FTP Access using  WS_FTP

Get a copy of WS_FTP

1.  Configure Your FTP Client

 A.  Session Properties will appear add the following parameters:

1. In the 'Profile Name' box, enter a title for your site so you can select it later on.
2. In the 'Host Name/Address' box, enter your domain name.  If your domain name does not point, use your IP Address that we provided you when you signed off on final approval & requested site access.
3. In the 'User ID' box enter the user name provided to you.
4. Enter your 'Password'
5. Do not select 'Anonymous' check box
6. Optionally, you can select 'Save Pwd' (Save Password)

B.  Select the 'Startup' tab

C.  Enter '/public_html' in the top text box

D.  Optionally select the local directory to point to your local files or Traverse through the directories in the program later

E.   Select 'OK'

FTP Your Web Site

1. Go to your Web Site Directory on the left side of the window and select all of the htm, html, gif, and jpg files
2. Hit the right arrow '->' in the middle of the pages
3. All of your files will now be uploaded to your web site

Fetch

1.  Get a copy of Fetch

2.  Get Online with your Internet Service Provider (ISP)

3.  Configure Your FTP Client

One common use for Fetch is transferring web pages to web servers. Web authors often create their HTML, GIF, JPEG, etc. files on a personal Macintosh, and use Fetch to transfer the pages to the server that will actually serve the files over the Internet. This tutorial section is aimed at walking you through your first such transfer.

Before you start, you will need to gather four important pieces of information:

1) The hostname of the server that will hold your pages. It should be something like "yourdomain.com".

2) Your userid, which you were given after signing final approval & requested site access.

3) Your password,which you were given after signing final approval & requested site access.

4) The name of the directory, which will hold your pages. Web pages are stored in a special directory named "public_html".

To start, choose the New Connection... command from the File menu. Enter the four pieces of information in the four text fields, and press OK . If everything goes well you will see a list of the files in your web directory. Otherwise you will need to correct one or more of the pieces of information.

Once you are connected, choose the Put Folders and Files... command from the Remote menu to upload your web page files. If all of the files are in one folder, you can navigate to that folder and use the Add All button to add them to the list of items to be uploaded. Otherwise you can choose them one by one. You can also add folders to the list of items to be uploaded. Next you will be asked what formats to use for the transfer. You want to choose "Text" as the format for text files, and "Raw Data" as the format for all other files (such as images). Then press OK to begin the transfer.

Once the pages have been uploaded you should check them with a web browser. Enter the URL in the browser's Location field and check to make sure that all the images show up, and that all the links work. If there are problems you should double-check your HTML tags to make sure that they have the right file references. Your main page should be named "index.html" or "index.htm". CGI scripts need to go in a particular directory - /home/<username>/cgi-bin, and you will need to set their execute permission bit.