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Subject
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Certain Known Issues.
Description
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The following are some the issues regarding FTP.
Required Information
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You must have a FTP client such as ws_ftp or cute ftp.
Procedure
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[1] If you use ftp.domain.com as host address, this will give
an error when the domain is newly registered. Min 48 hrs is
required to use this format for FTP. However, this can be
overridden by using corresponding server IP address.
[2] If you are trying to access FTP through Internet Explorer
or through any browser, you may not be able to access it as a
FTP client is compulsory for accessing the FTP.
[3] If you use DOS mode to connect through FTP, you will get
host error if you are in a network.
[4] After connecting to FTP you might no be able to view the
folders the server side. Please ask your ISP to resolve this
issue.
[5] Files that are uploaded outside the root folder such as
www will not be able viewed from the browser.
[6] Your site will not be visible if your home page is not
named as index.html
[7] If even after uploading , you see our welcome page, then
access your FTP delete the index.html file and upload your
index.html page.
[8] FTP will timeout if the connection is left idle for
sometime.
[9] If you are in network, always use IP address as host
address.
[10] Do not try to rename the system generated folder such as
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