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Internet Explorer

This is the Internet Explorer (IE) window with which you are most likely familiar. What you might not know is that IE can be used as an FTP client. Start by clicking in the address bar and erasing the URL shown.

To continue this tutorial click on the address bar in the screenshot below.

Once the address bar has been cleared type your domain with "ftp." in front of it as shown below.  Then click 'Go' or tap the 'enter' key on your keyboard.

To continue this tutorial click the 'Go' button in the screenshot below.

Next IE will ask you for the username and password that go with your hosting account.  Type these in and then click the 'Log On' button.

To continue this tutorial click the 'Log On' button in the screenshot below.

The first part is now done.  Resize your Internet Explorer window so that the left half of your desktop is visible.  Then navigate to the folder where your HTML files are kept.  If my HTML documents had been saved inside the My Documents folder, that is the window I would need to open.

To continue this tutorial click the 'My Documents' icon in the screenshot below.

Now that we have opened the folder we are ready to upload.  Place the two windows side by side as shown.  Then drag the HTML document from one window to the other.

To continue this tutorial click on the 'default' document in the screenshot below.

IE will now copy the file from  folder on the hard drive to the hosting server.  Depending on the speed of your Internet connection this may take some time.

To continue this tutorial click the 'Next' button below the screenshot.

The default document now appears in the window on the right along with the other contents of the hosting directory.  Upload is complete.

To return to the tutorial list click the 'Next' button.