Your web page is not available to the world unless you have a "full-time server" (a computer that is online all the time) where your web page is located. Schools and businesses many times have this "full-time" connection so your web page can be accessed by the world just locating it on your own computer (if you never turn your computer off and your network "guru" provides you with an internet address).
Your ISP probably has a server for you to place your web page (and an internet address, URL - Uniform Resource Locater, for you to use). How to get your web page to the server is the topic of this page. "Fetch" is a wonderful shareware program that is used to accomplish tasks on the server such as placing and replacing your web pages.

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Create your web page in a standard way with Adobe PageMill, or any other web page application, like BBEdit. After all your links and images are working on your local (home) computer, Fetch will be used to place your web page(s) and images folder on your server (except AOL) so your web site can be viewed by anyone that has your URL (Uniform Resource Locater).

Fetch is not only used to place a web page but also to organize your files on the server.

You must have some basic information from the webmaster at your ISP before attempting to place your web page:

1. The name of the server where your web page will be placed.
2. Your user id - This is generally your email name (everything before the @ in your email address but your ISP may have some different system. You must know this.
3. Your password - (This is generally the same as your email password but may be different for your ISP.)
4. Sometimes the path name or directory system to locate your personal web space is necessary but usually the computer will find this automatically. I usually leave this blank.

1. If you haven't done so, Download Fetch
2. Open (Launch) Fetch

3. Open the Bookmarks (Customize menu / New Bookmark) and enter the following:

   

   

   1. Name: (Your personal filing name - Any name you wish to use!)
   2. Type: Select Folder
   3. Host: (web page server name)
   4. User ID: (enter your user name)
   5. Password: (enter your password)
   6. Directory: (Leave Last Line Blank)
   7. Click OK
   8. Go to File Menu and Save As...
   9. Select a convenient location and give it a name like (My) Fetch Bookmarks because this will be the bookmark file you will always use to start (Launch) Fetch and to access the server.

      

      This is my Fetch Bookmarks File (Bookmarks-Dave).

      I place an alias of this file on my Launcher and when I want to start Fetch, I Click Bookmarks-Dave icon in the Launcher. I resize the window and move it to the lower left of my monitor window so I can see other open windows and navigate between them by clicking the windows (standard Macintosh technic).

   10. Go On Line (FreePPP connection for me)
   11. Double-click on (Name you gave your bookmark above) in the (My) Fetch Bookmarks
   12. The computer will access your directory (folder) on you ISP server where you see all the files you have on that server. The first time you access your directory, you probably will see several directories and one called something like public_html or web files (or something that indicates either "public" or "web")

       

       

   13. Technic: for navigation up and down in directories.
       Directories (folders) can be opened on the server by the standard "Double-click" technic (Double-click a folder-like icon and it will open / Double-click any other icon and it will initiate a download of that file) and
       One can move up a directory, just like with any navigational window, by using the pull-down bar at the top of the window (Permissions/passwords may be required to go higher than your personal directory on the server but you can experiment with this to become familiar with the way it works - don't have a fear - you won't get in trouble!).

       

   14. That is the way you access the server.

1. You put files on the server by:
   clicking Put File... and
   locating the file on your computer and
   clicking Open and
   clicking OK

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2. These are the windows accessed

   

   These are the windows you will see

   

3. Important Information:
   Files must be sent correctly in order to work in a Web Browser.
   1. All .html files must be sent as text and
   2. All image files (.gif or .jpg) must be sent as Raw Data.
   Select the proper format type in the pull-down menu.

   NOTE:
   The procedure to set the format will not be necessary to manually do everytime if you set the format types in the Customize / Preferences / Upload area of Fetch.

   

4. Now it it time to send your .html files to the server. Do not sent the images until you read the image directions below!

   HINT: Generally, when you are updating files on the server, one does not have to delete the old file before sending the replacement file. The update file will replace the old file if the files have the same name.

   A note about file names:
   The first file in your web page should always be named index.html. This is the first file that is read by any web browser when it accesses your web site. NOTE: Some servers use other files names and some have to be specific (i.e. top.html is used at the Twin Cities Freenet Server and index.htm must be use at the pclink.com server that I use. Your ISP will provide this information.
   All other .html files must be accessed with links from your index.html file or by adding the file name to the URL.
   CLARIFICATION ON FILE SUFFIX:
   You will see a use of the suffix .htm because of the influence of the old PC-DOS file systems. In PC-DOS file names, only three letters are allowed (and must be used). Macintosh users have no such restrictions on file names and generally use the full .html suffix. The suffix must be used to indicate a file to be read by the web browser. Which one to use is your choice since both will work. Web browser are "cross-platform" compatible.

5. NOTE:
   You can do other things with the files on the server (like delete them) by selecting a file and using the items in the Remote menu. Look at these items for future reference.

1. The first time you access the server, the directory for your images will have to be created.
   1. Access the server as noted above and make sure you are in your web page directory.
   2. In the Remote menu at the top of Fetch, Select Put Folders and Files
   3. In the next window, locate your images folder
   4. Select your images folder and click Add
   5. Click Done and follow the directions on the screen
   6. .gif and .jpg files are sent as Raw Data

      IMAGE SUFFIXES:
      Image suffixes are .gif, .jpeg or .jpg depending on the way this images was created. Generally, .gif format is used for graphics images and .jpg, .jpeg are used for photo images.

2. The next times you access the server, the images directory is already there and .gif and .jpg files are place like this:
   1. Access the server / web page directory
   2. Place your .html files first
   3. Then double-click the images directory to open it
   4. Click Put files button in Fetch and
   5. Open your images folder in the Pull-down bar
   6. Select your .gif and .jpg files, one at a time, and click Put Files
   7. Make sure you send these files as Raw Data

   

3. Now you can place your images folder and your .gif and .jpg on the server. Good Luck!

   An excellent help page on images that don't work is available at XOOM. If you are having problems access this web site (just click on it):
   

   http://xoom.com/xoom/helpcenter/imglink

1. Geo Cities - Free Web Page

2. Fetch with XOOM Free Web Page

3. Using WSFTP at XOOM for Windows users.

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