FTP

FTP Maintenance (Uploading Your Files to the Server)

The process by which files are transferred to the web server is called "FTP" (File Transfer Protocol). You

have unlimited access via FTP 24 hours a day. As such, you can create and maintain your web pages on your

own computer and upload files to your web site at your leisure.

Online services which offer an Internet gateway, such as AOL, CompuServe, and Prodigy may have a built in

FTP interface. If you have a PPP Internet account, you need an FTP program.

If you are using FrontPage, you must create your new web on the "localhost" system. This is accomplished by

selecting "create new web," and then entering "localhost" in the line where it asks for the web location. Once

you have completed your web on your computer, you can then select the "publish web" option from the file

menu in FrontPage Explorer. You will be prompted for your IP address and web name and then it will send it

to our servers. Please note that you will be prompted for a user ID and password, and depending on your

system configuration it may be the one that we issued you or it may be the one that you entered when you first

installed FrontPage. If one does not work, then simply try the other. If you have forgotten what that password

was, then you will need to reinstall FrontPage and select a new one.

NOTE: If you are using FrontPage, you should NEVER use regular FTP to upload your files. This will

damage the extensions. Stick with one or the other all the time.

For instructions for the most popular FTP client software for both PC and Macintosh users, see the

instructions to follow.

For PC Users (WS_FTP)

The following information is contained within your account activation notice and is needed to connect you to

your website via FTP:

USERID

PASSWORD

FTP HOSTNAME

Each time you run WS_FTP the Session Profile window will be displayed. A profile contains the information

needed to connect to your website. Creating a profile now will eliminate the need for you to configure the

software each time you wish to connect to the web server via FTP. To create a profile, click the "New" button

and enter a generic profile name at the top of the Session Profile window, such as "My Website." Next, enter

your Host Name/Address (yourdomain.com), User ID (yourdomain), and Password for your website as

illustrated in 

Figure 1A

.