To Transfer your files to your Service Provider or to a server that houses your web site, you can use a program called "Fetch" on the Internet.

 

This is what you will generall see when first opening the Fetch program.

 

You can set up your own shortcuts under the Customize Menu item, go to "New Shortcut" menu.


Now you can set up your Host Name and other items so that each time you use Fetch, you don't have to reenter all the same information.

The "Name" is just something for you to identify what the info is.. name it whatever is helpful to you.

The Host is very important. You must get this from your service provider or tech support person.. this is how fetch will find the computer that houses your web site.

Your User ID and Password are also the same as when you log on to get your email.. get this info from your service provider.

The directory is helpful to get you directly to the directory or folder that contains your web pages and files... but generally you can also get to this folder by clicking on it when you connect to the your space on the computer.. this can generally be left blank.


But you don't need to do any of that if you are comfortable with entering your data each time you open Fetch.

Once you fill out the host, user name and password, you can now connect to your space on the server (computer) that houses your web site.

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Next you should see a window that looks like this:


then look for the directory that holds your web files (if you filled out the "directory" section of your new connection dialog box, you will not need to do this) ... in the above case, I needed to scroll down to the folder called "public_html".

Once there, click on the proper directory/folder and your web contents will open.

Now you can drag the contents of your web site directly onto the window or you can use the "PUT DIRECTORY OF FILES" from the REMOTE menu.

Finally, you want to set your upload preferences in your customize menu to "RAW DATA".

 

Everything else is extra... play around with the different menus.. nothing will break!!!

 

Happy Fetching!!

 
brought to you by richard calton @ rgc@ilt.columbia.edu