Before you can continue in this tutorial, you will need something to upload, and an FTP client. For information on how to make a web page, please visit the HTML section. For FTP clients, I suggest a graphical one like WS_FTP rather than a command-line based that comes with the operating system.
There should be entry boxes for your username, password, and the server name. Ex:
Once you have logged in by entering the log-in information and pressing OK or Connect, you will be brought to a screen where you can upload or download files, as well as navigating from directory to directory.
Here is a screen shot of WS_FTP. The left listing lists the files on your computer, while the right listing lists the files on the web server. You use the arrow buttons between them to upload or download files.
Below the two panes are three options, ASCII, Binary, and Auto. These control how the file is transferred. You should generally use ASCII mode for text files such as HTML, Perl, and CSS. You should use Binary mode for images, programs, and anything which isn't text. Generally, if you have Auto mode enabled, it will choose correctly for you. However, with Perl programs, you should be sure that it uses ASCII mode, or they won't work.
Some FTP clients also support changing file permissions (who can read/write to a file). This is an extra function, and is useful for those of us who work with CGI.