Friendly Network Personal Web Space

Internet Support >> Personal Web Space Support

Most Friendly Network plans include a certain amount of disk space that may be accessed via the WWW. Common uses for this space include: e-bay or other online auctions, family web pages, etc.

How do I get started?
Where do I transfer my files so that they can be viewed on the World Wide Web?
Once my files are uploaded, how can I view them using Internet Explorer or Netscape?
I have a cgi script I want to upload. Where do I place it and how do I access it?

If you have another question, please contact us.

How do I get started?

To take advantage of your space, you need to compose your files. This can be a simple JPG or GIF image of an item you want to list in an auction or a complete web site. Once you have all your files you want to be viewable on the web, you just need to transfer your files over to our web server.
Where do I transfer my files so that they can be viewed on the World Wide Web?

You need to transfer them over to our webserver using an FTP client, such as WS_FTP, CuteFTP, AbsoluteFTP or Fetch. The server address is: ftp.friend.ly.net and you can use the same account information that you use to log in to get connected to the Internet. If you are unsure of what your logon information is, please contact us.
Once my files are uploaded, how can I view them using Internet Explorer or Netscape?

To view your files, you need to open up Internet Explorer or Netscape and go to: http://www.friend.ly.net/~username/filename, where your username is your username with Friendly Network and the file name refers to the name of the file you want to view. For example, it may be: http://www.friend.ly.net/~myname/boat.jpg

Just remember that our web server is case sensitive, so if the name of your file contains upper case characters, then you can only call them up using upper case characters.
I have a cgi script I want to upload. Where should it go and how do I call it?

You must create a cgi-bin directory inside your user-homepages directory and upload your script there. To call the script, you must use cgiwrap. The path should look something like this: http://www.friend.ly.net/~username/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/username/nameofscript.cgi

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