Base URL for CodeIgniter installation

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Hi,

I have an FTP server (abc.xyz.com), and I want to install CodeIgniter in the ftp server. I followed the instructions at, CodeIgniter Installation for installing it.

But In Step 3) "set your base URL", I tried giving the URL of the ftp server. But it does not work. How should I give the base URL. As am new to PHP/CodeIgniter I am not sure how it should be given.

I checked the routes.php and the default controller, welcome.php. It looks fine. But I am not getting the, "Welcome to CodeIgniter" message. How can I check if CodeIgniter is installed successfully on the ftp server.