Personal Website Information

Topics

FTP Software

To upload files to your website, you need an FTP (File Transfer Protocol) program such as any of those listed below.
If you're using Windows XP, you can also use Internet Explorer by simply typing in the FTP address (ftp://ftp.nettally.com). If you use this, you won't need a third-party FTP program.
Windows:
WS_FTP Home (replaces WS_FTP LE)
    WS_FTP Tutorial
FTP Voyager
CuteFTP
Others...
Microsoft FrontPage -- Although FrontPage Server Extensions are not installed on the personal web server (and cannot be due to the directory structure), you can still use FrontPage to create and publish the site (ftp://ftp.nettally.com), but you will not be able use features specific to FrontPage Server Extensions.
Apple / Mac:
Various FTP Applications via The Mac Orchard
Amiga:
mFTP II

FTP Settings / website info for personal sites

(e.g. http://www.nettally.com/mylogin)
FTP Settings:
FTP Server / Host name: ftp.nettally.com
Username (Login): This is usually the same username that you use to dial-up to Network Tallahassee.
Password: This is usually the same password that you use to dial-up to Network Tallahassee.
Website info:
Your URL (web address): http://www.nettally.com/username
Default document
  search order:

(see notes below)
index.html (HTML)
default.htm (HTML)
index.htm (HTML)
default.asp (ASP)
default.aspx (ASP.Net)

FTP Tips / Suggestions

  • Generally speaking, there should be a "default document" (see above) within any directory structure in your site that has content. This "default document" is the "main" file for any given directory. So, if someone types in http://www.nettally.com/someuser/myvacation/ (without specifying a file in the "myvacation" directory), the default document (if it exists) is the file that will be displayed. If you name your default document "default.htm" and place it in the main directory of your site, then the following two addresses would display the same content:
        http://www.nettally.com/someuser/
        http://www.nettally.com/someuser/default.htm
    Because default documents are displayed automatically by the web server when a visitor does not specify a specific file name, you should never specify the default document's file name in any of your code--you don't need to.
    You should never have multiple default documents in the same directory (e.g. "index.html" AND "default.htm" at the same time).
  • After logging in, you will automatically be placed in your directory, so you should not set your FTP program to automatically log into some specified starting directory (by default, this is usually left blank).
  • Be sure to have your file transfer mode set to binary (sometimes called image).
  • We recommend DISabling transfer logging if your FTP software stores the logs on the web server. This is sometimes enabled by default in the FTP software.