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Users (Fetch)
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The following information is contained within your
account activation notice and is needed to connect to
your web site via FTP:
- USERID
- PASSWORD
- FTP HOSTNAME
The hostname tells your FTP software to connect to the
web server upon which your web site resides.
Each time you run Fetch, the New Connection... window
will be displayed. A profile contains the information
needed to connect to your web site. 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 new profile, select "New
Connection..." from the File menu. Next, enter the
Host (yourdomain.com), User ID (yourdomain), and password
for your web site as illustrated in Figure 2A.
Figure 2A
Don't worry about the Directory option right now. When
you have your Host, User ID, and Password entered, click
on the OK button.
The next window which will pop up will look virtually the
same as Figure 2B, except that yourdomain will be in the
popup window.
Figure 2B
Bookmarking
the Connection
You should take the time, now that you
have established your connection, to make it easier for
you to get here next time. Under the Customize menu,
select New Shortcut. A window will pop up called Bookmark
Editor, as shown in Figure 2C. It will already have your
name, Host, and User ID filled in. Under Type, choose
File from the popup menu. If you would like Fetch to
remember your password so you won't have to type it in
each time, type in your password in the Password field.
Now, under the same Customize menu, choose Preferences,
and under the General tab, make sure the connection you
just entered is selected as the default shortcut. Next
time you open up Fetch, your shortcut will be opened
automatically and all you'll have to do is click the OK
button!
Figure 2C
How to
Transfer Files
Refer again to Figure 2B. You need to
double-click on www to get to your web directory. This is
where all your files will be downloaded, and/or you will
create subdirectories. The only system directory that you
may need to use is cgi-bin; this directory is reserved
for custom scripts. To make your home page load
automatically, name the HTML document
"index.htm" in lowercase and upload it to the
www directory of your account. To upload a file or files,
simply drag them from your hard drive onto the Fetch
window when you are in the appropriate directory or
subdirectory. Be sure to upload HTML documents and
scripts in Text mode and images in BINARY mode. Or to
make life easier, click on the Automatic button as shown
in Figure 2B, and Fetch will decide the proper format. To
transfer a file to a subdirectory, double-click the
appropriate subdirectory to open it before transferring
the desired file(s).
To insure that the Automatic selection works properly,
make sure the selections under the Upload tab in the
Preferences window looks the same as Figure 2D below.
Figure 2D
As soon as a file is uploaded to the web server, it is
available for all to see. If, after uploading a file, you
are still unable to see the updated file via Netscape,
you need to hit the Reload button in the Netscape button
bar. Remember that you must first be connected to the
Internet through your local Internet service provider in
order to connect to the web server.
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