This document explains how to publish content to your UAA web account using Fetch 4.x. This program allows you to transfer files quickly and efficiently from computer to computer. Fetch is a file transfer program that uses FTP (File Transfer Protocol) to connect your computer with the UAA server that hosts your web-page content.

 

Required Software

 To publish your files to your UAA webspace we recommend the Fetch 4.x software. This program is free to educational users.

Fetch is available from Fetch Softworks. You can acquire a copy (for academic purposes only) from Fetch Softworks website. Download this program at:

http://www.fetchsoftworks.com/

 

Required Information

You will need your UAA computer account Login ID and password. Your UAA username is the first part of your UAA email address (the part before the @ symbol). If you don't know your username you can use the LOGIN ID LOOKUP form on the left.

 

Connecting to the server using Fetch

1.    Select New and assign UAA Webspace as the profile name.

2.    Enter your web host in the Host field. The following are common Hosts available for UAA users:

• student.uaa.alaska.edu for student accounts
• hosting.uaa.alaska.edu for faculty/staff personal accounts
• www.uaa.alaska.edu for accounts on the main UAA webserver.

3.    Enter your username in the User ID field.

4.    Enter your password in the Password field.

5.    Click on the double arrow below and select Create New Shortcut to save your settings for future use.

6.    Click Add to Keychain if you do not want to be prompted to enter you password every time.

 

In the screenshot below the server in the Host Name field is student.uaa.alaska.edu. The User ID field should have your own username.

 

Click OK to connect to your webspace on the UAA server.

 

If you get an error while trying to connect:

• Verify the Host Name, User ID, and password are correct. Contact the ITS Call Center at 786-4646 to reset your computer account password.
• Verify you are connected to the Internet.
• Contact the ITS Call Center at 786-4646 for assistance.
• Learn more about using the Fetch FTP program at

http://www.fetchsoftworks.com/Support/faq.html

 

 

Posting Documents to the Web via FTP

·       After connecting using the above steps you?re ready to transfer files from your computer to the UAA server that hosts your webspace (ex. student.uaa.alaska.edu)

·       On your computer open up the folder containting the files you want to transfer.

·       Select the file(s) you want to transfer and drag them to the Fetch Window (drag & drop).

·       Alternatively you can use the Put command and browse to your file location.

 

What's my web address on the Internet?

So, you?ve got some content published to your UAA webspace. How do you view it?

 

Anyone can view your webpages with a web browser such as Internet Explorer or Netscape by typing your web address into the browser?s address field. The standard for UAA web addresses is server name followed by the user name with an account on the server:

For student web pages:

student.uaa.alaska.edu/Your username/ ex. http://student.uaa.alaska.edu/asabc

·       For faculty/staff personal web pages:

http://hosting.uaa.alaska.edu/afabc

·       For department websites:

http://www.uaa.alaska.edu/its

 

More Information

The UAA ITS Call Center provides general computer support for the UAA community.

Phone 907.786.4646

Email callcenter@uaa.alaska.edu

 

Web Services at UAA

 

·       www.uaa.alaska.edu

UAA's main website contains current news, upcoming events, UAA departments, calendars, directories and more. Organizations and departments within the University are eligible for hosting on the main campus web server Camai.

·       hosting.uaa.alaska.edu

This is a full service web server for staff and faculty to host their websites. The hosting server supports ASP, Cold Fusion, and Front Page server extensions.

·       student.uaa.alaska.edu

All students have 10MB of space on the student.uaa.alaska.edu web server.

 

You can get more information about Web Services and apply for an account online at the ITS Web Services site:

http://www.uaa.alaska.edu/its/WebServices

 

Getting Started with HTML

 

·       HTML is an acronym for Hyper Text Markup Language. Most people will use HTML to produce their web pages.

·       index.html - The first file you load onto your webspace should be index.html. This is the page that will display when someone visits your home address on a UAA web server, ex. hosting.uaa.alaska.edu/afabc. This is your ?home page?, the gateway to the rest of your website.

 

·       HTML Tutorials

There is lots of information about building websites on the Internet. Here are a couple tutorials to get you started:

·       HTML Goodies Tutorial

·       HTML Webmonkey Tutorial