Using FTP to Upload Your Files

When you are satisfied with the design of your Web pages, it's time to upload your Web files, which are stored on your computer, to the Web server(the computer where your Web pages reside). This section covers the use of FTP(File Transfer Protocol) to upload your files to the server. Most of ISPs(Internet Serviece Providers) to support FTP, so contact your server administrator to see if your server supports FTP. We show you how to set up FTP for transfering files by using shareware WS_FTP as an example.

1. Make Internet connection.

2. Double-click on WS_FTP to open it. A small window, called Session Profile, will pop up. This is a place where you will enter all needed information for FTP connection.

3.Click on New button to create a new profile name. In the Profile Name dialog box, type in the name you want to name of this profile(any name).

4. In Host Name box, type in the host name or server name. For example, it may be ftp.yourhost.net or yourhost.net. Contact your ISP administrator to obtain the correct name for this section. In some cases, you may guess the name. For instance, if your assigned Web page address is like: http://www.yourhost.net, then you can guess that the host name would be ftp.yourhost.net or yourhost.net

5. In Host Type box, select option Automatic Detect.
6. In UserID box, enter your login name.
7. In Password box, enter your password.

8. Check the Save Password check box and click Save button to save your newly created profile. When you do this, you won't have to enter password again next time.

9. The rest is optional, so you may leave them blank and click OK to finished creating the Profile Session. The FTP client will try to make a connection to your ISP server. If your connection to server is succesful, then you will see all your server directories and files(remote) on your right-hand side, and your local files and directories on the left-hand side.

10. If you want to upload your files, which are stored on your computer, to the server, select directories and files you want to upload by click on it(it will be hightlighted). Then select directories on the server where you want your files to be, and click on the right arrow to transfer files. If you want to dowload files from your server to your computer, do the opposite way.

You may also make an new directory and delete the old one with this FTP client by clicking on the Mkdir and Rmdir buttons. You may also want to look up the files in another directory by clicking on the Chgdir button. You can delete or rename files by click on Delete or Rename buttons.

For instruction on how to download FTP clients, please visit our Software Download Web page.