So you want to FTP, huh? And the chart looks funky when you press the
icon thingy on the manager? And you threw the terminal down the...Well,
maybe that's just my little autobiographical reference.
This guide does not intend to insult anyone's intelligence. This is a
step-by-step for the uninitiated, or the initiated who need a reminder now
and again. Alright, alright, this is for me. Those who take
intellectual offense to
the details are advised to have someone tickle them till they blow chunks;
the need to relax is obviously great.
Step 1:
Go to Program Manager. In the Winsock
Group, there will be:
Tcpman Qvtnet16 Netscape WS FTP
TCP3270 WS Gopher Double click WS FTP.
Step 2:
A form titled Session Profile will appear. The Profile Name:
should be WS_FTP.
It has worked for me using
others, but I would advise sticking to WS_FTP as the profile name till
later.
Step
3:
The Host Name: should be
www.soc.hawaii.edu. To do this, highlight the white entry box
for the host name, then type over whatever is in there.
You
do not need to press delete to erase the previous name. (Unless you're
really trigger happy.) The www.soc.hawaii.edu is the host
name for Dr. James' class as it stands during the 1995 Fall Semester.
This is the CSS (College of Social Sciences) server, and our class' wave
to surf.
Step
4:
Leave the Host Type: as Automatic
detect.
This lets the computer adjust to the host
type. It also saves you the trouble of having to record and remember MORE
information.
Step
5:
Click Anonymous Login to undo it.
This is an automatically checked box on the right hand side of
the Session Profile form. Before you type any identification information,
click this box with your mouse to remove the Anonymous Login function.
Otherwise, your password will NOT BE encrypted, and you may find strange
and unusual creatures roaming your files.
Step
6:
Your User ID should be the CSS identification Dr.
James assigns during class.
It may look like "p12", "p04",
etc. It is NOT your e-mail identification. Repeat, NOT your e-mail
identification. This will not show on your screen as
encyrpted.
Step
7:
Your Password should be either a general class
password which Dr. James presently gives [example: com], or your own
password.
This WILL show on your screen as encrypted, using
a series of stars.
Step
8:
Click OK.
Leave all other options leave as
they were (AKA default) when you came into this FTP vortex. The connection
will take 5 seconds or less. If you wish to see the process of terminal
connection, an expandable log is at the bottom of the Session Profile
form. It's good to look at if you're not sure whether the connection was
made or not. It will read "connection failed", etc.
Step
9:
Insert your diskette with files into the drive.
Step
10:
A new screen with the topmost title "WS_FTP
www.soc.hawaii.edu" will appear. The right hand side is labeled
Remote System. This is your CSS account. The left hand side is
labeled Local System. Under this is a series of drives [..,
SASUSER, SASWORK, etc.]. With your mouse, select [-a-]. This
connects to the drive, and your diskette. Click ChgDir.
Step
11:
The Local System's bottom half will show the
files in your diskette. You can scan them using the arrow keys.
Highlight the file you wish to transfer to your CSS account.
Step
12:
Click the arrow pointing to the Remote System
group.
This will transfer the file over.
Step
13:
Next, under Remote System, click
Refresh.
This will update your CSS account. Your
newly FTP'd (is that a word?) will show in this listing now, just as it
did on the Local System listing.
Step
14:
In the series of icons at the bottom, click the farthest
left button, labeled Close.
This will terminate your
session.
Step
15:
Lastly, click the Exit button, located at the
farthest right of the icons.
Aren't you glad it's
over?
EXTRAS:
If you need to transfer an entire load of
files, you may highlight as many as necessary at once, and transfer it at
one shot. It'll beep like a New York cab driver after each successful
file transfer, but it saves time.