Fetch will ask you to enter values for: "host", "user ID". "password" and "directory".
| Host: |
gracie.santarosa.edu |
| User ID | This is unique to each account. The pattern is - lowercase first initial, last name for a total
of no more than 8 letters. Linda Hemenway would have a username of:
lhemenwa |
| Password | You have to remember this one. The pattern is first initial, last 4 digits of phone # and last initial capitalized. Linda Hemenway of 123-4567, would have a password of l4567H (the first letter is lowercase "l" not the #1) the password appears as *** when you type it in |
| Directory | The path where
the pages will be stored on the web server /home/WWW/username or public_html
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Moving files to the Internet
You will see a screen which lists all the files in your directory. If this is the first time you have loaded your web site you won't have any files.
Once you are in your directory select the
Put button. This pops you into a dialog box which you
can use to identify the file you want to load.
After selecting the file a dialog box will appear which asks what formats you want
to use in uploading files. Select Text for all HTML documents. Then select OK and the file will be
fetched by our faithful doggie.
You may want to add graphics files as well. When you select a graphics file fetch wants to send it as a MacBinary. Change the format to Raw Data and then send it.
To load several files at once Remote menu > Put Folders and Files This dialog box will appear. Double click on the files you want to move and they will appear in the bottom area of the window. When all the files are displaying in the lower window select Done.
If you want to take a file from the Internet and bring it to you then
highlight one or more files and select the Get. button.
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Viewing Your Site
After you have loaded your index.html page onto the Internet, open Netscape or IE and type in your URL.
http://gracie.santarosa.edu/~username/
How does the page look, are the graphics loading, do the links still work? It's time to debug your site!!
Macs are very forgiving when it comes to file names. UNIX (the operating system of most ISPs) is not. If you have created a link to a file <A href="family.html"> and the file is saved as Family.HTML it will work on your local computer. Once you load the files onto the Internet the link will break. Code and filenames for web pages and graphics must match EXACTLY. To rename the file so it corresponds to your code just go to the Fetch menu bar at the top of the screen, select the Remote menu and then choose the Rename file. This can take some time, so be patient; it gets easier as you practice.
One final note - If you do not correctly enter the location of the "Directory" the server will connect to your email directory. Loading Web pages here does not work. The file will never be visible from the Web. If you connect to gracie and the files in your directory looks like the ones below - you are in the wrong place. You need to disconnect and try again.
Scroll down to the bottom of the window and you will see an alias for your Web directory. Look for the
words public_html clicking on this file will take you out of your mailbox and into the Web
area of the server.