There is a significant difference between regular do it yourself site and custom website. Do it yourself site can be done by anyone. They are pretty quick and easy to do for almost anyone these days.
Custom development required a lot of customization. If you are looking for site with lots of customization then it would require a lot custom development hours. That's why it is relatively expensive than regular sites. Custom website also provides you a lot cutting edge features that regu

Microsoft has developed an easy way for you to connect and upload files to your website. Notice: Internet Explorer once had a built in FTP client which a lot of people used. You can NOT access FTP through Internet Explorer anymore.

To quickly connect, go to your desktop and open My Computer. In the address bar, type the following:

ftp://yourusername:yourpassword@domain.com
or
ftp://yourusername:yourpassword@yourIPaddress

You must replace

An FTP account is basically used to upload and manage your files on your web site. By default, an ftp account is created automatically when you sign up for hosting, create an addon domain or create an account for a user. You can give different people access to modify certain files and not others by giving permissions to only edit or access a particular directory. You must create an FTP account for the user to do so. To create an FTP account, please do the following:

1. Login to

FrontPage settings

With FrontPage Extensions:
* In cPanel, FrontPage Extensions must be installed.
* Publish Destination = http://(domain.tld) or http://(ip.ad.dre.ss)
Without FrontPage Extensions:
* Publish Destination = ftp://(ftp.domain.tld) or ftp://(ip.ad.dre.ss)

User/Author name = (cPanel user name)
Password = (cPanel Password)

The same settings work for addon and subdomains.

Note: Installing

This FTP information is found in the second welcome email we send.
FTP Host/Address: (your ip address)
FTP User: (cPanel user name)
FTP Password: (cPanel password)
Port: 21
Path/directory: (blank)

If you have not received the second welcome email, please be sure you have paid your initial invoice.
LINUX Server
Be sure to upload all files and folders inside the public_html directory.
Place your CGI scripts into the cgi-bin dir