FTP File Transfer

FTP Maintenance 
(Uploading Your Files to the Server).

There are several ways, depending on your computer system, that you can transfer files to our Internet servers.  The process by which files are transferred to the web server is called "FTP" (File Transfer Protocol). You have unlimited access via FTP 24 hours a day. As such, you can create and maintain your web pages on your own computer and upload files to your web site at your leisure.

Online services which offer an Internet gateway, such as AOL, CompuServe, and Prodigy may have a built-in FTP interface. If you have a PPP Internet account, you need an FTP program.

If you are using FrontPage, you must create your new web on the "localhost" system. This is accomplished by selecting "create new web," and then entering "localhost" in the line where it asks for the web location. Once you have completed your web on your computer, you can then select the "publish web" option from the file menu in FrontPage Explorer. You will be prompted for your IP address and web name and then it will send it to our servers. Please note that you will be prompted for a user ID and password, and depending on your system configuration it may be the one that we issued you or it may be the one that you entered when you first installed FrontPage. If one does not work, then simply try the other. If you have forgotten what that password was, then you will need to reinstall FrontPage and select a new one.

For others, we highly recommend a standard FTP program for trouble free file transfers.

PLEASE NOTE: Again, if you are using FrontPage and more specifically the front page extensions capabilities within your web site, we highly recommend that you use Front Page to upload your files.  It is possible that you may experience difficulty using certain front page extensions if you arbitrarily upload your web files using a standard FTP upload program.

For PC Users we highly recommend WS/FTP Pro or WS/FTP Lite

You can download a free, fully-functional, 30 day evaluation copy of one of the most popular FTP programs on the web from  http://www.wsftp.com/downloads/index.html. A "home" license can be purchased on-line for $34.95 and the Professional license is available for $54.95.

and the limited version, WS/FTP lite is available at: http://www.pro-desk.com/support/ws_ftple.zip

>> click here for WS/FTP Instructions <<

For Mac Users we highly recommend Fetch

For the Macintosh, we recommend a program called "Fetch".  You can download a free, fully-functional, 15-day evaluation version of the Fetch from  http://www.fetchsoftworks.com  You can purchase a licensed version of this, the most popular Mac File Transfer Protocol client, on-line, for $25.00.

>> click here for Fetch Instructions <<