PLEASE NOTE:
Catskill On Line does not provide support for FTP software. Please consult the Manufacturers instruction manual to learn how to use your FTP client.

We provide the following information as a guide only and suggest that you print and read all of the following information.

Before you can upload web pages:
You must activate the 2MB web space that came with your personal (there is a one-time $5. activation charge). Call the Business office Monday through Friday 9am through 5pm at 1-800-444-9338. Please have your USERNAME and PASSWORD ready.

About your Personal Web Space
With a Basic Internet Access Account ($19.95 per month) Catskill On Line provides you with 2MB of server space for web pages and images. Web Space is not provided with WebTV or our Internet Starter package. If you go over the 2MB limit, you will be sent an e-mail informing you that you have reached your allotted space, please delete any files that you do not need.

If you'd like to purchase additional space call the business office from 9:00am to 5:00pm at 800-444-9338. The cost for additional server space is $5.00 per month for an additional 5MB.

If you reach 4MB of files in your personal web space, you will be unable to upload any additional information or make changes to existing web pages. Once you have delete unneeded files so that you are below the 2MB level; you will again be able to upload files.

Building Web Pages
To learn how to build web pages we suggest the book "Creating Web Pages for Dummies" available from Amazon.com.

Uploading your Web Pages
You will need to use you favorite FTP (File Transfer Protocol) software to upload your pages.
We've used and like:

 

FTP client software for Windows 95/98:

CuteFTP ($35.00, available as a free trial for 30 days) from:
http://www.cuteftp.com

 

WSftp ($37.50) Purchase and download on the web:
http://www.csra.net/junodj/ws_ftp32.htm

 

FTP client software for Macintosh:

Fetch, shareware (free) from:
http://www.dartmouth.edu/pages/softdev/fetch.html#News

 

SETTINGS
for WSftp or CuteFTP:

Start up your Catskill On Line connection
Close your Netscape Navigator window.
Start up your FTP program

Profile Name : whatever you'd like to name it (i.e My Website)
Host Name : ftp.catskill.net
Host Type : Automatic detect
User Id : your user name
Password: your password
Initial Directory : leave blank

CuteFTP
for Windows 95/98:

After setting up CuteFTP you will have a right and left window.

Everything in the LEFT window are files on your computer.

The RIGHT window is your space on the web.

Simply click on and drag each file from the left to the right window or select all files(Control-A), click on one and drag to the right window.

Your page will then be viewable by going to:

http://www.catskill.net/yourusername/

 

Substitute your real username for what is in red above.

Fetch
for Macintosh
Launch Fetch.

A New Connection box appears.

Close it by hitting Cancel.
From the Customize menu select New Shortcut
In the Bookmark Editor box that appears type the following:

In "Name:" enter the name you would like to call your site (i.e. My Website)

"Type:" is file

"Host:" is ftp.catskill.net

"User ID:" is yourusername

"Password:" is yourpassword

"Directory:" is left blank

Hit OK

 

To upload your files go to the file menu and select Open Shortcut

Select your website from the sub-menu.

Your connection is made and an ftp.catskill.net window appears.

Hold down the Option key and click the Put button with your mouse.

Items in the top box in the window that appears are files on your computer.

Click once on (highlight) each file you'd like to upload and click the Add button.

The file appears in the lower window.

These files will be uploaded to your web space.

When your are done click the Done button.

In the Put Files box that appears both pop-up menus should say Raw Data, click OK

The files are uploaded and appear in the "ftp.catskill.net" window

Your page will then be viewable by going to:

http://www.catskill.net/yourusername/

 

Substitute your real username for what is in red above.

Accessing you pages
If you've uploaded your web page, try to access it with a web browser and get a 404 not found or 403 forbidden error it means your browser cannot locate a page named default.htm, default.html, index.htm or index.html... OR... that you have typed the address (URL) incorrectly.

To see your web page type the following address into your web browser:

http://www.catskill.net/yourusername/

 

Substitute your real username for what is in red above.

About Images...
Please note: Catskill On Line does not offer technical support for placing photos on e-bay or similar service. We provide the following information as a guide only and suggest that you print and read all of the following information.

An image needs to be a .gif or .jpg file to be visible on a web site.

If you named your image mom.jpg then uploaded it to your web space, you can view it in your web browser by typing in the following address/URL (in your web browser) and hitting the 'enter' or 'return' key (substitute your real user name for what is in red below):

http://www.catskill.net/yourusername/mom.jpg

If you wanted to ad this image to a listing on e-bay that is the address you would use. If you get a 404 not found error, it means that you have incorrectly typed the address, name of the image or have not uploaded the image file to your web space.

Remember that all files are case sensitive.
If you named your file/image using capital letters or lower case letters, be sure that you use the exact file name.

To prepare your own photographs for viewing on a web site you will need to use software.
We have used and like Adobe Photodeluxe .
If you purchased a scanner in the past year, Photodeluxe or similar software probably came with it. (please note that Catskill On Line does not offer support for scanners or Adobe Photodeluxe)

A trial version of the software is available to download from the Adobe web site at: http://www.adobe.com/prodindex/photodeluxe/main.html.
We also recommend the book Adobe Photodeluxe for Dummies.
It includes a trial version of the software on CD. You can purchase the book from Amazon.com by clicking here.

 

 

 

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