Please note: The information provided in the 58+ pages on this website was written in 2008 and contains old and out-dated information. I will be releasing new updated information soon that will show you how to get around the problems facing most of the web directories online today. So please sign up to the newsletter to get the soon-to-be released update!I use SmartFTP to upload script files via FTP. It’s what I’ve always used. Before I learned the technique I am about to show you I was uploading files one by one and with many directory scripts this takes far longer than uploading one file. Once I figured out you can zip up the entire script and upload just one file I realized how much time I was wasting. This way is a lot faster. So the image below is all the Indexu files that need to be uploaded.
Usually I would select all the files and drag them to the public_html folder of my site and just wait. Now what I do is zip up the files and create a new zip file called upload.zip.
I use winrar (it’s free to try) but you can also use winzip to create a zip file. The reason I use zip files is that when I go to extract all the files in Cpanel it requires the file to be a zip file. Using winrar you select all the files to be uploaded and right click on any of them, select “Add to archive” and a dialog box pops up like the one below. Select ZIP and name your file upload.zip.
Once you’ve created your zip file you can open SmartFTP and upload it to your home directory (usually public_html).
See below.
Once the upload.zip file is uploaded… should take a minute, you need to log into cpanel (or your web admin) to extract the files. In Cpanel you navigate to the “File Manager” link. Once there click on the folder next to public_html
See the below graphic.
Once you click on the public_html folder icon it will take you to a page like the one below where you can then extract the file contents.
So, click on the upload.zip Zip icon and then click “Extract File Contents in the right window. This will begin the extraction process.
Once this is complete (takes a second) all your script files will be located under your public_html folder ready for CHMOD’ing
Pretty much ever script requires you to CHMOD files to change their write permissions. Indexu is no exception.
Now that your files are where they are supposed to be you need to go back to SmartFTP and click on the refresh icon to see your files. See below:
Now that all your files are uploaded you can begin CHMOD’ing the files that need it. Note: Be sure to delete the upload.zip file because you don’t want anyone to have access to that.
To CHMOD files you simply right click on them and a dialog box pops up and then you click on “Properties / CHMOD” near the bottom. See the image below.
Once you click on “Properties / CHMOD” a dialog box will pop up with a field that usually has the # 644 in it. Change this to whatever you need to CHMOD the files to. Refer to the install instructions of indexu or the script you are installing for the files that need to be CHMOD’ed.
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