Put Your Web Site Online

1. Get a Tripod.Lycos Account   

  1. Get a Tripod Account by going to https://www.tripod.com/ and click on SIGN UP button at the very top.
  2. Scroll down to the bottom of page and click on the "Sign Up" link in the left hand column. This should be for those who want to "Try Tripod for FREE!"
  3. Fill in the form. The first text box asks for your "Member Name". This will become part of your URL. For example, I chose "burpquest" and my URL is now http://burpquest.tripod.com/. I recommend that you deselect the checked boxes at the bottom of the form unless you want more spam type email. Press "I Agree" when you are completed with the form. If you are missing information, or someone already has the member name you selected, add the information or change the member name and click on "I Agree" again.
  4. Step 2: Confirmation - is the next step. Click on "Activate your account and start building!"

2. Define the Site in Dreamweaver and Upload Your Files
A. Define Local Info   See figure 1.  
Locate your main web pages folder. Make sure this folder has the first page of your site - index.html.


figure 1

  1. Select Site > Define Sites.
  2. Click on New.
  3. Type BurpQuest in the Site Name window.
  4. Click on the folder icon to the far right of the Local Root Folder window.
  5. Navigate to your IT Classes Folder and only click once on the burpquest folder. Select the Choose button.

B. Define Remote Info   See figure 2.  
Locate your internet site using FTP (File Transfer Protocol). This is so you can transfer files there.


figure 2

  1. Click on the Remote Info option on the left. Choose FTP in the Server Access Options.
  2. In the FTP Host window type ftp.tripod.com.
  3. In the Login window type burpquest.

C. Uploading Files to the Internet

  1. The BurpQuest Site palette appears on the screen. The left side of the palette has the files located at our Remote Site (Tripod). The right side has all the files we have in our Local Site folder (MacLab Server or Desktop).
  2. Press the button in the middle of the keyboard that connects to the remote site.   If you hold your mouse over the button, it should say "Connects to Remote Host." After you press this button, type in your yahoo password. Click OK.
  3. If Tripod is not too busy, you will connect and you will see a cgi-bin folder on the Remote Site.
  4. Click on index.html and click on the blue up arrow (Put Files) to upload the file to the Remote Site. Click Yes to include dependent files. The index.html file and the images folder are both placed on the Remote Site.
  5. Click on begin.html and click on Put (blue arrow) to put that file on the Internet. Click Yes.
  6. Open a browser and surf to http://burpquest.tripod.com/ to view this site.

** If necessessary: Uploading Files Using Tripod's File Manager

  1. If some of your files won't load using Dreamweaver, you can upload them the old fashioned way using the File Manager. To do this, go to http://www.tripod.com and click on the "LOG IN" button at the top and type in your Member Name and Password.
  2. Place your cursor over the "BUILD & EDIT" button at the top to get the scroll down menu to appear. Scroll down and select "File Manager".
  3. Note where it says "Account status: 0 mb used 20 mb remaining." That means I have a lot of space left for my web page. Just above the Account status information is a small box that says "Upload via". Click on the arrow to the right of that box and choose "single files (8)" if you want to start uploading your files. This will allow you to put from one to eight files up to your site at a time. In the File 1: box click on the Browse button and locate your first file. Then select the Browse button next to File 2: and so on. When you are ready to upload, scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on the "Upload" button.
  4. Note: If you have your images in a folder called images, don't just upload your images to the main directory. Use the "Move" button first to move to your images folder first, then upload your images. If you don't have an images folder created yet, select the "New Directory" button and type "images" without the quotes and then select "Create".

For more help, see the tripod links below:

File Manager: http://r.lycos.com/r/TRACKER-ID/http://build.tripod.lycos.com/hpstudio/filemanager/index.jsp
FTP: http://r.lycos.com/r/TRACKER-ID/https://www.tripod.lycos.com/guides/ftp.html