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[Aaron Hodson Contribution Level: 1]

I need to know how to upload multiple pages to 1 domain. I not talking about on a blogging platform, I am talking about a series of pages connected together as a sales funnel on a otherwise empty domain. I already have hosting and understand to use a FTP server and know how to edit my own pages. So my real question is how to upload multiple pages and have them all connected together. What I am trying to do is make my own lead capture/squeeze pages. So I have my capture page, my sales page, and my thank you page, but how do I upload them all so that when someone goes to http://mydomain.com they first land on the capture page, then are directed to the next page and the next page in the sales funnel etc? I guess what it would look like when I'm done is http://mydomain.com/capturepage, then they are taken to http://mydomain.com/freeproduct, then http://mydomain.com/salespage.....All I don't know how is to setup the files on my FTP so that these pages become live and are all connected together on a single domain. The domain I am working with is completely empty by the way, so I need to know from scratch how to do this. Thanks a lot for your help!

[Daryl Lozupone Company: Amway Contribution Level: 2]

Aaron-

You have the plan all figured out.

Typically, you will upload the pages to your "public_html" folder (although some webhosts use a different structure). There might also be a folder titled "www". When you ftp the pages to your server, you will need the following files:

1) index.html is the filename for your capture page. (This is the file the webserver automatically loads when a request for http://www.yourdomain.com is received.)
2) freeproduct.html
3) salespage.html

Please note that since you are not using Wordpress or other CMS, you will have to include the ".html" at the end of the URL. (There are ways to remove it, but they are more complex.)

If you have any questions or would like help with getting this going, please feel free to contact me.

[Kerry Thomas Contribution Level: 2]

I need to know how to upload multiple pages to 1 domain. I not talking about on a blogging platform, I am talking about a series of pages connected together as a sales funnel on a otherwise empty domain. I already have hosting and understand to use a FTP server and know how to edit my own pages. So my real question is how to upload multiple pages and have them all connected together. What I am trying to do is make my own lead capture/squeeze pages. So I have my capture page, my sales page, and my thank you page, but how do I upload them all so that when someone goes to http://mydomain.com they first land on the capture page, then are directed to the next page and the next page in the sales funnel etc? I guess what it would look like when I'm done is http://mydomain.com/capturepage, then they are taken to http://mydomain.com/freeproduct, then http://mydomain.com/salespage.....All I don't know how is to setup the files on my FTP so that these pages become live and are all connected together on a single domain. The domain I am working with is completely empty by the way, so I need to know from scratch how to do this. Thanks a lot for your help!

Hi Aaron, What you are trying to do is not going to be as simple as merely uploading the files. In order to build a lead capture system, you will need use a script to process the data that is input into the capture form and then have that set up to redirect to your appropriate pages.

You should also validate the user's input to make sure that the required form fields are entered so the form will not submit unless the user has entered the required data.

As I stated,it is a little more complicated than just uploading the files. Let me know if you need any help. Kerry

[Aaron Hodson Contribution Level: 1]

Thanks a lot for the input! I think that answered my question. So your saying all I need to do--once my pages have been edited and set up right--is to upload them to the appropriate folder and then link them together?

[Daryl Lozupone Company: Amway Contribution Level: 2]

That is correct, Aaron. As Kerry mentioned, you will need to have them connected in some way. I assume you are using an autoresponser such as Mailchimp, Aweber, iContact, etc. You will have to tell your form to direct people to your free product page once they have opted in. Then you will need some sort of link to get them from there to your sales page. You might even consider taking people from the opt in directly to the sales page.

Again, let me know if you run into any difficulties or need clarification.

[Matt Alston Company: Magnetic Sponsoring Contribution Level: 2]

Hi Aaron,

You have not said too much about the internal linking that connects the pages but if you always want the same path you can hard code hyperlinks in the pages. That will allow them to link together but don't forget to use the correct form of your domain name in the links.

What editor are you writting your pages in? Some of them make this easier than others.

If your first page is the squeeze page then the only exit off that page should be the submit button in the name and email form. Since the form can be created in a variety of ways you have to specify which you are using. If you use forms that are created in your domain hosting account then they send the form data as an email in POST format. It is not stored anywhere without additional work.

As Daryl mentioned the simple way is to sign up with an auto responder account such as Aweber or mailchimp. Mail chimp is free to get started. When you build one of their forms you can specify in the form what URL to go to after the data is submitted. I use aweber but I have worked in mailchimp as well.

Once the form is submitted you need a CONFIRM PAGE. That reminds the person to check their email for the confrim link. If they send the form a second time without doing the confirm you may go a second page I call previous signup. Finally when they confirm they go to what I call the welcome page and that is the next page in your sequence and the url is one of the pages you created.

Good news of doing it this way is you get all the database and storage functions included in the mailchimp or aweber account. If your second page is the sales page then the exit from that page would be a buy now button. The last page is the thank you page as specified in the return address of the shopping cart you use. Paypal works well for a small number of items.

[Aaron Hodson Contribution Level: 1]

Yeah I am using the free nvu software. And for an Autoresponder I am either going to start with GetResponse free account or Listwire which is 100% free. I think I totally understand the concept now. Now I just have to put everything together. Thanks all!

[Matt Alston Company: Magnetic Sponsoring Contribution Level: 2]

Aaron,

Every autoresponder system and each shopping cart as well has a place in the form or buy button where you specify the URL return address from that form or buy button. That is the glue that links your sales funnel together.

Be careful not to use HTML formatting in your pages, use STYLE tags instead. It will display the same in more browsers that way. IE and Mozilla treat things differently and you get odd results with things like centering, text alignment, and block sizes if you fail to do your formatting inside the STYLE structure.

Have fun, send me a message when it is finished if you would like some feedback on how it looks and works.

I create branded and non branded sales funnels and lead qualification systesm in side wordpress and use these functions to link the pages there as well.