Some people ask us how to upload their files to their web site. Well, this is clearly beyond our support. Users should learn basic HTML and ftp stuff by themselves.

In this tutorial, I will portray a sample usage of an FTP client, such as CuteFTP or WS_FTP, where the basic file transportation remains the same. In doing so, I will tell you some useful tips. Many people face inability to run the applets because of the lack of knowledge in UNIX server.

When you try to initiate a connection to your web server, the ftp client asks you to enter HOST ADDRESS, USER ID and PASSWORD. The host name can be the IP or server name. Your ISP should provide this information.

It's useful to record your frequently accessed sites in the ftp client's site manager, which I'm sure most ftp software comes with.

Most web servers run on UNIX machines and UNIX OSes distinguish capital letters from non-capital ones. This is important, because Windows do NOT distinguish them and locally accessible files on Windows are not necessarily accessible on the UNIX servers to which you upload the files.

For example, the following file names are all different on UNIX system, while they are recognised identical on Windows system.

eg.

example.gif, Example.gif, eXamPle.gif, example.GIF.

So, make sure you clearly state file names in HTML documents. Some graphic editors INTENTIONALLY use capitalised suffixes such as .GIF or .JPEG instead of .gif or .jpeg. This results in FILE NOT FOUND error.