Online Manual

(Last modified Aug 28, 2002 )

FTP means "File Transfer Protocol" and is the method used to move files between computer systems over the internet.

When you FTP files to your web site account, all of your files and subdirectories must go into your /html/ directory. DO NOT DELETE ANY DIRECTORIES OR FILES IN YOUR ACCOUNT other than those you create in your html directory!

The files pertaining to your web site that you design should be uploaded to your html directory and should be the only files you ever replace.

There are several ways depending on your computer system, that you can transfer files to your html directory.

You have unlimited access via FTP 24 hours a day. You can create and maintain your web pages on your own computer and upload files to your web site at your convenience.

Online services which offer an Internet gateway, such as AOL, CompuServe, and Prodigy may have a built-in FTP interface. If you have a PPP Internet account, you need an FTP program. Visit http://www.wsftp.com/ to download the newest version of WS_FTP for the PC, one of the most popular FTP programs on the web.

For the Macintosh, a program called Fetch is used. You can also connect to your account via Telnet. All of these are described in this manual.