Activating your GSU web account

Downloading wsftp_le (file transfer protocol)
http://www.faithfuldesigns.com/tools/guides/ftp/

Using wsftp_le to transfer files

First, you should create your webpage.  The University's Instructions for this are at http://services.georgiasouthern.edu/its/tutorials/createingwebpage.php.
 

Using the file transfer protocol (ftp)
A file transfer protocol allows the computer you are working on to call up the Internet server on which your www files are stored and to send files from your computer to the Internet server so that they can be read on the www.  You use the ftp to move files from your computer to the Internet server; we read them on the www *from* the Internet server. Open your file transfer protocol-- you will see something like this:
 

• For the profile name, type in your name (or anything else that you want--  just make it something simple and easy to remember).
• Make sure the host name is set as eagle4.cc.gasou.edu, and the host type as automatic detect.
• Then, fill in your user ID and password.
• For detailed instructions on using our ftp, go to http://www.ipswitch.com/Support/tutorial.html
• Click OK and the ftp will call up the Internet server and let you transfer files from your computer to the www!
• Once you connect, you will see two colums:

 

• The left-hand side, labeled local system, is your computer.
• The right-hand side, labeled remote site, is the Internet server.
• Make sure that your local system is set for A drive. To set your local system for A drive, click ChgDir, then type a: in the dialogue box and click ok. Or, cursor down to the bottom of the local host screen and click on the icon for a drive.
• In the remote-host/left-hand column, double-click on the folder that says Public_html.  This is your personal www directory, and all of your files must be *in* your Public_html directory in order to be posted to the www.

Note: the ftp hangs up on you if you go five minutes or so without using it.  When the connection closes, you just click on connect (lower left-hand corner) and call up the Internet server again.

• In your Public_html directory, you will see a file called index.html.  This is your homepage, and this is what is on the Internet for your address (http://www2.gasou.edu/student/gsi#####).
• To transfer a file from you local pc to the Internet server,
• highlight the file and click on the arrow pointing to your local host, or
• double-click on the file-- be wary of double-clicking, as this transfers a file.