UPLOAD WEB PAGES OR FILES TO YOUR KENT PERSONAL SERVER SPACE

MAC USERS NOTE:  As long as you're using a PC, all this will work but it won't work on a MAC.  If you want to upload files from a MAC, you have to use FETCH or a similar MAC program. 

FTP Logon to the Kent Personal Server:

NOTICE: The old instructions for using Internet Explorer Ver. 6 won't work for Internet Explorer Ver. 7.

To avoid confusion we've changed the instructions so they will work for everyone.

1.      Open "My Computer"

2.      In the Address Type-in Box, enter ftp://mail.kent.edu/public_html . 

3.      When prompted, enter your Flashline user name. 

For example: If your kent email is jdoe@kent.edu, the Flashline user name you should enter would be: jdoe

4.      Enter your Flashline password.

5.      Click the Logon button.

HAVING TROUBLE LOGGING IN ?

• If you are having trouble logging into the server, try changing the Address to just ftp://mail.kent.edu. 
• If you can login now but can't see a folder in your IE browser window called public_html, then you have to create this folder.  Just right click inside the IE browser window, select "new folder", then name it public_html.   
• Sometimes the above won't even work.  That's generally because Information Systems (the computer folks) haven't setup your webspace on the server and/or given you permission to access this space.  If you did the above and still couldn't login, then you will have to contact the IS Help Desk to have your webspace on the server created and permissions set up for you.

The IS Help Desk website and contact information is at http://helpdesk.kent.edu

COPY AND PASTE YOUR FILES FROM YOUR COMPUTER TO THE "SERVER"

To upload files to the server, just copy and paste or drag and drop them from your computer to the open "My Computer" window.

Check it out on the Web

Now that you've moved your web pages or files to the server, you can view them on the web using Internet Explorer or any Web Browser.

Type: http://www.personal.kent.edu/~yourusername/filename.extension 
into the address bar in the browser.

(Note: The above link won't work since it's made up)

• The "~" symbol is the "shifted" character just below the Esc key or just above the Tab key on your keyboard.
• "yourusername" is, obviously, your user name for flashline
• The "filename.extension" is the name of your file. 
  This is CASE SENSITIVE so you have to use Caps here if  you used them in the filename.
• The "extension" is the extension for the file.  For example, a web page might have the extension: .htm or .html.  A powerpoint would have the extension: .ppt 
  And the "extension" is case sensitive too!!

As an example:  If your user name is jdoe and the file you want to view on the web is a powerpoint named, test.ppt, you would enter:

http://www.personal.kent.edu/~jdoe/test.ppt 

(Note: The above link won't work since it's made up)

Another example:  If your user name is jdoe and you uploaded a webpage named, test.htm, you would enter:

http://www.personal.kent.edu/~jdoe/test.htm 

(Note: The above link won't work either since it's made up, too)