File Transfer Protocol (FTP)

What is FTP?
FTP stands for File Transfer Protocol.  It's used for transferring files between two computers over the Internet.  You'll need to use FTP in order to upload your home page to your Romanweb web space.  You'll also need some FTP software.   We recommend Ws_FTP Pro.  It's very easy to configure and use.

How do I upload my web page?
Every Romanweb dial-up account comes with web space for hosting your own home page.  To upload your web page you'll need to activate your Romanweb FTP account by sending an email to support@romanweb.com requesting your FTP account be setup.  You'll use your login username and password to gain access to your web space.  You'll also need some FTP software.  We recommend Ws_FTP Pro.    It's one of the simplest to configure and use.

What is the address of my home page?
Every home page has a Universal Resource Locator (URL).  Yours will be your username appended to the Romanweb home address:

www.romanweb.com/username

Why don't any of my graphics load when I view my home page?
You need to upload the graphics files as well as your HTML code to your FTP space.  HTML does not imbed graphics images, it merely points to their location.  So the graphics files have to be present on our server in order to be displayed.

My graphics files are on the server, but they still don't load?
Check to make sure your links aren't hard coded to your hard drive location.  For instance, a typical image tag looks like this:

<img src="romanwebtitle.gif">

where img src is the name of the graphics file to be displayed, and that file is present in your root directory.  Many HTML editors hard code this to a location on your hard drive.  So even though you uploaded the graphics file, your links are still pointing to your hard drive, not the local root on our server.    You need to remove the local drive information from the code.  It may look something like this:

<img src="c:\Program Files\images\romanwebtitle.gif">

simply delete "c:\Program Files\images" from the code and resave, then re-upload the file.  You don't need to upload the images again, just the HTML file.

How do I put a Hit Counter, Feedback form or some other CGI script on my home page?
Romanweb personal web space accounts do not support any CGI scripts.    To run scripts, including mailto links,  you need a FrontPage/CGI account.  Email support@romanweb.com for pricing information.