Getting Your Homepage Up Loaded
Getting an FTP Client - Before you can send your files to our server, you must have an FTP program. (What is FTP anyway?)
  • Windows 95
    Windows 95 comes with FTP. However, it is a DOS-mode only program. If you are not comfortable with a DOS prompt, skip to the next item to download WS_FTP.
  • Go Get an FTP Program
    If you do need to go get an FTP program, we recommend taking a look at WS_FTP. There are instructions on their site for downloading and setting up the software.
Uploading Your Pages - Once you have your FTP program, follow these steps to transfer your pages to us. Transfer times will depend on the size of the files you select and the speed of your modem.
  • Windows 95
    • Go to the Start menu. Click on Programs, then select MS-DOS Prompt.
    • Change directories into the directory where you have created/stored your web pages.
    • At the command line, type ftp://www2.gcnet.net. When prompted, enter your username and password exactly as you gave it to us (all lowercase... ).
    • When you are logged in, you can type dir to get a listing of files you have on our server, or help for a list of commands.
    • Before you begin transferring files, type the command bin. This sets up FTP to transfer in binary mode.
    • If you will be transferring many files, you might want to type the command prompt. This will turn off (or on if already off... ) the interactive mode that asks whether you really want to send each file.
    • To transfer your files to our server, type the command mput followed by the file name(s) you wish to transfer. mput allows the use of DOS-style wildcards (*.*) for filenames. A good suggestion might be to type mput *.htm* to send all of your HTML files, or mput *.gif* to send all of your GIF images.
  • WS_FTP
    • Double click the WS_FTP icon to start the program. When the Session Profile window pops up, click on the New button to setup a new profile. Fill in the blanks with the information below. Be sure to put in your username and password where indicated:
      • Profile Name - My Homepage Site
      • Host Name - www2.gcnet.net
      • Host Type - Automatic detect
      • User ID - your_username
      • Password - your_password
      • Account - *leave this blank*
      • Remote Host - *leave this blank*
      • Local PC - C:\wherever_you_put_your_pages
      • Anonymous Login - *leave this blank*
      • Save Password - check/selected
      • Auto Save Config - *leave this blank*
    • When you are through entering this information, be sure to click Save. You can now connect to our server by clicking on OK.
    • The window on the left displays the files on your hard drive. Pages that exist on our server are in the right hand window.
    • To transfer your files to our server, select the files on the left you wish to transfer (you may select multiple files by holding down CTRL as you click with thte mouse... ). Once you have all the files selected, click on the button with the arrow pointing to the right. It's located between the two windows.
    • Once the files are transferred, the right-hand window will update to display the current listing.