AVALON NETWORKS, Inc.

Before we get into the specifics of uploading your webpage, let's go over some HTML basics. Images files are generally named something.gif or something.jpg, and html files are generally named something.html. You don't want to have spaces in the names. However a file is named on your computer is how it will be named when uploaded to our computer, so make sure you change your filenames before uploading.

All virtual domains have a unix account which stores the code for the Wide Web home page. The page you want people to see when they go to your address must be named index.html. Notice that the name is all lower-case. Filenames are case specific, so be carefull writing your HTML code.

The index.html file will be put in your public_html folder. This is the folder that will be accessed when people try to go to your website. Any executable files such as perl scripts or java should be put in your cgi-bin folder located in the public_html folder. The cgi-bin is the folder that stores any programs run from your website.

We assume that you have a homepage already made. Html design is beyond the scope of this document. If you have questions regarding HTML coding we suggest you seek out "The Definitive Guide to HTML" by O'Rielly and Assoc., or check out our small HTML Primer.

In general you'll be connecting yourdomain.com (whatever you setup with us when you registered) with the username and password you gave us. At this point, you should choose the instructions for your operating system:

Macintosh (OS X or before)

Connecting
• Make sure you are dialed up and connected.
• Open Fetch. A box with 4 fields should open up. If not, under the File menu select "New Connection".
• In the Host: field, put yourdomain.com
• In the User ID: field, put your webmasterusername
• In the Password: field, put your webmaster password
• In the Directory: field, make sure it is blank.
• Click on OK to connect.
• You should see a little dog running. Once it stops, you should see a window with your Avalon directory in a large box on the left.

Uploading

• Once you have connected, you are now ready to upload.
• You should see a folder named public_html in your directory. If not,go to the "Directories" menu and select "Create New Directory..."
• Double-click on the public_html directory.
• You can now drag and drop your webpage files from your Mac onto the Fetch window.
• Once the files have all been uploaded, you should be all set to view your webpage!

Windows3.x

Connecting
• Make sure you are dialed up and connected.
• Open up WS-FTP. You should see a Session Properties screen.
• Click on the New tab on the right side to create a new profile.
• In the Profile Name: field, put YourDomain.
• In the Host Name/Address: field, put yourdomain.com.
• In the User ID: field, put your webmaster username.
• In the Password: field, put your webmaster password.
• Leave the Account and Comment fields blank.
• Click on OK to connect.
• Once the connection is established, you should see a screen with two sides: The Local System (your computer), and the Remote System (our computer).

Uploading

• Now that you are connected, you can upload your files.
• Underneath the two window boxes are 3 buttons. Click on the one labeled Binary.
• Change to directory on the Local System to the location of your webpage files.
• On the Remote System, find the public_html directory and double-click on it.
• To upload files, you can either double-click on the file on the Local System, or you can highlight groups of files and then click on the --> arrow in the middle of the two windows.
• If you want to delete files, just select the file to be deleted and use the Delete button on the right side.
• Once the files have all been uploaded, you should be all set to view your webpage!

Windows95

Connecting
• Make sure you are dialed up and connected.
• Open up WS-FTP. You should see a Session Properties screen.
• Click on the New tab on the right side to create a new profile.
• In the Profile Name: field, put YourDomain.
• In the Host Name/Address: field, put yourdomain.com.
• In the User ID: field, put your webmaster username.
• In the Password: field, put your webmaster password.
• Leave the Account and Comment fields blank.
• Click on OK to connect.
• Once the connection is established, you should see a screen with two sides: The Local System (your computer), and the Remote System (our computer).

Uploading

• Now that you are connected, you can upload your files.
• Underneath the two window boxes are 3 buttons. Click on the one labeled Binary.
• Change to directory on the Local System to the location of your webpage files.
• On the Remote System, find the public_html directory and double-click on it.
• To upload files, you can either double-click on the file on the Local System, or you can highlight groups of files and then click on the --> arrow in the middle of the two windows.
• If you want to delete files, just select the file to be deleted and use the Delete button on the right side.
• Once the files have all been uploaded, you should be all set to view your webpage!