The following tutorial will assist you with publishing your website using Microsoft Publisher.

  1. Open Microsoft Publisher, and then open the website you have developed.
  2. Click, "File", "Publish to the Web..."
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    If you receive a generic message regarding, "To publish your Web site, you need to subscribe to a Web Hosting provider." click OK to continue.
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  4. You will see a window asking you to save the file as index.htm. Change index.htm to ftp://yourdomain.com (replace yourdomain.com with your actual domain name) and click Save.


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  5. In the, "FTP Log On" window:
    - Select, "User"
    - Enter your cPanel username as the User
    - Enter your cPanel password as the Password
    - click OK
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  6. If you receive a dialog box from Windows asking, "Do you want to keep blocking this program?" click Unblock.
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  7. Your website files need to be uploaded to your public_html folder. Double click, "public_html" to open this folder. Look for your web address file and click it.
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  8. Click, "Save"

    Important! Make sure to click on your web address file before saving.

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  9. If you receive a warning regarding, "Publisher has created a filtered HTML version..." click OK to continue.
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    You will see a ,"Publishing HTML file(s)..." message. When this has completed, your website has been uploaded!

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