Using FTP Prof. Wayne Pollock Hillsborough Community College
Tampa, FL [email protected]
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What is WS_FTP LE? FTP Software for Windows This version is
free for educational use Easy to use Newer versions at
www.FTPplanet.comwww.FTPplanet.com Alternative software you can use
is FileZilla, at filezilla-project.orgfilezilla-project.org
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What is FTP ? FTP is the abbreviation for File Transfer
Protocol Used to copy files between computers You must have an FTP
client on your computer (such as WS_FTP LE) The remote computer
must be running an FTP Server Although still widely used, FTP is
considered insecure (scp is secure but not widely used)
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Using WS_FTP LE 1.Connect to the Internet 2.Start WS_FTP LE
3.Click the New button 4.Type the information as shown into the
session properties window (figure 1) 5.Click the OK button
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Figure 1 Your user ID (folder name) and password go here (dont
use values shown). See the feedback comments in the Web Site
Concept project, for your info. Name of remote server
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Understanding the connection screen After you log on, you will
receive a screen similar to Figure 2 On the left side of Figure 2
are files on your hard drive (local) On the right side of Figure 2
are files on the remote computer (remote)
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Figure 2 Files/folders on your computerFiles/folders on student
server
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Locate Your Web Site Folders On your computer (local), locate
the files you want to transfer Double-click folders to open them;
use the green up-arrow (.. entry) to go back. In this example,
files are in C:\Temp\WebSiteProject folder The results should look
similar to Figure 3
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Figure 3 Folder on your computer Files (and folders) to
transfer Your folder on web server
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Upload Your Web Site Click on a file once to select it You can
select several files at once with control-click Make sure the
Binary transfer mode is selected, then click once on the arrow to
transfer the file or folder (If you transfer a sub-folder, a
message displays asking if you want to transfer the entire folder.
Answer Yes. Note that using sub-folders is discouraged!)
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Upload Your Web Site (cont.) After clicking on the " " arrow to
begin your transfer, you will see the progress of the data being
transferred at the bottom of the screen. When this process stops,
your folder and all its files have been transferred The result
should look like figures 4a-4b
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Figure 4a Click file to select control-click for others Binary
transfer mode Click to begin upload
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Figure 4b Upload completed!
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Updating Your Web Site Start FTP, enter your user ID (folder
name) and password, and open your folders as before (see Figures 1
and 3) Click on images or other files on your computer (local) to
select them Make sure the Binary transfer mode button is selected
Click the to upload the file(s)
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Updating Your Web Site (cont.) To modify a file that is already
uploaded, just upload the modified copy and it will replace the
original copy Download by selecting a file from the remote window
and clicking the arrow. This file can then be modified and then
uploaded again Always check your web site after modifying it by
using your browsers refresh (reload) button
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Summary Upload just your files, not the folder containing your
files The top (main) web page must always be named index.htm or the
web server wont find it Use URLs of just filenames (such as
foo.gif) and not pathnames (such as
C:\Users\student\Desktop\folder\foo.gif) Look in the feedback
comments for the Web site Concept project for your FTP username and
password Use the additional resources on our class web page
