Use the screen captures below for reference on setting-up your appropriate FTP utility program. If you do not have a FTP utility, you can download them from the sites indicated or see our Web Sites page for other sources.
Choose "Binary" file transfer for best results.
Always use the
*.3 naming convention for
your files.
(such as myfilesformyjob.sit) Even when sending from a Mac!
Remove all spaces and special characters from your file name.
FTP Utilities for Connecting to an FTP Server:
|
PC |
|
WS_FTP v3 Session Profile Set-up Screen <-- Click on image at left for full view |
|
MAC |
|
Fetch Session Profile Set-up Screen <-- Click on image at left for full instructions |
If you are using a different FTP utility than these listed above, use the following set-up parameters as required with your software:
| Host Name: | 67.78.185.46 |
| Host Type: | Auto Detect |
| User ID: | xxftp (case sensitive - lowercase) |
| Password: | xxftp |
| Port: | 21 (usually the default) |
Uploading Files Using Fetch (Mac FTP)
First, open 'Fetch' and go to the
'File' menu and select 'New Connection'.
This will take you on to the screen shot below.
The 'New Connection' box will appear and you need to fill in the boxes as shown.
Note: User ID is Case Sensitive (Cap E's)
Click OK
Upon connection, you will be presented with the
contents of
the 'incoming' folder (as shown here).
The incoming folder is empty at present.
Choose Binary for the transfer protocol as shown.
From here, you can use the 'Put File' options
(Get File... will not be available) to transfer
your files but,
it is just as easy to drag and drop files into the empty 'Incoming'
window.
We have dragged and dropped
an HTML file called 'my_file.html' into the incoming
window. As you do this you will see a little 'Dog' icon appear along with a
'Circle Timer' (see the right of the screen shot
above). This is showing you how long the file will
take to upload.
It's as simple as that!
for more information about transferring files versus emailing them.
