Very simply, FTP is a method to transfer files from your computer to a server somewhere on the Internet. After you have developed the HTML and graphics files for your TG Forum Home Page you need to transfer them to the TG Forum server, in your home page directory so that others on the Internet can see them.
You will need special software to do this which is called an FTP client program. There are many available, some free; some real cheap. Most come with a 30 day trial demo version. You can find some of the most popular at http://www.download.com in their Internet, FTP section. Based upon the download count the three most popular programs currently available are FTP Voyager v6.0, Cute FTP v2.0 and WS_FTP Pro v5.0. All have hundreds of thousands of downloads. I have used all three and have personally settled on FTP Voyager because it is most like Windows95 Explorer and allows me to compare directories between my system and the server to see what needs to be uploaded or downloaded.
Once you have selected a FTP client and downloaded and installed it you will need to set up an entry for your connection to the TG Forum server so that you can transfer files to your home page. There are three key pieces of information that you need in order to do this successfully. The URL of the server, your user name and your password.
Though different programs may call the URL by different names (FTP site, Host Address, Host Name/Location) they all require this address: members.tgforum.com The user name and password were sent to you with you home page order confirmation. Use the exact user name and password here and don't try logging in anonymously.
Below are three screen shots of the configuration screens of the three programs discussed here to guide you through this configuration.
After this simple setup you can connect to the server and transfer files directly to your home page. The file transfer is immediately available for everyone on the net to see.