PC
FTP Instructions
How to Transfer Your HTML Files for Your Personal Web Page
PC Users using WS_FTP.
WS_FTP
LE is available for free if you are:
- a
U.S. federal, state, or local government employee
(government contractors must use WS_FTP Pro)
- a
student, faculty member, or staff member of an educational
institution
- a
non-business home user. (recreational use only)
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After
installing the program open WS_FTP. This is a general purpose
FTP client that you can use to transfer files to and from
your web directory.
You'll get a prompt asking you for a host. Fill in the following:
Host Path: www.yoursite.com (ie: www.norcalhosting.com)
User ID: your user name
Password: your user password
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Next, goto the startup tab and specify what folders to
start in:
The
Remote folder should be your user name, or left blank.
The Local folder should be a folder you create on your
hard drive to have a copy of your site. This allows you to edit
your files before publishing them to the server. In other words,
the changes you make will not show up until you upload them
to the server.
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Then hit the "OK" button.
The right side window will give a listing of your folder on
the web server. The left side window shows your local files:
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Now you can upload your HTML and GIF files to your www directory.
Just highlight the files you want to upload on the
left , and click the arrow button (-->). To download
files to your hard drive, highlight the files on the
right and click the arrow button (<--).The arrow
points to the place you want to put the files.
Important notes about file naming conventions: All
files names are case-sensitive under Unix. Index.html is NOT
the same as index.html. All HTML files must have the extension
".html" or ".htm" at the end for them to work. Name
your home page "index.htm", it will load by
default.
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How to Transfer Your HTML Files for Your Personal
Web Page - PC Users using Cute FTP.
Launch CuteFTP. This is a general purpose FTP client that you
can use to transfer files to and from your Web directory. If
you don't have CuteFTP you can download it from: http://www.cuteftp.com
The FTP Site Manager window will come up. Choose "New".
Settings:
Site Label: Label the new site "My Homepage"
or something like that.
Host address: [your domain name] (ie: www.norcalhosting.com)
User ID: [your_login_name]
Password: [your_password]
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Now, click on the "Edit" button
Initial Remote Directory: (folder): [leave blank]
Initial Local Directory: [set to where your HTML files
are on your machine]. You can browse for the location by clicking
the little folder icon on the right of the dialog box.
Leave the rest of the settings at their defaults.
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Click on "OK". Now your "My Homepage" site
is created in your Site manager and will be highlighted. Click
the "Connect" button. This will log you into your home
directory on the server.
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Your CuteFTP screen will be split into 3 areas: The area at
the top displays messages from the server. The area on the left
displays the file on you local machine. The area on the right
displays the files on the remote machine (server).
Now you will see the directory in the right side of the screen.
Double click on it to open it. Now you can upload your HTML
and graphics files to your www directory. All you have to do
is locate your HTML files on your local machine on the left
side of the screen and drag them into the www directory on the
right side of the screen. The files will then start transferring
to the remote machine.
When you are done transferring your files go to the FTP menu
and choose "Disconnect." Then you can quit out of Cute FTP.
Important notes about file naming conventions: All files
names are case-sensitive under Unix. Index.html is NOT the same
as index.html. All HTML files must have the extension ".html"
or ".htm" at the end for them to work. Name your
home page "index.htm", it will load by default.
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