WS/FTP for PC Users

Each time you run WS/FTP the Session Profile window will be displayed. Initially the window will be blank as seen in the Figure to the right and after you've created your first profile you will need to click on the "NEW" button in order to get a blank profile or click on the drop down box to select an existing profile to use. A profile contains the information needed to connect to your web site.

To create a profile, you will need to fill in each area with the information as follows:

Profile Name: This should be a name that will enable you to recognize it from other profiles. In figure B we're giving it the name "Your Domain"

Host Name/Address: This should be either your IP Address (if your domain is not live on our server yet) or your domain name (if it is live on our server) Ex: 216.74.88.XXX (without the http://www in front of it). Your IP address was included in your welcome letter.

Host Type: This should be set at Auto Detect

User ID: This is your username as provided in your welcome letter. Linux is case sensitive so be sure to type your username exactly as it appears in your welcome letter.

Password: This is your password as provided in your welcome letter. Linux is case sensitive so be sure to type your username exactly as it appears in your welcome letter. To the right of the password there is a box to have WS/FTP to automatically remember your password so that you do not have to enter it each time you start this session. Check it to make your life less complicated.

Many users need to disable Passive Transfer in order to connect, this can be done by clicking on Options, then selecting the Session tab and removing the check from "Use Passive Transfer Mode".

Once you have completed the above steps, you are ready to save your changes and then connect to your account. Simply click on Apply in the lower part of the window, and then click on OK.

Once connected, your window will look like the figure to the right. You will see two separate windows. The window on the left is your actual hard drive and the one on the right is our anonymous Apollo Graphics FTP account. You can navigate your hard drive to locate where your files are by double clicking on the green arrow move up to a different directory and by double clicking on a folder to go inside that specific directory.

The window on the right is our anonymous Apollo Graphics FTP account directory on our FTP server.  You can create directories and sub-directories using the MkDir button and then entering the directory name you want.  You may simply upload your open the directory where you upload all of your files and create subdirectories for pages that you want to be viewable through your browser.

To upload your files simply navigate through your hard drive to locate your files in the left window.

You can upload one file at a time by selecting one file, a group of files by holding down your control key while selecting the files you want moved over, or an entire directory by clicking on the directory, and then clicking on the arrow pointing toward our anonymous Apollo Graphics FTP Account.  When the file upload is completed you will receive a successful completion message.