PUBLISHING YOUR WORLD WIDE WEB PAGES So you've just put the finishing touches on your world wide web home page and it's time to publish for the world to see. But how do you do it? The answer is that you need to follow a series of simple steps which we will outline here for you. USING AN FTP PROGRAM This method uses FTP (File Transfer Protocol) to upload new pages to your web site. 1) First, connect with RadixNet in the usual way using SLIP or PPP. 2) The next step is to establish an FTP connection between your computer and RadixNet. While FTP programs vary slightly, the basic approach is the same. The FTP program will ask you for the name of the host you are trying to log into, your username, your password, and the type of host. The following should work with most windows-based FTP software: host name: goldmine.radix.net userid: your user id password: your password host type: auto remote directory: CommercialWWW.domain.name local directory: the name of the directory on your home computer containing your web page and graphics files. 3) After typing in the above information, tell the program to connect to your RadixNet account. This is generally done by clicking on a 'connect' button or through a 'connect' pull down menu. 4) After a few seconds, your FTP program should tell you that you are connected to your RadixNet account CommercialWWW.domain.name directory. Once you are connected, you should be able to click on a 'send' button or an 'arrow' button pointing from the file window on your computer to the CommercialWWW window (your web page directory) on RadixNet. If you have done it right, the file should start transferring to your Radixnet account. Most software will inform you that it is transferring the file(s) you have selected. Most will also inform you when the transfer process is complete. 5) The final step is to rename your home page as 'welcome.html'. In most FTP programs, this is done by clicking on the file you want to change (to highlight it) and then clicking on the 'rename' button, or selecting rename from the 'file' pull down menu. 6) You're done! Now, tell your web browser to look at your new site. If you have a UNIX (NOT DOS or WINDOWS) based machine: The Standard UNIX (SCO, Linux, Solaris, etc.) FTP program will work. Just make sure that you use the 'bin' option before 'putting' your graphics files.