How to Access Your Campus Webspace Using an FTP Client

All students, faculty, and staff have space allotted to them on the ECU network to create a webpage or store files. Your webspace can be reached at:

http://personal.ecu.edu/pirateid/

Where the address says "pirateid" you would type your own Pirate ID.

In order to place files on the ECU network, you will need to use an FTP client. FTP stands for File Transfer Protocol. An FTP client is a program that allows you to transfer files to and from a server. Computers in the Joyner Library have an FTP client called WS_FTP. The following instructions are specifically for this program. However, the general information will apply to any FTP client.

1. Double click on the WS_FTP icon on the Desktop.
2. In the Session Properties window that appears, type personal.ecu.edu in the box labeled Host Name/Address.
3. Leave the Host Type as Auto Detect. In other programs besides WS_FTP, you may have to specify FTP as the Host Type.
4. In the box labeled User ID, type your Pirate ID.
5. In the box labeled Password, type your Pirate ID password.
6. Click OK.
7. In the main WS_FTP window, the list on the left is the list of files on your computer. The list on the right is the list of files in your webspace. Select a file or folder on the left by clicking on it, and then hit the button labeled ">" situated in the middle of the window to upload that file or folder to your webspace. Select a file on the right and click the button labeled "<" to download a file from your webspace to the directory currently being shown on the left.

Note: If you are uploading a webpage, you must name your homepage either home.htm or index.htm in order for your page to display properly when it is visited.