FTP Access In WinXP
(similar in Win2000)

To add FTP access for your TStar Webspace to My Network Places (would be very similar for other ISPs):

1. Double-click on My Network Places
2. Double-click on Add Network Place

3. Click on Next in the Wizard
4. Select 'Choose another network location' and click on Next
5. Enter the following into the box using your own username and password:
ftp://username:password@pages.tstar.net/public_html/
6. Click Next
7. Edit to whatever you want to name the icon, e.g., My TStar Pages, and click Next
8. In the next window, uncheck the only little box, and click Finish

Now, your new Network Place will be included in My Computer/Windows Explorer under My Network Places. It's much easier to use it here than from the Desktop -- adding and deleting files becomes the same as for any other folder in your PC.

If you wish to create a Desktop Shortcut to this new Network place, simply right-drag-n-drop the new Network Place to the Desktop and click on 'Create shortcuts here'.

Now when you click on your new Network Place (or its Desktop Shortcut), it will open your main Webpage at TStar. You can drag-n-drop picture files to it just as if it were a folder in your PC. You can also right-click on a file in your new Network Place and then click on Delete to get rid of that file. The Web URL for each picture in this example that you can tell others to visit is:
<http://pages.tstar.net/~username/filename.typ>
e.g., <http://pages.tstar.net/~nardone/sunset.jpg>

Until you create an index.html file to intercept those going to
<http://pages.tstar.net/~username/>,
going there brings up the folder showing all its contents, each item being clickable (like in the detailed view of My Computer). The index.html file, when uploaded, would become the HTML file for your home/main Webpage.

Note regarding NCTV: The unusual syntax for NCTV’s FTP URL ftp://username@home.nctv.com:password@home.nctv.com
is rejected as illegal syntax by WinXP’s Network Place Wizard and Internet Explorer as explained above. But here's a workaround for that problem -- use %40 instead of the 'at sign' (@) after the username. Example:
ftp://username%40home.nctv.com:password@home.nctv.com/
 

Last Updated: 05/08/2005