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WS_FTP
Limited Edition is a Windows FTP program created by Ipswitch,
Inc. It can be used to transfer web page files from your computer
to a web server.
WS-FTP LE is avaliable free to non-commercial
home users, students and faculty of educational institutions, and to
U.S. federal, state, and local government employees. If you find the
program useful, you can support the developers by purchasing WS_FTP
Pro, which comes with additional features.
Installation & configuration
- Print out these instructions or keep this page open while you install
the software.
- Download
the file ws_ftple.exe.
- The above link will take you to the WS_FTP LE registration and
download page. Follow the instructions provided.
- Usually, you want to save your downloaded files to a temporary
directory. c:\temp\ is a common temporary directory location.
- Run the file ws_ftple.exe.
- You can do this by either double-clicking on the file name or
icon, or by using Window's Run command.
- A box that states Install WS_FTP LE. will open. Click
on the OK button.
- It will ask you where you would like to extract the temporary
installation files. Usually, it's best to select the default location.
Leave the two checkboxes at the bottom of the window checked.
- Click on the Unzip button. The installation program will
automatically extract the installation files.
- It will say that the files were unzipped successfully. Click
on the OK button to continue.
- The installation program will run automatically.
- It will ask you whether you want to install WS_FTP or uninstall
it. Choose install and press continue.
- A screen will come up with the licensing agreement. Click Accept.
- It will ask you for a destination directory. Usually, it's best
to accept the suggested one.
- Now, it will ask you for a directory where it will store transferred
files. Again, you can simply accept the default.
- It will ask what version it should install. Windows 3.x users
should check the top check box. Windows 95 users should pick the
bottom-most one.
- It will ask you for your email address. It should be something
like "johndoe@northcoast.com".
- It will ask you to pick a name for the Program Manager group.
You can use the suggested one.
- If all goes well, you will now get a Installation successful!
message. Happy FTP'ing! Click on the OK button to
finish.
- Configure the program.
- The first time you use WS_FTP, you have to tell it what computer
you want to connect to. The following instructions will set WS_FTP
to connect to Northcoast Internet.
- A window will open asking you to set the Session Properties.
- Press the New button.
- In the Profile Name: text box, enter Northcoast Internet.
- In the Host Name/Address: text box, enter redwood.northcoast.com.
- Leave the Host Type: drop box set at Automatic detect.
- Put your Northcoast Internet username in the box that asks for
your User ID:.
- It's usually the first part of your email address.
- Put your Northcoast Internet password in the box that asks for
your Password:.
- Make sure it's typed in correctly. If you check the Save
Password checkbox it will "remember" your password between
sessions.
- You can leave everything else alone.
Using WS_FTP LE
- Moving and deleting files.
- Make sure you are connected to the Internet.
- If the Password box is empty, enter your Northcoast Internet
password.
- Click on the Ok button to connect.
- The window on the left represents the download directory on
your computer and the files in it.
The window on the right shows your home directory on Northcoast
Internet's webserver, and its subdirectories and files.
- You can send files from one computer to the other several ways.
- To send a single file, you can simply double-click on it,
and it will be copied into the other window.
- You can also highlight files in one of the two directory
windows by clicking on them once. There are two arrow buttons
between the two directory windows. Press the button that points
to the other directory window and WS_FTP will copy the highlighted
files there.
- To send a range of files at once, click on the first file,
then hold down the Shift key and select the last file.
It should highlight all the files in between. Send the files
to the target directory with the correct arrow button.
- To pick-and-choose multiple files to send, hold down the
Ctrl key and click on the files you want to send. Click
on the correct arrow button to send the files to the other
computer.
- It's important that text files are transferred as ASCII
files, and images or programs as Binary files. You set
this with the two buttons below the two directory windows. Checking
the Auto box allows WS_FTP to decide this automatically.
- To delete or rename files, highlight as above and hit the Delete
or Rename buttons to the right of each window.
- Changing and making directories.
- The path to the directory shown in each window is listed in
a box above it.
- Often, the files you want to send or recieve are in a different
directory than the one in the window. You need to change directories
to get to the wanted files.
- To go up one directory, click on the small L-shaped arrow
in the top of the directory window.
- To go down one directory, click on the folder-shaped icon
that represents it.
- You can also change directories with the ChgDir button
just to the right of each window.
- You can also make a new directory on either computer to store
files.
- Hit the MkDir button, to the right of each window,
to make a new directory. It will ask you what you want to
call the new subdirectory.
- Deleting directories is the same as deleting files. Directories
have to be empty before you can delete them.
Additional WS_FTP resources.
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