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Uploading Your Web Pages With WS_FTP |
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A. Get assigned a user name, password, and directory by ITCom. You will be told the complete directory path to your storage area, usually something like /doc/podunk if you're setting up the Web Site for Podunk Power Squadron. B. Get an file-transfer program that can handle uploads to a passworded site. Typcial browsers (IE, Netscape, AOL) don't support this aspect of ftp. Here are the instructions for using Ipswich's ws_ftp32. You can get this program at: www.ipswitch.com After installing, here's how to set up the program: In the Session Properties window: 1. Click the General tab at the top Click "New" and enter a convenient profile name like "web site files" Type the host name www.usps.org Host type is UNIX standard User name: exactly as provided by ITCom password: exactly as provided by ITCom 2. Click the "Session tab at the top type initial host directory the directory path ITCom provided type initial home directory whatever folder path you use on your own computer 3. Click the "apply" button at the bottom of this window to create the new profile |
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Now all you have to do is set up your usual Internet connection through your ISP and click "Connect" on the Session Properties window in ws_ftp32 . When you connect, you'll see a window that looks a little like the old Windows 3.1 File Manager screen. You should be looking at your assigned folder. If you run into a problem connecting, see the notes below about UNIX and "upper / lower case". To transfer a file, locate it on your hard drive in the "local" window, then either: 1. double-click, or 2. highlight the file name, then click the "transfer" button. Transferring groups of files is just like Windows; highlight all the files you want to transfer by holding down the shift key (adjacent block of files) or the The program will emit a triumphant train toot when the file transfer is complete. You should see the file(s) in the "remote" directory section of the window. UNIX has two important differences from Windows: it is case sensitive, and it thinks "file.htm", "File.htm" and "file.html" are three different files. Be sure the file name in a hyperlink is exactly the same as the name in the remote directory. |
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