You can find WS_FTP 95 by going to http://www.shareware.com/. At Shareware.com's homepage, type ws_ftp in the box below "Quick Search" and then select Windows 95 in the drop down box just below, then click on the "Search" button. Look for the link ws_ftple.exe. This will take you to a page of links for ftp servers you can download from. Save the file in a separate folder by itself to contain the setup files in their own directory.

In this FAQ, the settings shown for WS_FTP 95 are set to upload or download to a user's personal web directory.

Q: Why do I need WS_FTP 95?

A: WS_FTP will allow you to upload and download files. Every Premium and Personal dialup account comes with 5 megs of user space that you can put up your own web page, so you might as well learn how to put up your personal web pages with an FTP program like this one.

Q: How do I set up WS_FTP 95 LE?

A:

1) Double click on the icon for WS_FTP.

2) Automatically, a "Session Properties" window will show that will have four tabs. Click on the "New" button. This will clear all the fields. You should be looking at the "General" tab and make sure that the following settings are filled in:

• Profile Name: king.halcyon.com.
• Host Name/Address: king.halcyon.com
• Host Type: Automatic Detect
• User ID: login
• Password: (Put your login password here. It will show up as all x's.)

3) Click on the "Startup" tab and fill out the following:

• Initial Remote Host Directory: This is the directory path where you want to upload the files to. For example, if you wanted to upload HTML files to your personal web directory you would type "/www/login" in this field.
• Initial Local Directory: This is where you put the directory path of the files you want to upload. For example, if you want to upload HTML files from your "C" drive and they are in a directory called "html" then you would type: C:\html

4) Click the "Apply" button to apply the new session entry, then click on the "OK" button to connect to the server, which in this case is chinook.halcyon.com.

Connecting and Uploading files

To Navigate Directories

1) Click on the "ChgDir" button and fill out the field box below the text "Enter local directory name."
2) So let's say we want to go to the directory "html" on your C drive. You would type c:\html in this field box and then click on the "OK" button.
3) You should see "c:\html" on the top left-hand side under "Local System." To the left of the ChgDir button you should see subdirectories and files listed that are contained in this directory.

If you want to change the directory that WS_FTP points to on the remote host or server, look for the ChgDir button near the top right-hand side.

1) Click on the "ChgDir" button and fill out the field box below the text "Enter remote directory name."
2) So let's say we want to go to your personal web directory. You would type /www/login in this field box and then click on the "OK" button.
3) The subdirectories and files in your personal web directory will show up in the large white window on the right side. 

To Upload a file.

1) Select the file to upload to the remote server, in this case king.halcyon.com, by single clicking on the file on the "Local System window on the left side. In this case, we have the "example.htm" highlighted as the file to upload.
2) Make sure the field box under the text "Remote System" has the correct directory of where you want to upload the files to. If this directory is incorrect, then follow the directions above on Navigating Directories to change your directory.
3) Click on the button with a arrow pointing to the right to upload the file. If the file was larger there will be a status bar showing how far you are progressing.
4) After you have completed the upload you should see the file on the right-hand window.

To Download a file

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