Putting Your
WWW Creations Online

Before you start.... Making and uploading your web site is easier than you may think. Do not get frightened by the amount of new things on these pages... After a very short time of learning, the information here will be almost second nature, and not at all scary. Helpful Hints: Name your starting page index.html . Remember, you are putting your pages onto a UNIX based Web server. This means that anything there is CASE-sensitive. For example: A file called Mypage.html is different than mypage.html. Creating an images directory is fine. Keeping note that a lot of HTML programs use absolute paths. This means that some programs write: <img src="c:\webpages\images\mycar.jpg"> If this happens, set your HTML maker to relative paths. This will produce: <img src="/images/mycar.jpg"> Which is the correct format. Remember, if you use pictures or sound files, be sure to upload them too. Lastly, for those who want the full version of my Technical Hints, from the Webmaster himself, Follow this Link. Using an FTP client Using an FTP client such as WS-FTP or CuteFTP is rather simple. Note: ALL FTP client programs are different. You should read and familiarize yourself with the documentation that comes with your chosen software. An understanding of how your program works is essential. These instructions contain generalized for all FTP client software allowing YOU to make the connection. Make a connection to ftp.pil.net, logging in with your current username, and current password. In the left (or upper) panel is YOUR local hard drive. The right (or lower) panel is the remote system (us). In the right (or lower) panel, double click on the directory called public_html . This is where your pages go. In the local harddrive window, find and double click the directory in which your pages reside. The panel now shows your pages directory. Select the page(s) you wish to upload. Verify that Binary transfer mode is selected. If not, select it now. Click on the transfer button. A progress indicator will show your pages being uploaded. Continue the above 3 steps until all your pages AND artwork are uploaded. Using an FTP Shell Again, these instructions are here in a generalized format. In Windows95/NT I recommend, that you launch a DOS prompt in 95, and a CMD shell in NT. Using the CD (change directory) command get into the directory that contains your HTML pages first. Launch the FTP shell, by typing FTP then hitting Enter. OPEN a connection to ftp.pil.net by typing, open ftp.pil.net , followed by Enter. When prompted, enter your username, in lower case. When prompted, enter your current password. You will be logged into your home directory. Type cd public_html, and hit Enter. You are now in your webspace directory. Type bin, and hit Enter. You are in Binary Transfer mode. Type hash, and hit Enter. This enables a transfer status indicator. Type put filename , and hit Enter, where filename is the name of the file you wish to send. Example: [support@hiawatha /home]# ftp ftp> open ftp.pil.net Connected to richard2.pil.net. 220 richard2 FTP server (UNIX(r) System V Release 4.0) ready. Name (ftp.pil.net:support): support 331 Password required for support. Password: 230 User support logged in. ftp> cd public_html 250 CWD command successful. ftp> bin 200 Type set to I. ftp> hash Hash mark printing on (1024 bytes/hash mark). ftp> put index.html local: index.html remote: index.html 200 PORT command successful. 150 Binary data connection for index.html (207.8.164.27,7290). ############ 226 Transfer complete. 12474 bytes sent in 0.0422 secs (2.9e+02 Kbytes/sec) ftp> close 221 Goodbye. ftp> quit [scream@hiawatha /home]# Repeat the above 2 steps until all your pages, graphics and other files are uploaded. When all items are uploaded, type close , then hit Enter. Type quit , followed by Enter. Using Navigator or other software to upload Browsers/HTML writers vary greatly. Here is some generalized information to allow you to upload using them. We cannot provide any support for software packages. We can only provide the information needed to use them. Some Navigator's need a location to upload to.. a relativly generic site seems to work. Try a publishing location of: ftp://ftp.pil.net/home/yourusername/public_html/myfile.html where: yourusername is just that... your login name, and where: myfile.html is the real name of the file you wish to upload.