Uploading your HomePage...

Assuming that you have put together a brilliant homepage, you have formatted it in HTML and your home page is named index.html, here is how to Upload it.

  1. Stick all the files and graphics in one folder so they won't get lost.
  2. Open Fetch.
  3. A New Connection window will appear.
  4. In the 'Host' box put tapple.org If there is something already there, delete it first.
  5. In the 'User ID' box put your account name.
  6. In the 'Password' box put your password. (be careful of case)
  7. In the 'Directory' box delete Pub. Leave it blank.
  8. Click on OK.

A new window will come up with your account name at the top. There is already a public_html folder, double click on it.

Click on the 'Put File' box. Open the Folder you put all your files into and open each file in turn. Check the names they are to be saved as and click on OK.

They should now appear in the public_html folder.

If you are uploading a graphic file, JPEG or GIF, the Put file wndow will say
'Format: MacBinary II'. Point to this, and go down to 'Raw Data'. Select 'Raw Data'.

When all files have been transfered, quit Fetch and Open up your browser. Using your browser, under the File Menu, select 'Open Location'. Type in:
http://www.tapple.org/~youraccountname (don't miss the tilde ~)

If your homepage does not come up, check all the steps above before emailing: bob@tapple.org

A few common problems are:

  1. Your home page is not named index.html. Rename it and try again.
  2. Your graphics do not work because you did not upload them as 'Raw Data'.
  3. Items (graphics) do not work because they are misspelled.
    Unix is case sensitive and file.gif is different than file.GIF.

If your homepage does come up as beautiful as you imagined it would, email Bob at the same address and he will tell the world.

Thanks to Don Barnes, dbarnes@tapple.org, for helping to write this documentation.

This page is maintained by webmaster@tapple.org