How to Upload QuickTime 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 nonprofit
organizations and educational organizations and $25 for the general public.
- Download the Fetch FTP program.
- Double-click on the Installer icon.
- Pick the General Installation selection and choose Install.
- The installer will ask you where you want the program. Install the program in the same folder as your browser.
- Now double-click on your newly installed Fetch folder. to open it. Double-click on the Fetch icon.
- Now it's time to connect to your server. Enter your 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 where you can choose the folder you
want to go to. Now choose which file you want to upload to your server. Double-click on it or click the Add button. Now hit Done.
- All multi-media files -- .mp3, .swf, .wav, .aif, .rmf -- should be uploaded as "raw data." So when the Options menu pops up, make a habit of choosing "text" in the Text Files option and "raw data" for multimedia files.
- We've made some examples of basic HTML that will give you a page and a link, so people download your creations off 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
All all of these programs have free 30-day trials, and cost a maximum of $35.00 after that.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.
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- Download one of the FTP programs listed above.
- Double-click on the Installer icon.
- Pick the General Installation option and choose Install.
- The installer will ask where you want the program. Install the program
in the same folder as your browser.
- Open a newly installed FTP folder and double-click on the FTP icon.
- Now it's time to connect to your server. Enter you server location, user name, and password.
- 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 multi-media files -- .mp3, .swf, .wav, .aif, .rmf -- should be uploaded as "raw data." So when the Options menu pops up, make a habit of choosing "text" in the Text Files option and "raw data" for multimedia files.
- We've made some examples of basic
html that will give you a page and a link look like this so people can download your creations off the Internet.
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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