How to Upload Flash Files to a Server
If you are a beginning web developer or a musician posting
work onto the Internet so others may download it, you may not have an FTP
(File Transfer Protocol) program. You need one to transfer the files from
your desktop to a Web server for public availability.
FOR MACS
Fetch 1.0 was written
in the summer of 1989 in
order to provide a file transfer solution for Macs connected to
Dartmouth's
various host operating systems and to take advantage of
Dartmouth's newly acquired Internet connection. Fetch is free for
non-profit
organizations and educational organizations and $25 for the general
public.
- Download the Fetch ftp program here.
- Double click on the Installer icon.
- Pick the General Installation selection and choose Install.
- You will be asked where to install the program. Install the program
in the
same folder as your Web browser.
- Now double-click on the Fetch folder you have installed. You are here. Double-click on the Fetch
icon.
- Now it's time to connect to your server.
Enter you server location, user name and
password. In this example the server is joe.she.net.
- Now that you are hooked up to your
server,
look under the "Remote" menu at the top of your screen and select the
option "Put folders
or files". At the top of the window that opens there is a click and drag
menu to choose the folder you
want to go to. Go there. Now choose which file you want to upload to your
server. Double click on it or choose the "add" button. Now hit "done".
- All the multi-media media files -- .mp3, .swf, .wav. .aif, .rmf)
should be
uploaded as "raw data." So when the options menu pops up,
always make a habit of choosing "text" in the Text Files option and "raw
data" for multimedia files.
- Some examples of basic
html
that will give you a page and a link to enable people to
download your creations off of the Internet that will look like this.
That's it! The files should now be accessible for download or viewing.
Just link to them in an HTML document or email, using the proper filepath.
FOR PCS
WS_FTP Pro 6.0
Download
CuteFTP
Download
Bulletproof FTP
Download
[All are 30-day trials, maximum of $35.00 for purchase].
Once you have downloaded a Fetch program for your PC, follow the
instructions above to FTP your files to a server so they can be viewed on
the World Wide Web.
- Download one of the FTP programs listed above.
- Double click on the Installer icon.
- Pick the General Installation selection and choose Install.
- You will be asked where to install the program. Install the program
in the
same folder as your Web browser.
- Open the FTP folder you have installed and double-click on the FTP
icon.
- Now it's time to connect to your server. Enter you server location,
user name and password. In this example the server is joe.she.net.
- Now that you are hooked up to the server,
upload the files by using the pull-down menus. Each program is a little
different but all are very straightforward.
- All the multi-media media files -- .mp3, .swf, .wav. .aif, .rmf)
should be
uploaded as "raw data." So when the options menu pops up,
always make a habit of choosing "text" in the Text Files option and "raw
data" for multimedia files.
- Some examples of basic
html
that will give you a page and a link to enable people to
download your creations off of the Internet that will look like this.
That's it! The files should now be accessible for download or viewing.
Just link to them in an HTML document or email, using the proper filepath.
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