Creating your Web Site directory on the HalNet server and uploading your files using WS_FTP LE.
You can download the WS_FTP LE program at:
http://tucows.insync.net/ftp95.html
The WS_FTP homepage is at:
http://www.ipswitch.com/Products/WS_FTP/index.html
Start the WS_FTP program and Connect to HALNet using your USERNAME and PASSWORD
When you connect to HALNet you will be in your user directory. The REMOTE SYSTEM window willshow /usr/users/yourusername, in this window click the MkDir button, then anInput box will pop up into which you should type the name of your new directory"public_html" and click OK
Once the directory "public_html" shows up under the REMOTE SYSTEM window double clickon its NAME to go into the directory that you just created. Also make sure the LOCAL SYSTEMwindow is open to the directory that contains the files that make up your Web Site
Right click in the REMOTE SYSTEM window to pop up its options menu. On the menuselect Ftp Commands then select SITE, this will pop up the Input boxshown on the screen below this one.
Type "chmod 755 ." into the Input box and click OK. The "." (period) at theend of this input is required. This sets the unix file permissions so that others cansee the files that make up your Web Site, if these file permissions are not set correctlywhen someone tries to visit one of your Web Pages they will receive a message that their accessis not authorized.
The STATUS window at the bottom of the WS_FTP screen should show the message CHMOD commandsuccessful.
You are now ready to upload the file(s) to your Web Site by highlighting the files you want to send in the LOCAL SYSTEM window and then clicking the directional button [-->] that points to the REMOTE SYSTEM window. Once the file upload is complete the filenames will be displayed in the REMOTE SYSTEM window. NOTE: If you are uploading GRAPHICS files (.GIF, .JPG) be sure the BINARY button in the lower middle of the screen is selected!
If you want to check the file permissions on the files you just uploaded click on theDirInfo button in the REMOTE SYSTEM window. This will pop up a display listing each filein the directory. The file permissions are the first entry on each line, files for your WebSite shoud have a file permissions entry of "-rw-r--r-- " as shown below.
To finish your FTP session click Close and then Exit.