You already have a Bama account and you already have web space provided for your webpages.   Here's the web site for your BAMA account. http://helpdesk.ua.edu/email/bama/index.html

Another important thing to consider is setting your Bama account shell so you can use FTP and upload your work. If you have never uploaded to Bama before, or you have not done it in a long time, it would be wise to change your shell.  If your shell is not setup for FTP, then you won't be able to log in.

You can now change your shell from anywhere. . . . from your cable connection, DSL connection, dial-up, etc.

Below are key screens to help you with changing your shell so you can FTP, but if you need further help, go to or call the HELP DESK at SeeBeck.  

Go to: https://bama.ua.edu/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/~helpdesk/schsh.pl       

1. Enter Your BamaMail Account Name   Example:  Penni007
2. Enter Your Bama Email Password
3. Make Certain that:   FTP: Allows remote use of your account plus FTP access IS SELECTED
4. Click on Change Shell

If you need help with your BAMA account, contact http://helpdesk.ua.edu/email/bama/index.html

FTP Client

There are many kinds of FTP Clients available. Most of them you can download online and install them in your computer for a trial period before you actually buy it. Most FTP Client programs are easily recognized because they have the word FTP in its name, for example, WS-FTP, CuteFTP, Ace FTP, etc. All these programs work basically the same way. 

For this tutorial we have chosen WS-FTP LE  which no longer exists; they have now replaced it with WS_FTP Home9.02 . It has a 30 day evaluation (free) period.  While what is shown below will not exactly match, it will be similar as all of the FTP programs work similarly.  However, you can use your own FTP Client  for your computer at home, if you have one.  If you do not have an FTP Client installed in your computer, just go to http://download.com and find one by searching using FTP.  See the list of others in the paragraph above. . Download it to your computer and install it before you begin the upload process. 

Uploading using WS-FTP LE  (Similar to WS_FTP Home9.02 and others)

Click on the "Connect" button. In the "General" tab you will see areas to fill in... 

• Profile: any name you like -- Example:  Bama
• Host: Your host address -- If you are using Bama, the address is: bama.ua.edu
• Host Type: automatic detect
• User ID: your email name --example:  smith007
• Password: your password -- your password is encrypted so all you see are asterisks
• Account: leave blank

The right side of the window is the "Remote System". In other words, it shows the files and directories/folders in the server that you have access to. In Bama, the remote system will say: /st1/smith001 (You would see your username instead of smith001). 

You should have a directory called: public_html in Bama.  This is the directory where typically a person would upload their "PERSONAL" home page. (**If you are a GOALS student and you have another Internet Service Provider, (ISP) you might have instructions to go to another directory. Check with your ISP.**)  Double click on public_html to move to that directory where your "PERSONAL" webpage will be placed, if you want to develop one, or where you current personal web page is located. 

The left side of the window is the "Local System". In other words, this is your computer. What you need to do is look for the drive and directory/folder where your assignments are located. If you need to go to a previous directory within a drive, use the green arrow up (look at the image below). This will let you move to the various folders. 

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Uploading Your CSM 447 Assignments

To create the new directory/folder, YOU MUST BE IN YOUR "public_html" directory (or any other initial directory as indicated by your ISP if you are a GOALS student). In order to get into public_htm directory, double click on the public_html folder.  You will now see something like: 

Once in the "public_html" directory in Bama, click on "MkDir" tab on the right-hand window. Type the name of the new directory (remember: no spaces or symbols, and type it in lowercase).  Create a directory called eport for your assignments. 

Then, double-click on the name of that new directory you just created.  You will now be in that new directory.  You should see somthing like:  /st3/~your email name/public_html/eport/ 

Now find your files on your hard drive or disk using the left side of the window, select the files that want to upload. You can select one file, or you can select many files at one time. 

• To select one file, just click on it.
• To select several files together in a block, click on the first file. Then go to the last file and click while pressing the "Shift" key. Once the set of files is selected, you can release the "Shift" key.
• To select several scattered files that are not together in a block, click on the first file. Then go to the next file and click while pressing the "Ctrl" key. Continue doing this until all the files you want are selected. Once the set of files is selected, you can release the "Ctrl" key.

When the process is done, you will see a copy of the files you transferred on the right side in the remote system. Now that your webpage is uploaded, you can view it in your browser. Just Open your browser and go to the address of your page. Your address for the example above would be: http://bama.ua.edu/~smith001/eport/index.html (Change "smith001" for your username.) . 

Important to Remember: Make sure that ALL your files (sounds, webpages, images, etc.) DO NOT USE SPACES OR SYMBOLS IN YOUR FILENAMES.  EXAMPLE:  coursereader.htm(l) and course_reader.htm(l) are CORRECT file names.  An INCORRECT filename would be:  course reader.htm(l)  (Do Not Use Spaces) Remember that many ISPs, including BAMA, are case sensitive, so there is a difference between uppercase and lowercase letters. If you use spaces your files will NOT come up when viewed online. A similar thing happens if the computer is trying to look for a name that has a different latter case, those files will not appear. BE CONSISTENT: NO SPACES, USE ONLY LOWERCASE. If any of these affect your webpage, go back, fix your problems and upload it again.

The "key" to finding your files once you have uploaded is to know the name of the DIRECTORY you made.  In the example above, our URL was:   http://bama.ua.edu/~smith001/eport/index.html .  The part IMMEDIATELY following your name is the DIRECTORY you just created. In the above case, it is eport.  That's the directory. 

The part following directory name (/index.html in the example above) is what will come up as the 'front page' or 'first page' of whatever you uploaded. In other words, this is the file that anyone going to this URL (Internet address) will see first.

So... if asked where your eport assignments has been uploaded, you would give the URL as:

http://bama.ua.edu/~your email name/eport/index.html

AN ADDITIONAL EXPLANATION ON FINDING YOUR ADDRESS.

The first part of your address tells the viewer what server you are using:

The 2nd part of your address tells the viewer what part of that server:

The 3rd part of your address tells the viewer what part of your part of the server you want them to view:

The 4th part of your address tells the viewer what PRECISE file you want the viewer to see: