One of the first standards developed for the Internet was a way to copy files from one computer to another. This is know as FTP, or File Transfer Protocol. In this protocol a set of commands were standardized to facilitate logging into a remote computer, maneuvering through and creating directories, and uploading and downloading files.
Basically all you are doing is copying files from one disk to another, just like copying a file from your hard drive to a floppy disk. The only difference is that you are working with a hard disk on a computer that is far away.
You need four things to use FTP:
- The ftp URL for the Web host
- An account name
- A password for that account
- The path to your Web folder
To publish your Web site to my Host, you will use the following:
- FTP URL - courses.lib.odu.edu
- Account Name - eci575jhol
- Password - to be distributed in Blackboard
- Path - your_last_name
Where your_last_name is, well, your last name.
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