Using WS_FTP to upload

Setting up WS_FTP access
Using WS_FTP

Listed below are instructions for setting up your WS_FTP access. The settings you enter are remembered and only need to be entered the first time you connect.

Setting up WS_FTP access

Start WS_FTP by clicking on the start button, selecting Programs, then Internet Tools and finally WS_FTP.

Make sure that the first tab (General) is selected and enter the following information:

• Profile name: any name that will remind you that this is the connection to your internet site.
• Host Name/Address: webdev.adelaide.edu.au
• Host Type: Automatic detect
• User ID: Your email login- xxxxxnn where xxxxx is the first letter of your first name and the first five letters of your surname and the nn is the unique number assigned to you. Alternatively, you can use the WebAccess generated username and password combination, determined by viewing your site information in WebAccess and clicking on FTP Settings in the menu to see the connection information.
• Password: Your email password or the WebAccess generated password to match the username you have entered. If your computer is secure, tick the checkbox for Save pwd.
• Account: Leave blank
• Comment: Leave blank

Click on the second (Startup) tab, and enter information in the following fields.

• Initial Remote Site Folder: the location of your site on the server. Using WebAccess, go to the site you are setting up and from within the site submenu select FTP settings and enter the information in the Directory field here.
• Initial Local Folder: the folder on your hard drive where you will be saving files temporarily in order to update them.

Using WS_FTP

Start WS_FTP and click on the Connect button. If you have set your configuration not to save the password, you will be prompted to enter it. You will be connected to the server, with the connection set to the local and remote folders specified when the ftp connection was initially defined.

To navigate around your site you have the following options:

• to open a folder within your current folder: double click on the folder
• to move to a higher level folder: double click on the up-arrow and double dots

Click on the file you want to download in the right hand (remote server) window. Then either drag the file to the left hand (local computer) window, or click on the left pointing arrow (<=). This will copy the file from the server to your local computer, allowing you to make changes to the webpage.

Once you have made changes to the file, or have created a new file, you must then upload the file to the web server to enable people visiting your web site to see the webpage. To do this, click on the refresh button to the right of the local computer window to make sure that you are looking at the correct file to upload. The click on the file you want to upload in the left hand (local computer) window and either drag it to the right hand (remote server) window or click on the right pointing arrow (=>) to upload it. Doing either of these will copy the file from your local computer to the web server, making the page visible on your web site.

Notes:

• Always download the file you need to change from the server each time before you make changes, in case someone else has had to change the file in the meantime. Otherwise, the file you change may not be the latest version of the page and you may overwrite someone else's changes.
• Make sure that the ASCII button is checked for uploading all files except image files which should be uploaded as binary files.
• Click the refresh button to make sure that the dates and sizes of files are correct before uploading or downloading them.

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