Updating A Website

[bikeperson45]

So I've been given a website to update and what not, and it's all been done through streamline and I can access the account and everything. I also have Microsoft Expression to update it. My question is how do I do this?

I can use the program, I just don't know how to link what I do in there to the actual website, which is starting to hinder the updating process.

Anyone able to help?

Thanks

[tomturd]

Download the file you need to edit (use an FTP client to connect to the server), edit it in a text editor, upload it back to the web server with your FTP client.

Ps no idea what expression engine is!

[bikeperson45]

Thanks, getting it a bit but another question

I realised it was probably easier to start from scratch since the existing one was simple and had little on it, so to use the new one do I just have to delete the existing one from the FTP client thing then upload the new one? I've already uploaded it and that didn't cause any change so I'm assuming I just need to get rid of all the pre-existing stuff for the new default page and everything to come into effect?

[JD™]

The way I do it is move the new site to a folder called 'newsite' first, then navigate to www.domainname.co.uk/newsite/ to check that it works. If it does, move the old site in its entirety to a folder called 'oldsite' and move the new site into the root. That way you have no downtime and a backup of the old site. Obviously you should have one backed up elsewhere anyway!