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The following will describe "how-to" set up your site in NVU and how to use their built in FTP program to upload or publish your site.

• Setting Up a New Site.

  1. First, go ahead and open NVU on your PC.
  2. Next, click the "Edit Sites" button on the left hand side.

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  3. This will open another window. Click on "New Site," and enter that information that follows:
    • Site Name- this is just so you can identify your site. Usually I name it the same as my domain name. (ex. dogbark.com).
    • HTTP Address- this is going to be your web URL. http://www.your_domain.com
    • Publishing Address- the address of the server that you will publish to. You will want to use ftp.your_domain.com/htdocs/
      Make sure you add the htdocs at the end there, if you do not publish to this directory in your site, the files will NOT be able to be seen by any browser
    • Username- your FTP username with dogbark.com
    • Password- your FTP password with dogbark.com.
      If you do not know these, you can find this information in the dogbark account manager.
  4. Go ahead and click "Okay."

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  5. At this point you'll get sent back to the main part of the program, but you'll see your site there on the left hand side. That's all folks.

• Publishing Your Files to the Server.

  1. Now that your site is up, you'll want to click the little plus sign next to your site name on the left, so it turns into a minus.

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  2. Go ahead and make a file called "test.html" by typing test in the right window and saving it to your computer.

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  3. Now click the "Publish" button on the top toolbar.

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  4. This will open the publishing window, enter the following information:
    • Site Name- Should be your site showing up there
    • Page Title- This will be the title of your Page
    • filename- The name of the file, in this case, test.html
  5. Go ahead and press "Publish."

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  6. Finally, go back to the managing sites on the left, and hit the "refresh" button and you should see your file there.

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    It's respective URL would be http://www.your_domain.com/test.html

Now that wasn't so hard was it? Give yourself a nice paw on the back. If you have any other questions, please contact dogbark's friendly support staff at 877-864-7929 or email us at info@dogbark.com