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Uploading pages.

Upload Your Pages.


4 steps to uploading pages.

  1. Find a company to host your pages.
  2. Get a File Transfer Program. (FTP)
  3. Connect to your Internet Service Provider. (ISP)
  4. Start your FTP and transfer your files to the Internet.

number button Find a company to host your pages.
To upload your pages to the Web you need to have an ISP. If you don't already have an ISP, try SpinNet. Their User Homepage Service provides 50M bytes of disc space for your pages.


number button Get a File Transfer Program. (FTP)
The next step after signing up for an ISP, is to get a File Transfer Program (FTP). An FTP is what gets your pages onto the Web. Without one, your site is forever doomed to remain in your computer.

If you are using, SpinNet and have Windows, you can use "wsftp95" or "MS-DOS prompt". Macintosh users can use "fetch3.0.3"


number button Connect to your Internet Service Provider. (ISP)
You have all the stuff and are now ready to rumble.
First, you have to connect to whichever Internet Service provider you are using. I won't explain how to connect to the Internet, because if you didn't already know how, you wouldn't be reading this!


number button Start your FTP and upload your page.
Once you're connected to the Internet, start up your FTP software.
First, check that your personal log-in details are correct.

Below examples are for SpinNet Users.

FTP Explorer Example
Profile Name : Your personal profile name.
Host Address : upload.spinnet.jp
Port : 21
Login : Your mail address.
Password : Your mail password.
Initial Path :/given path/user path name
i.e. http://given server name/given path/your user path name/
Attempts :  

Select Connect to open your FTP window.
Click on the folder or page you've made that you want to upload. Keep it clicked and drag it into the right side of the window that says, Contents of '/given path/user path name' Release click and your folder or page will be uploaded.

Ws_ftp95.exe Example
Profile Name : Your personal profile name.
Host Name/Address : upload.spinnet.jp
Host type: Automatic detect
User ID : Your mail address.
Password : Your mail password.
Account: 

Select Okay to open your FTP window.

The left side of this screen (Local System) shows your hard disc, and the right side of the screen (Remote System) shows the server to be uploaded.

  1. Make sure Auto is checked.
  2. Select the files or directories you want to upload
    (plural files or directories can be selected) in "LocalSystem."
  3. Click the right-headed arrow in the center of the screen to upload.
  4. After uploading is finished, the selected files(directories) will be transferred to "RemoteSystem".
Users of our User Homepage Service can get more information on uploading your page here. Also, read up on available FTP's by clicking on the links in the yellow box above.

*If you are having trouble configuring your File Transfer Program to your Internet Service Provider, you should contact them and they will take you through the steps you need to take.