FTP

FTP (file transfer protocol) is simply a procedure to move your web files from your local computer to a remote web server where they will be made available to the Internet.  The USA Web Server is a UNIX-based computer, but any .html, .htm, .jpeg, .gif. .tiff, etc. file can be transferred from a PC or Mac computer to/from the web server.  (Mac computers will need to use the Fetch program to FTP their files.)  This assumes that the user has appropriate rights to the directory on the web server.

You can transfer files using a modem (28.8 KB or faster is recommended) or via a direct connection on the campus WAN (wide area network). 

You must have a USA Webmaster-assigned account on the USA Web Server to FTP files to it.  If you do not have an account, please see the Web Publishing Procedures for instructions about obtaining an account.

University of South Alabama faculty, staff and students may download the WS_FTP file transfer protocol program for their non-commercial, personal use.   This Windows-based program will allow you to transfer files to and from your local PC to a host web server.  You will need a zip program such as PKZIP to unzip the file.  See the readme.txt file for installation, setup and run instructions after you have downloaded the files.

To download the WS_FTP program in .zip format click here . (653 KB)

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