Using WS_FTP to Send Files to the Server



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I. Connecting your computer with the server

  1. Start WS_FTP
  2. Where it says "Host Name/Address" type "cuip.net" if that isn't already there
    ["webinstituteforteachers.org" works the same as "cuip.net"]
  3. Where it says "User ID" type your WIT username (the one you got when you started WIT)
  4. Where it says "Password" type your WIT password (the one you got when you started WIT)
  5. Where it says "Profile Name", use any name that is easy for you to remember. Everything you type now will be saved so that all you have to do after this is go to where it says Profile Name find the name you gave it, and click "Connect".
  6. Click the "Startup" tab at the top of the WS_FTP window
  • For "Initial remote site folder", type "www"
  • For "Initial local folder", type "c:\windows\desktop" if you are using Windows 95 or 98. If you are using Windows 2000, NT or XP, leave it blank.

Now click "Ok". A window will appear that has two screens. The one on the left shows files and folders in the computer you are working at. The one on the right shows what you have on the server.

II. Moving files from your computer to the server

  1. Position the WS_FTP window so that you can see both it and the file you wish to copy to the server.
    If you need to move the WS_FTP window, put the mouse arrow in the upper blue part of the window, hold down on the left side of the mouse and drag the window to where you want it (so you can see the file).
  2. Move your mouse arrow to the icon for the file you want to transfer. [DO NOT TRY TO DRAG AND DROP WHOLE FOLDERS INTO THE SERVER. OPEN THE FOLDERS FIRST AND DRAG THE INDIVIDUAL FILES.]
  3. Hold down on the left side of the mouse and drag the file to the server side of the WS_FTP window (ie., the right hand side). Let up on the mouse; this "drops" the file into the server.

Great! You have put a file from your computer onto the server!

Now you might want use Netscape to look your web directory and see if the file really got there:
Type http://cuip.net/~[your own WIT ID] in the address line and press "Enter".
And you can click on the name of the file you just sent to see if it looks the way you expected it to do.

Congratulations! A job well done!

You might also want to take a look at
Downloading web pages to Your Home Computer
and Wules of the Web,
important things to remember about making web pages

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