windows ftp ...how to use?

[Shamrock]

Using the windows ftp program how do you get your personal web page published?
Need step by step info

 

[Del]

You go to IE and open it.
In the address window type:
ftp//username[email protected]www.yoursite.com and hit enter.
I usually put IE on one side the monitor and windows explorer on the other, just drag and drop the files from explorer to IE.

 

[Del]

Here is a link to Microsoft where they explain it also:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;306781

 

[Shamrock]

I tried that and all I get is 'invalid command'. I admit, I don't know what I'm doing...

 

[Del]

You have ftp with nothing in front of it?
I've used it for a long time, works great cause it don't timeout and make you reenter.
Try copy and paste this link into the address bar, I just tried it and I know it works:
ftp://ftp.microsoft.com

 

[Shamrock]

I have two web page files I've uploaded to the same place. How do I link the second page to the first?
Writing in the link to my index.html file doesn't work...nothing shows up

 

[bassetman]

I am a bit confused, but I think you would be better off using something like WSFTP_LE for your FTP. Second, you should just have to add the code
< a href="www.yourdomain.com/yoursecondpage" > your description here < /a > to get to the second page.

Removing the spaces after and before the < & > brackets I gave you.

John

 

[Shamrock]

I did that and it didn't work

 

[bassetman]

If you second page is off the server of the main page, you would have to add "http://" to the front of the www. Are you remembering to add the .HTM or .HTML to the end? It is prebably also case-sensitive.

How about posting the URL for us to take a look at?

John

Edit

This just caught my eye again.

Writing in the link to my index.html file doesn't work...nothing shows up

Make sure you have som e text between the > and the < /A >

Also make sure the link is BEFORE the < /body > and < /HTML > tags.

 

[Shamrock]

Using the windows FTP I just copied and pasted the individual files....my index.html and the graphics etc. one by one. I have a second text page there also that is: My_Page.html
When I write in the code to link from my index.html to the My_Page.html nothing shows up on the link page to click on.

 

[bassetman]

Could you post the URL for the page here please?

John

 

[Shamrock]

I got my two pages to link.
I have a wav file on my 'home' page and I had written the code for the link below the code for the wav. I just copied the link code above the wav code and it worked.
Does anybody know why that worked??

 

[Del]

Would have to see the html code for the page to explain it but glad you have it working now.

 

[bassetman]

Like Del said, we would have to see the code. If you would post the URL here we could look at it!