Personal Web Space

Your fone.net account comes with personal web space that can be used for storage, ftp, or a personal website. 

Personal webspace cannot be used for commercial purposes. 

If you want to create a website to sell products or promote your business

please contact the web department for commercial hosting prices and more information.

To upload your personal website:

1. Right click an empty place on your desktop, point at New, and left click Folder.  Name the new folder:  web (all lowercase).
2. You can make your web page using any of the many programs available for this, including Microsoft Word, Microsoft Works, Dreamweaver, Front Page, etc . . . (If you are using Front Page you need to let us know, the instructions are slightly different and we have to set it up on a different server.)
3. The important thing to remember when creating your page is that it must be named:  index (all lowercase) and it must be saved as a web page (*.htm or *.html), and that it needs to be saved in the new web folder you just created. 
4. After your page is created and saved to the web folder on your desktop you need to upload it to our server. 
5. There are several ways to do this:
   1. You can use a program like WS_FTP or Fetch, or you can use the upload feature built into your page-making program.  Just make sure to enter the host name as www.fone.net.  Log in using your username and password (the same one you use for dial up or email).  Then find the web folder on your desktop and transfer it to the web folder on your server space.  Do not delete any folders that are already in your server space, they are there for a reason.  If you have trouble accessing or viewing your server space let us know, we may have to do some manual configuration to set it up.
   2. You can also upload using Internet Explorer.  In the address bar type ftp://www.fone.net, enter your username and password when prompted, and click Go.  Then you can drag and drop the web folder located on your desktop into your Internet Explorer window. 
6. To view the web page you’ve just created go to www.fone.net/~username.   (“~” is usually in the upper left corner of your keyboard and you need to shift for it.)

Personal Web Space using Front Page

We have a different server for web pages created in Front Page to ensure that all the extensions will work correctly. 

The main differences are:

a.                           It requires a password of at least 10 – 15 characters, with a mix of numbers and letters.  This might not be the same username/password combination you use for internet and email.

b.                                Front Page websites are set up by request.

c.                                The host name for ftp is websites.fone.net.

d.                                The web address for others to view your website is http://websites.fone.net/username.

e.                You do not need to place everything into a web folder, just upload it directly.