| Requesting
Your WWW Space
The first step is to
request that we create an area for you to upload your Web Page
to. We have this Page Creation Request Form
that you can fill out and send to us.
Please note that you
can only have one "top level" page (i.e. http://www.vaxxine.com/yourpage).
Uploading
Your Pages
There are many programs
that help Web Developers create their Web Sites. Some of these
programs have built-in facilities for uploading your pages. Since
we cannot possibly know how to configure each one of these, we
will provide instructions on how to upload your pages to our site
using an FTP (File Transfer Protocol)
program.
Technical support cannot
provide specific instructions on the upload of your page using
a Web Design program. These programs (such as the design program
in Netscape Gold or Microsoft FrontPage) are excellent for creating
and maintaining your site, but sometimes the upload of your site
using them can be difficult.
Download
an FTP Client
There are dozens of
different FTP clients available on the Internet. Although we can't
provide instructions for each one, they are generally the same
and the instructions that we provide should allow you to configure
yours to be able to upload your site.
Windows 95 (32-bit)
- If you are using Dial-Up Networking to connect to the Internet,
you can use a 32-bit FTP client. We recommend using either CuteFTP
Version 2.0 or WS FTP-LE. Either
of these two programs are perfect for transferring your pages
to our server.
Windows 3.1x (16-bit)
- If you are using Windows 3.1x with any connection software or
Windows 95 with Trumpet Winsock, you will have to use a
16-bit FTP client. We recommend using the 16-bit counterpart to
either of the above two links, CuteFTP
Version 2.0 or WS FTP-LE. If you
are unsure if you are using a 16-bit or a 32-bit connection then
download the WS FTP-LE client, as it has both versions.
Macintosh -
We would recommend using Fetch Version
3.0 (you will need a program such as StuffIt to decompress
Fetch).
Other FTP Clients
- If you want a bigger selection of FTP Clients to choose from,
try the TUCOWS site. Click
the appropriate Operating System, then click FTP. There
are dozens of FTP Clients, some better than others.
Configuring
Your FTP Client and Uploading Your Pages
OK, great, now I have
this FTP Client downloaded and installed. How do I configure it?
Every FTP Client is
a bit different. We have specific instructions for using CuteFTP
and WS FTP-LE. Click the appropriate link below.
Please Note:
Technical support cannot provide specific instructions if you
do not use one of these programs.
Now
What?
Now that your Web Pages
have been uploaded, they are available to the World. If
you type in your Web Page URL (Web Master's Note: URL is NOT
pronounced Earl, as in the name, remember that...) in your
Web Browser, you page should be displayed. There are a number
of different problems that can crop up...
- You get an error
message: Read the list of possible explanations before panicking.
There is probably a very good reason why your page doesn't appear.
- Your page displays,
but the images don't: Did you upload the images? Did you upload
the images in Binary, NOT ASCII? Remember
that UNIX is case-sensitive, where DOS is not. If you have a
graphic named TITLE.JPG and you reference this graphics
as TITLE.jpg, it will appear as a broken image. The easiest
thing to do is name everything in lower-case.
There are many other
errors that can appear. If you can't figure it out by yourself,
feel free to contact the Web
Master explaining the problem. We will try our best to help.
Other
Web Services
An excellent area for
Web information relating to Vaxxine's Web Services can be found
on the Vaxxine World Wide Web - Services
To Clients site. This site has information on a ton of HTML
related information for all Web Designers...
As you may have seen,
we have an area where we list pages on our server, both the Personal
Web Pages of our clients and the Business
Pages as well. You will find links on these pages to add your
page listing.
Graphical
Counters
Graphical counters
are available at Vaxxine. Check out our Graphical
Counter Information Page for more information.
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