GCSU Faculty Web Server User's Guide
Using FTP to Access the GCSU Faculty Web Server
This page is designed to provide you with more information about using FTP and how it relates to the Faculty Web Server at Georgia College & State University. This information is intended for GCSU personnel only.
Before getting started you will want to review the GCSU Faculty Web Server Policy.
If you do not yet have a GCSU Faculty Web Server account, then you will then need to complete an application. Upon verification necessary information will be sent to you via email. You can also use the account reference information as needed.
Some of you may be using HTML editors that include an FTP upload/download facility. If so, you should refer to the appropriate documentation for that product. On the other hand, if you are using a separate, stand-alone FTP client to upload and download files to this server, the following information is for you.
What is FTP?
The File Transfer Protocol (FTP) is a set of rules for file structure and transfer methods, and is the primary method for moving files around the Internet.
If you would like to familiarize yourself with FTP choose one of the links below. These are written by different authors and may contain redundant information. Note: These are not verbatim instructions but rather a general idea of how FTP works.
- Transferring Files Between Computers with FTP from ACCC, the Academic Computing and Communications Center of The University of Illinois at Chicago.
CNET provides an index of software- commercial demos, freeware and shareware which can be downloaded from their site.
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