcore** · 06-16-2009, 09:09 PM

Well, that's relative to the folder you put it in. If you put it in a folder that is designated for an add-on domain (ie: "/public_html/flyingflashmonkeys/forum" - FTP remote path) then you could access that through "flyingflashmonkeys.com/forum" as well as (if your main account domain is mysite.com) through "mysite.com/flyingflashmonkeys/forum". It's really something you really need to tinker with and learn from experience. Anything you put up, you can take down...so no biggie.

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Originally Posted by ech0419

Also, how do I specify what file is "contact" like mysite.com/contact or would it be index3.html or what?

This leads me to believe that you *should* read some tutorials...because it's very basic. For the sake of being helpful, you could name it whatever you want..."contact.html" would work as well as "index3.html" - although descriptive names are better. So long as all your links on your site go to the right places...it doesn't matter...

ech0419 · 06-17-2009, 03:01 PM

I played around with it some more. I figured out it's just a simple folder system, sub directories sort like this folder-> ftp://www.twofacedmonster.com\images\art\file.jpg would become http://www.twofacedmonster.com/images/art/file.jpg. I understand it way more now just by playing with it.

Thanks for the help.

I managed to get my forum up and running, but then somehow it crashed so I'll be busy fixing things.

06-16-2009, 11:44 AM	#1 (permalink)
ech0419 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: North Eastern US Posts: 172 OS: XP pro ~ Vista Ultimate x64 & x32 ~ os x 10.4 ~ Ubuntu 7.10	Questions about hosting with Godaddy Hi, I'm trying to start a website with a few friends of mine. My question might sound incredibly simple or stupid but cope with me please. I'm new with the web site hosting business. So I have a bunch of domain names I purchased through godaddy. I have a lot of experience in flash so I made a homepage using flash - action script 3.0. The .swf file has links that go off to html parts of the site, and I'm just curious how I would go about uploading files for different sections of the website... I know all about ftp so you can skip that part but... I'm not sure how, on the server (godaddy), I make these files link to one part - Home page (mysite.com/home) to (mysite.com/forum) or (mysite.com/ContactUs) etc. etc. As they are different html files and indexes. I might have this all wrong, but if you could let me know how it is actually done and/or what I am doing(thinking) that is wrong that would be great. Thanks.

06-16-2009, 05:27 PM	#2 (permalink)
Redcore Design Team Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Jamestown, CA Posts: 698 OS: Ubuntu Linux My System	Re: Questions about hosting with Godaddy I'm not sure how GoDaddy does it (I host with Hostgator), but since you can host multiple domains on one hosting account, it just creates a new folder on the root of your web folder. So if you add "FlyingFlashMonkeys.com" to your account, it creates the folder /flyingflashmonkeys - and everything that goes into this folder is basically the root of the SITE. You can access files from other folders (and by the same method, other sites hosted on the server) just by navigating those folders. My answer may seem a little vague...I'm just not quite sure what you're getting at...stab in the dark :P __________________ Free Resources PC Protection - Comodo Firewall \| AVG Anti-Virus \| WinPatrol \| Ad-Aware \| Spybot S&D \| SpywareBlaster \| Web Design/Programming - KompoZer (Editor) \| Paint.NET (Graphic) \| GIMP+GIMPShop (Graphic) \| FileZilla (FTP Client) \| Free Hosting \|

06-16-2009, 08:10 PM	#3 (permalink)
ech0419 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: North Eastern US Posts: 172 OS: XP pro ~ Vista Ultimate x64 & x32 ~ os x 10.4 ~ Ubuntu 7.10	Re: Questions about hosting with Godaddy I understand that much. My question more simplified is how do I set links from, say, I'm on my homepage and click forum. What do I tell that link? go to the forum or go to mysite.com/forum. Also, how do I specify what file is "contact" like mysite.com/contact or would it be index3.html or what? I've designed self contained flash webpages (very small) before... for a class. But I'm a bit new to how html works. I guess I should just read a tutorial but I'm a bit urgent to get some sort of site running. Last edited by ech0419; 06-16-2009 at 08:15 PM.

06-17-2009, 03:01 PM	#5 (permalink)
ech0419 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: North Eastern US Posts: 172 OS: XP pro ~ Vista Ultimate x64 & x32 ~ os x 10.4 ~ Ubuntu 7.10	Re: Questions about hosting with Godaddy I played around with it some more. I figured out it's just a simple folder system, sub directories sort like this folder-> ftp://www.twofacedmonster.com\images\art\file.jpg would become http://www.twofacedmonster.com/images/art/file.jpg. I understand it way more now just by playing with it. Thanks for the help. I managed to get my forum up and running, but then somehow it crashed so I'll be busy fixing things.