What am I supposed to do?
The point is more likely, what do you want to do? You could, for example, put up something you want to, or comment on something someone else has put up. Since it is all open and accessible for everyone, this is literally up to you.
How do I put something up?
Basically, you need a FDP – Client and your html – coded file.
Some basic html:
<HTML> - Begins your HTML document.
<HEAD> - Contains information about the page such as the TITLE
<TITLE> - The TITLE of your page. This will be visible in the title bar of the viewers’ browser.
</TITLE> - Closes the HTML <TITLE> tag.
</HEAD> - Closes the HTML <HEAD> tag.
<BODY> - This is where you will begin writing your document
</BODY> - Closes the HTML <BODY> tag.
</HTML> - Closes the <HTML> tag.
Just copy and paste this and replace the explanations with something you want to put up, then save it as an html-file. You can do this in any text editor, as long as it is able to safe your file as html.
Next step, place it in a folder once you accessed the page - content via FTP – Client.
It might make sense to place it in a folder inside the public_html - folder; otherwise it becomes only visible for those also changing the page – which also could be something you want to.
Your file in the public folder will become visible once someone types "www.sleepingoutsidehere.com/yourfoldername/" in the browser.
In case you want your page to be the homepage, you have to save it as index.html in the public_html folder. Before that, you have to rename the existing index.html.
How do I set up links?
<a href="http://www.fullnameofyourpage.html"> nameofyourlink </a>
What folder should I use?
There is no should; just when you want it to be visible for everybody and not only for those accessing the page via FTP-Client, you have to place it somewhere in the public_html - folder and then link it with the homepage, which is the index.html-file in the public_html - folder.
I have problems with the FTP - Client - setup?
I screwed the whole thing and now have no idea how to fix it?
Just do not do that. Take a screen shot of your FTP-Client before you start to change the page, so you know what is supposed to be there. To be on the safe side, do not delete anything.
Is it safe?
No. Just legal.