FTP - File Transfer Protocol

• Cute Tutorial

• Setting up your FTP site

• Connecting to YOUR Server

• Uploading to your server

• Miscellaneous functions

Tutorial

Cute Tutorial :    

1. Setting up your FTP site :    

Double-click the CuteFTP icon on your desktop. The FTP Site Manager window will appear.

Click on the Add site button. You are now going to set up CuteFTP so that when you use it to connect to your homepage server.

Site Label:

Enter A name to identify your site (blftourism)

Host Address:

Enter ac.aup.fr

User ID:

Enter your AUP user ID.

Password:

Enter your AUP password.

Host Type:

Leave as Auto-Detect

Click OK. You will then return to the FTP Site Manager, which should now look like this:

2. Connecting to YOUR Server :    

To connect to the your server with Cute FTP, highlight your site label and then click on the Connect button. CuteFTP should already have configured itself to dial-up.

If you are having problems, open the Settings option from the FTP menu, select Options and then click on the Connection tab. 

On successful connection, a window will open as follows.

The LEFT window shows the content on your computer. 
Generally you'd browse to YOUR C:\ Drive to find the html and image files to upload.

The RIGHT window shows you what files you have on your host server.

You'll will be at the root level and you'll possible see an "image" folder and maybe a "cgi-bin" folder for CGI scripts.

Should you need to change either directory, click in the box that contains the directory name, and then select the directory you require.

3. Uploading to your server :    

In order to move files from your "Local" directory to the "Host" directory on our homepage server (called uploading), just use your mouse to select files (point, left click AND hold the left-hand mouse button down) from the left hand side, and drag them to the right hand side. When it asks you to confirm the upload, say yes. 

If the upload goes well, you will see your file(s) appear on the right hand side of the screen. That's it!

Note: Make sure that the main file of your personal homepage is named either index.htm or index.html.

4. Miscellaneous functions :    

You can delete or rename files on the server. Use your mouse to select a file or files on the server, and press the right-hand mouse button for the contextual menu with the available functions. Choose delete or rename accordingly.