Web Publishing: Using FTP

FTP is File Transfer Protocol: it allows personal computers to connect to servers over the Internet, and to copy files to and from the server. We are supporting two FTP applications at Hamilton College. Fetch for Macintosh PCs, or WS_FTP, for Windows systems. For complete information on how to get a copy for your personal computer, and directions on using either of these programs, see Support for Fetch or Support for WS FTP.

Connecting to the Web Server

To connect to the web server, you will need to open a session in the FTP application on your personal computer, using the following values to "open a connection":

<domain\your_email_ID>

When using FTP, you must identify the domain (user group) you belong to along with your standard user name.

Domains
Students: hamilton-s
Employees: hamilton-d
Outside Groups: hamilton-2000

Examples
1. A student named John Smith would sign in as: hamilton-s\jsmith
2. An instructor names Jane Roberts would log in as: hamilton-d\jroberts

<your_web_access_password>

Your Web password should be the same as the following:

Students: Student Storage Server Password
Employees: Software Server Password

If you do not know your password, you can send an email to webaccount@hamilton.edu to get a new one.

Use this information to make your FTP connection, then navigate to your web space by double clicking on the folders shown in your FTP window.

Key Resources

Services (phone numbers)