Guide

At present, the KompoZer program does not do a good job of publishing (i.e., uploading) your local web site from your local PC to a server computer.  So don't even try using the Publish button in KompoZer.

Instead, we will use a  separate file transfer protocol (ftp) program called FileZilla to to this on your Windows computer.   (A good alternative program for PCs is winscp.  If you are a Mac user, CyberDuck is a nice ftp program to use.)

After you have finished creating your web page locally on your computer using KompoZer, then follow the instructions below to upload it.  Later, if your revise your local web page using KompoZer, then you will need to re-upload all your revised or new local files to the server again (following the same instructions below).  

Instructions for uploading your web page to the server

1. From KompoZer, save your work.
2. From the list of programs on your computer (click on the Start button at bottom left on screen), find the program called FileZilla.
3. If it doesn't already exist, make a shortcut to FileZilla on your desktop, by dragging the program to your desktop.
4. Run (double click) the FileZilla program from your desktop.
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5. From  FileZilla's File menu, get the Site Manager.
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   In the Site Manager Window, create a new Remote Site:
6. Click on the New Site button.
7. Type in "eidolon" (without the quotes) in the highlighted name in the left frame under My Sites.
8. Host: type in: "eidolon.eos.ubc.ca" (without the quotes).
   (do NOT change the port number from the default number that appears)
9. Server Type: SFTP using SSH
10. Logon Type:  Normal
11. User:  (enter in all UPPERCASE your user name for this computer lab -- the one you received when you paid your lab fee)
12. Password:  Enter your password for this lab (or if you are using your own laptop, enter the password assigned by George Hicks for use on "eidolon").
13. Click OK to save it, which exits you from the Site Manager window.
14. Quit the FileZilla program.
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    Connect to the Remote Site
15. Run FileZilla again.
16. Click-hold on the Site-Manager Icon (at left edge of tool bar), and select "eidolon" from the pop-down menu.   (The first time you do this, it might ask you about the security certificate for this site.  If so, select "Always Trust".)
17. Enter your password if prompted (the original password you were assigned for the EOSC computer lab this year, or the one assigned to you by George Hicks)
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    In the Main FileZilla Window, upload your files to the server:
18. In the Local Site frame at the left middle, find your Z drive, and double click on your "website" folder to view a list of the files and other folders inside.
19. For all the files that you want to be on your web page, drag them from your Local Site filename window (at BOTTOM left) into the Remote Site window (at BOTTOM right).  Tips: 
1. From the left frame, do NOT drag the local folder that you called "website", but instead drag all the files and folders from inside that "website" folder.
2. To the right frame, do NOT drag the files into any other folders, unless that is what you really want to do.  To find some non-folders, scroll down the right window before dragging into it.
20. From the FileZilla toolbar, select the Disconnect icon (the one with the red "X" through it).
21. Exit FileZilla.

Troubleshooting:  

• If this doesn't seem to work, be sure that your main home page "index" file name is all lower case.  Namely: "index.html", NOT "Index.html" or "INDEX.html".
• Make sure you user name that you use to access eidolon is all UPPERCASE.
• On the "eidolon" computer, we have set it up to use the original username and original password that was assigned to you when you paid your lab fee.  If you changed your password for the computer lab, that is fine.  But just remember your old password too, because the old one is what you will use for accessing "eidolon".
• When you dragged the files from your local site to the remote site, did you drag the correct files.  Also, did you deposit them in the right place on the remote site?

Instructions for viewing your web site

http://eidolon.eos.ubc.ca/~[your EOS lab user name goes after the tilda]

Or you can access your web page from the "Students" link near the top of the ATSC 212 web page.