This document is intended
to help you get your personal web page started! We
will not be able to teach you how to make a web page,
only how to use the space and upload the pages.
PowerNet Global offers you 10 Megabytes of space for
use on your personal web site. It is the user’s
responsibility to design, troubleshoot, and support
their web site. Please do not call Technical
Support for your personal web page. The Internet is an
excellent source for finding out information on all
aspects of your personal web sites.
Your web address will be http://www.pngusa.net/~username,
where username is replaced by the username given to
you by the PowerNet Global Representative that signed
your service up. You also have the option to signup
for a vanity domain. A vanity domain makes it easier
to give your web address out to friends, family,
co-workers, and potential employers. This address
would appear as http://username.pngusa.net.
There are two steps that you must do when setting
up a web site. Step one involves writing the page. The
second step that must be done after developing a web
site is uploading the page to our web server.
You can invest a little time and research HTML code
and actually write the page. Or you can use an HTML
editor, which basically writes the code for you.
Netscape Composer, Microsoft FrontPage, and various
other HTML coders (available at http://winfiles.cnet.com/apps/98/webauth.html)
make the job much easier for a beginner!
After developing the web page to your satisfaction,
the page must now be uploaded. Many of the web page
editors mentioned above have their own basic file
transfer (FTP, File Transfer Protocol) utilities built
in to send the files you've made up to our web server.
However, we recommend that instead of using the
limited file transfer features of those editors, it is
better to download and use a full-featured FTP
program.
Uploading your homepage: The basics
This information can be applied to any FTP program
of your choice. Connection, profile, or session name:
depending on your program it may be called one of
these or something similar. Basically what you need to
put in that spot is a name that you will associate
with your pngusa.net homepage.
| Server
Name: |
ftp.pngusa.net |
| Username: |
Put
in your full email address with the @pngusa.net |
| Password: |
Put
in the password that you used to logon to
pngusa.net. Your username and password
are case sensitive. |
| Remote
directory: |
public_html
(If you don't put this in you may have to
double click on the public_html
directory once you are logged in. All of
your webpage files need to be uploaded into
the public_html directory. The main document
of your webpage must be named
index.htm or index.html) |
| Port
Number: |
21
(If your program asks for it.) |
| Number
of Retires: |
99
(But you will probably get in on the first
try.) |
WS_FTP
You can download a 30-day trial version of this
product from http://www.cnet.com/downloads.
Simply type "wsftp" in the search box and
you’ll be given the ability to download!
After you have downloaded and installed WS_FTP on
your personal computer, double-click the program to
open it up.
In the Session Profile window, enter the following:
Host Name: ftp.pngusa.net
Host Type: Automatic Detect
User ID: your full email address
Password: your password
Fetch
You can download a trial version of this program
from http://www.cnet.com/downloads,
as well.
After downloading and installing the program, open
it up and select New Connection. Set up as follows:
Host: ftp.pngusa.net
User ID: your full email address
Password: your password
Directory: leave this blank
And click on the "OK" button.
You'll see the program connect to your file area on
pngusa.net. Go into the Remote pull down menu and
choose the "Put Files or Folders" option.
This will bring up the standard file dialog window,
which you'll use to find the files you would like to
upload. Once found, highlight the files to upload and
click onto the OK button. You'll then be prompted for
which method you want to use when you upload the
files-choose "Raw Data". Once that is done,
the Fetch software will start uploading those files
from your local machine to our remote servers and
directories. To delete files from the directory,
highlight the files you want to remove, then go
up to the Remote -> Delete Folders or Files option.
CuteFTP
1. You will need to enter in a
"Site Label". This is the same as
"Profile Name" in WS_FTP. IE:
"John Doe's Angel Web Site"
2. For "Host Address", enter in
"ftp.pngusa.net" (without the quotes)
3. For "User ID", enter in your
email address and do the same for "Password"
4. For "Login Type", set that
to "normal"
5 .For "Transfer Type" and for
"Host Type", set both of these to
"Auto-Detect"
6. For "Initial Remote
Directory", enter in the path to your public_html
directory
7. Once you are done with the above
settings, click on "Connect" and allow
CuteFTP to connect to the ftp server. To copy files to
your web area, simply double click or drag and drop.
Once again, keep in mind that personal web sites
are considered "self-serve." You are
responsible for maintaining the web site as well as
resolving any issues or problems that you run into
without the assistance of PowerNet Global.
