how do i upload my website using windows xp?

Answer by: Stuart Pierce, Aplus.Net Knowledge Base Support

This article explains how you can upload your website files using the Windows XP Network Places tool. It could be partucularly useful, if you are using Internet Explorer 7 which does not have FTP capabilities.

Start by launching Windows Explorer on your local computer.
Go to My Network Places.
Click on Add a network place from the "Network Tasks" menu.
The Add Network Place Wizard will open. Click Next.
Select Choose another network location and click Next.

In the "Internet or network address" text field, type in ftp://yourdomain.com. Please make sure to replace "yourdomain.com" with your actual hosted domain name. Click Next.

Make sure that the "Log on anonymously" checkbox is NOT selected. Type in your main FTP username in the "User name" text field. Click Next.

Enter a name for this FTP network place and click Next.

Click Finish to complete the setup of your FTP network place. You will be asked to enter your FTP password when logging on.

You can open your FTP network place anytime by clicking on its name in "My Network Places".
In order to upload your website files from your local computer to the Aplus.Net hosting server, simply copy the files you want to upload and paste them into your network place directory. Actually, you can move files back in forth in the same way that you move files around in Windows Explorer.