Uploading Your
Site - Fetch (Mac)
The most commonly
used method for uploading content to the web server is called "FTP"
(File Transfer Protocol). You have unlimited FTP access 24 hours a day
- 7 days a week. Because of that, you can upload, modify, & delete
files from your web site any time you need or want to. There are two
versions of WS_FTP that we offer for download, should you need them:
For more updated
versions of Fetch, please visit http://www.fetchsoftworks.com
You will need to
following information to connect to your website using FTP:
User Name - (This
is not case sensitive)
Password - (This IS case sensitive)
Host Address - (mydomain.com or 12.25.???.???)
For the first few
days that your account is active, you will only be able to access your
account using the IP address. Once your new domain is registered or
your existing domain is transferred, you will be able to access your
account using the domain instead.
First, you have
to enter the following information into the "New Connection"
dialog box as shown in Figure A.
Figure A
Then click "OK",
and you will be prompted with the following window as shown in Figure
B.
Figure B
Next
click "Put File", and you will be prompted with a window
like in Figure C.
Figure C
Then
find the files for upload and click "Open". The file will
then be transferred.
One
of the main directories that you'll want to create is "cgi-bin".
You will store all of your custom Perl/CGI scripts to this folder. In
order to have your home page load into a user's browser automatically
when they hit your site; first, delete the "default.htm"
file in your "www" directory; then, upload your home
page file to the "www" directory and rename it to "default.htm".
That's it... Your new home page should come up when you browse to your
website. If it doesn't, it could mean that your domain has not completed
the registration process or that you didn't upload your file correctly.
All
files, if uploaded correctly, will be immediately browsable by visitors
to your site.
IMPORTANT
- All User Names,
File Names, and Directory Names are NOT case sensitive. For
example: you CANNOT have the following two files in the same
directory - example.htm & EXAMPLE.HTM
- Any / all files
to be accessed via a web browser must be uploaded to the "www"
directory. All other directories are hidden from internet visitors.
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