How to transfer files to our server

If you have Windows:

1. If you access the internet via dialup line, dial in to us now
2. Open an MS-DOS prompt window
3. Set the default disk and directory to where you put the web pages. For example, if the pages are stored on the D: drive in top-level folder webpages, enter the following 2 commands:
   1. D:
   2. cd \webpages
4. Now enter the command ftp www.nii.net
5. When it prompts for username and password, enter your username and password
6. It will give you an FTP> prompt, enter the command cd public_html. This sets it to the directory where your web page files are to be stored on our server.
7. If you enter a dir command, it will list out all files that you have stored on our server.
8. To transfer a file from your hard drive to our server, use the command: put filename, where filename is the name of the file.
9. Repeat the put command for each file you want to transfer
10. If you have graphics files (like .jpeg or .gif), you must use the command binary before doing the put's. When you want to send some more text files, use the ascii command to return it to text mode.
11. You may use the dir command to see what files have been transferred at any time
12. When you are all done, use the quit command to exit FTP

Your web pages are accessed via the url http://www.nii.net/~username, where username is your username

If you have a Macintosh:

• Acquire the graphical FTP program Fetch by clicking here.
• Open Fetch. A window entitled New Connection will appear.
• In the Host field, type www.nii.net
• In the User ID field, enter your username.
• In the Password field, enter your password.
• In the Directory field, either enter the directory you want to FTP into, or leave it blank.
• Press the OK button.
• A new window will appear, listing the content of the directory you've FTPed into.
• To upload a file, either press the Put File button and select the file you want to upload, or you can drag and drop the file into the Fetch window.
• To download a file, either press the get file button and enter the URL of the file or directory you want to download, or you can drag and drop the file out of the Fetch window.
• If you are uploading a web page and want it to be accessed at http://www.nii.net/~username, the files must be placed in the public_html folder.
• If you are uploading a web page and want ot to be accessed at a domain name you've registered with the InterNIC, the files must be placed in the docs folder located inside the public_html folder.