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You would use an FTP program. FTP stands for File Transfer Protocol which is a set of "rules" of computer communication when moving files from one location to another. There are many FTP programs available. The most popular FTP program is WSFTP. We have a copy that you can download in our downloads section.

To upload files to your server

1. Download and install this program. 
2. Enter for host name: your domain name or server ip address
3. Enter for your username: your cpanel/whm username
4. Enter for password: your cpanel/whm user password
5. click connect

NOTE: Only files contained in the public_html folder will be accessible on the web. Do not delete any folders that you do not create yourself because they are system folders. The only folder you can delete by choice is the "images" folder in the public_html folder.

The next step is to create an .html, .htm, .php, or .php4 file and call it index. The "index" file is the main site file and will automatically be displayed when someone goes to your site. Please note that there is some order of precedence to this.

IMPORTANT: Ideally you do not want to have two files called "index" in a single directory to avoid letting the webserver get confused. Certian file extensions will get displayed before others if there are multiple files with the exact same name but different file extension.

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