1. Click on Start
2. Click Run
3. type: "telnet odin.cair.du.edu" (without the quotes, naturellement)
4. a new window will open; at the prompt, type your username (most likely
the same one you use to log into your webmail)
5. type in the password I will provide in a separate email
6. you will now see a prompt that looks like a dollar sign; to see a list
of your folder (called "directories"), type: "ls"
7. if you see a folder called "public_html", you're good to go.
8. if you don't see a "public_html" directory, type "webprot" - this is a program that will automatically create the "public_html" directory for
you. Just type "Y" twice when prompted to do so.
9. type "ls" again to see if you now have a "public_html" directory.
After all this you're basically free to go into your "public_html"
directory by typing "cd public_html" at the prompt. Once there, you can
create files using a Unix editor, for instance by typing "pico index.html"
(this will open the PICO editor and will allow you to start typing html
code into the newly created index.html file... PICO is like Notepad,
only quite a bit less flashy). Of course, you don't have to use a Unix
editor... they're confusing sometimes, so don't worry about it if
you don't want to. If you don't want to try to type new HTML code in a
Unix editor like PICO, you can get a FTP program instead, that you can use
to upload HTML files you already made onto your webserver. A really good
free FTP program (and the easiest one I've run across) is WS_FTP LE; it's
available for download here:
Once you've downloaded, installed, and opened it, you will be presented
with a login screen. Once there, simply fill in the values I have given
above. So, "odin.cair.du.edu" for the server, your login name for your
login name (duh...), and the password you will get in the separate email.
Then click connect and you're on your way. On the left part of the screen
you now see are the local folders on your computer, and on the right side
are the folders (or "directories") on your remote webserver. To move a
file from the left to the right, find it on the left side (by navigating
through the folders) and find the correct destination on the right side
(by navigating through those folders or directories), then select the
appropriate file on the left, and click the arrow that sits in the middle
(click the one that points to the right, obviously). Your file should now
be uploaded and ready for use.
If all this sounds a bit overwhelming, don't worry. You don't have to do
it this way, and if you're uncomfortable trying it, don't.
Don't panic if you can't get things to work, or don't really
want to try by yourself.