Using your personal web space

Primus DSL customers have access to 20MB of personal webspace. This document provides the settings and steps necessary to upload and view your site.

Accessing your Web Space

Uploading

You must use an FTP client to upload your site into your webspace. A step-by-step example is shown below.  This section provides you with the settings required to upload your site.

FTP Client Settings

• FTP Host: home.primus.ca
  (Note: magma.ca accounts should use www.magma.ca instead)
• Username: the main primus.ca email address on your account. The full address is required.
• Password: as set for the username.

Required Items

1. You must create a folder called public_html in your webhosting root folder (where you end up when first logged in to the FTP)
2. All the content for your site must be placed in the public_html folder.
3. The first page of your website must be located in the public_html folder (cannot be in a sub-directory). The page must be called index.html

Viewing

The address to view your site will depend on the domain or realm for your email address or username. Most customers will be using an @primus.ca or @ magma.ca address. Please consult the list below to determine the format required to view your website.

As an example, if your email / username to upload your website were johndoe@primus.ca, the address to view your site would be http://home.primus.ca/~johndoe