Welcome the FTP tutorial!

This tutorial will guide you through the process of using the file transfer protocol to upload and download files on the web.  More specifically, we will be using a specific FTP (file transfer protocol) program, WS_FTP, to manipulate files.  In particular, we will focus on transfering HTML files.



 
 

How To Use this Tutorial
PLEASE read through all the instructions on each page BEFORE completing the instructions. This will make the tutorial easier to understand.

This tutorial is designed to be read in a more or less linear fashion. I have supplied directional arrows at the bottom of each page. The arrow pointing to the left will take you to the previous page, the arrow pointing to the right will take you to the next page, and the arrow pointed upwards will take you back to this Table of Contents page.

Table of Contents

  1. Overview
  2. Logging in
  3. Directories and URL's
  4. Uploading and Downloading

Start the tutorial!! 

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This tutorial was designed by G. Christopher Williams, a teaching assisstant and NWR assisstant.  You can e-mail any comments or questions to williamscg@hotmail.com.

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