In order to have other people see your webpages, you need to copy those web files from your computer to a server. There are several common software programs that are used to transfer files (depending on which operating system your computer is running): WS_FTP, Internet Neighborhood, or Fetch are popular ones.

The method of transferring these files is called FTP (File Transfer Protocol). This tutorial is going to use WS_FTP software but you can apply the same logic to any other FTP client software that you use.

Pierce College needs to create a folder on their server so you can upload your files to it.

To get this folder and your password, you first need to fill out a Network Application form. You can get this by calling the I.T. department at 964-6373 or go directly to http://inside.pierce.ctc.edu/offices/IT/it.html and click on the Network Application button.

Print the form and fill it out. Toward the middle of the page where it says "Account Type Selections", choose FTP Folder.
Note- if that option doesn't exist, write it in.

Get it signed by your Division Chair or Supervisor and send it to the I.T. department at Pierce College.

They will respond to you via email with the folder name and login information as well as your password.

WS_FTP is available for free to educational users. Simply do a search for this software or go directly to http://www.tucows.com/ftp95.html and scroll down toward the bottom of the page and click on the download button for WS-FTP LE 5.08. Just be sure you're clicking on the one that says 'freeware'.

Follow the installation instructions on your screen and load it onto your computer.

1. Open up WS-FTP.
2. Click on the General tab.
3. Under "Profile Name" put in your name.
4. Under "Host Name/Address" put in the Pierce College site, which is www.pierce.ctc.edu
5. Under "Host Type" choose Automatic detect
6. Under "User ID" type in the user ID that IT sent you via email.
7. Under "Password" type in the password that IT sent you via email.
8. Leave the rest blank

1. Click the Startup tab
2. If you look at your IT email they gave you an ftp address that looks something like: www.pierce.ctc.edu/home/httpd/html/your name
   
   You already typed in the www.pierce.ctc.edu part. At "Initial Remote Site Folder", type in the rest of it. Be sure to start with the backslash "/".
3. Leave the rest blank and click OK. This will connect you to the server.

Find your web files on your local hard-drive by clicking the green arrow on the left (Local System) until it takes you to your desired drive.

Click/Hold/& Drag your folder to the right into the "Remote Site" area.

It will copy your files over to the remote server.

Your files are now on the web ready to be seen by the world. To double-check that they are there....

...Open your web browser and type in the web address given to you in the I.T. email.

This is different than the ftp folder address they gave you. For example if your ftp folder address was "www.pierce.ctc.edu/home/httpd/html/your name" then your web address will be "www.pierce.ctc.edu/your name

IMPORTANT- You must also add the name of your file to the end of this address. For example (using the above example) if your file is called "home.htm" then when looking for it on the web you would type in "www.pierce.ctc.edu/your name/home.htm"
If you don't include the name of your file, it won't work.

This will take you to your web site. Now you can give the address out to your students and/or get a link from the Pierce College website.