...switching username with your username, of course.
I would like to take a moment now to discuss the differences between FTP and HTTP for those people out
there who are always seeking to better understand how all this stuff works...
File Transfer Protocol, or FTP, is a protocol used to upload files from a workstation to a FTP server or
download files from a FTP server to a workstation. It is the way that files get transferred from one device
to another in order for the files to be available on the Internet. When ftp appears in a URL it means that
the user is connecting to a file server and not a Web server and that some form of file transfer is going to
take place. Most FTP servers require the user to log on to the server in order to transfer files.
In contrast, Hyper Text Transfer Protocol, or HTTP, is a protocol used to transfer files from a Web server
onto a browser in order to view a Web page that is on the Internet. Unlike FTP, where entire files are
transferred from one device to another and copied into memory, HTTP only transfers the contents of a web
page into a browser for viewing. FTP is a two-way system as files are transferred back and forth between
server and workstation. HTTP is a one-way system as files are transported only from the server onto the
workstation's browser. When http appears in a URL it means that the user is connecting to a Web server
and not a file server. The files are transferred but not downloaded, therefore not copied into the memory
of the receiving device.
So, once you've transferred your data to your FTP directory, you may view your pages in your web browser
via HTTP at the following address...
http://gallery.in-tch.com/~username ...switching username with your username again.
You might be wondering how our server knows which page to display first? Good question. You must save
your main page (or homepage) as index.html. By default, our server will look for this filename and display
it first when someone looks up your address.
Once you start to feel like you're becoming one with the web, you might want to have a look
at some of these other pages for more advanced tutorials, free graphics, scripts and tons of
other new fangled what-nots and thingy-do's...
