Web Page Uploading Options

Uploading and Downloading

The terms upload and download refer to the act of transferring files from one computer to another. Don't be confused about the up and down, this just refers to the direction of the transfer. For example, if you have a file on your microcomputer that you want to move to another computer, you will need to upload that file. In the context of this seminar, typically you will have an HTML file that you created on a microcomputer that you will need to upload and place in the appropriate directory in you AFS filespace. This can be accomplished in essentially two different ways:

• You can upload the file to your Network Server or Computer Server account and then move it to your AFS space, or connect to the Network Server or Compute Server and move to your AFS space prior to uploading the file.
• You can upload the file directly to your AFS space by remotely connecting one of the AFS workstations on campus. To find the names of the workstations located at the public sites, at any Network Server menu prompt, enter sites. The hostnames are listed under Comments. You can ftp to any workstation and be connected to your AFS file space.

File Transfer Programs

There are many different programs that transfer files, the method you will use will depend on the software installed on the microcomputer and destination computer and also on the way that the computers are connected.

Common file transfer programs available at Lehigh include ftp, which is the standard protocol between computers connected to the Internet, and Kermit, which is the protocol used between computers connected via phone lines. Windows versions of ftp include WinFTP and WS-FTP; the most common Mac FTP product is Fetch.

We suggest that the easiest way to use a windows ftp program is to ftp to cs.cc.lehigh.edu setting the 'host directory' to /ahome/userid/public/www-data.

If you are using your own microcomputer, you may have different file transfer programs. As long as the program can transfer text files, it does not matter what you use. An HTML file is a plain text file, so the method of transfer should be ascii, rather than binary. (Use binary to transfer graphics.)

Some html-editing/web page editing programs will upload your pages for you. Examples include Netscape Navigator Gold Editor, Netscape Composer, and Microsoft Front Page.
Note: when using a product such as Netscape, you will need to specify the location to publish your pages to. Use:

ftp://cs.cc.lehigh.edu/ahome/userid/public/www-data

You should be aware, though, that using these products such as Netscape to edit pages created with other editors may rearrange your files and produce new and interesting display arrangements!