Write your pages in HTML. Some possible homepage filenames are: default.htm, index.html, and default.asp. If you choose to use Microsoft FrontPage to publish your website, contact Bill Staffen to enable FrontPage extensions for your site.

If the procedure listed above is followed correctly, there will be a link on http://students.cup.edu/ within an hour.

Any changes will be seen on the system immediately. If you do not notice changes, click the refresh button on your browser to load the most current edition of the file.

NOTE: All type in CAPS is for reference only. The web is not case-sensitive in file naming.

Internet Explorer

1. In the location bar, insert ftp://students.cup.edu.
2. Enter your username and password, when prompted.
   
   Format:           calu\username
   Example:        calu\the1234        
    
3. Files can be transferred by dragging and dropping from your local directory to your FTP location and vice versa.

AbsoluteFTP

1. Upon opening AbsoluteFTP on campus PCs, the Connect dialog box will pop up.
2. Click the New Session button.
3. Insert students.cup.edu in the Host field. (Port should be 21.) Click Next.
4. Uncheck the Anonymous login box, if checked. Insert your username as calu\username (ex. calu\stu1234) and your NT password. Click Next.
5. Leave the Initial Directory blank. Click Next.
6. Now you may type whatever you would like to name the session in the session field.
7. Select your session and click Connect.
8. Upon connecting, a window will pop up with your local drives on the left side and the Student Web Server on the right.  To transfer your files, select the files you wish to transfer and drag them from the left side to the right.

DOS

1. From the DOS Prompt, type ftp and press enter.
2. At the ftp> prompt, type open students.cup.edu and press enter. (If you need help with FTP commands, type help at the ftp> prompt.)
3. After connecting, it will request your username (ex: calu\stu1234).
4. Then enter your password.
5. After doing so, you'll be in your home directory.
6. Before transferring image files, you need to enter the bin command, which changes the file transfer type from ASCII to binary.
7. To transfer your files, use the lcd command to move from directory to directory on your local machine.
8. Use the cd command to move from directory on the remote server.
9. The dir command gives a listing of files in your directory on the web server.
10. If you would like to retrieve a file from the web server, use the mget command.   (This command supports wildcards.)  (ex: mget image.jpg or mget *.htm)
11. If you would like to transfer a file to the web server, use the mput command.   (This command supports wildcards.) (ex: mput default.asp or mput *.gif.) 

If you want your site to have FrontPage extensions, contact Bill Staffen for permission.