Transferring Files to a Page Hosted By WestNet
- If the files are for a personal home page, please refer to our Creating A Personal Web Page
instructions.
- If you have not already done so, setup a virtual web account by
contacting the WestNet
Staff
- Establish a connection to the Internet
- Start your FTP Client and click on the CONNECT (or equivilent)
command.
- Enter the following (please note that it's case-sensitive):
- Host: your web site name (www.domain.com)
- Username: your_user_id
- Password: your_password
- The files will be located in the directory yourdomainname-htdocs.
- Find the files on your machine using the display representing your
computer (usually labeled "LOCAL") that you want to FTP.
- Click on the file on your local machine and drag it to the server
(if prompted for a transfer mode, select "BINARY").
- Repeat as necessary. Please name the first page of your
site "index.html".
- When finished transfering your files, click CLOSE and you will be
disconnected from the WestNet server.
- All web sites have a private area for CGI programs. This directory on the
server is
yourdomainname-cgi
