Server to File-Transfer-Protocol Walk-through · BlueHost (Hosting Server) Steps to obtaining a BlueHost Server 4. Package Information is your chance to review any additional services

Server to File-Transfer-Protocol Walk-through 02.23.2016 ─

Project Partners Tim Fair | Tariq MacKey | Yaël Monereau | Amy Mudge | Erika Watson | Eric Whitmer

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Overview This activity is designed to give you practical experience in a team environment creating online training material that solves as specific instructional problem.

Goals 1. Create a training module or unit that explicitly meets the following objectives:

a. The learner will be able to identify all of the software and tools required to upload e-learning material to a website or file repository that can be viewed by anyone on the internet.

i. Web Host Provider

1. Bluehost

ii. File Repository

1. CoreFTP

2. FileZilla

3. Google Drive

b. The learner will be able to identify all the steps required to use the FTP protocol.

Table of Contents Web Host Provider

Bluehost………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..?-?

File Repository

CoreFTP………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..?-?

FileZilla………..………………………………………………………………………………………………………..?-?

Google Drive……….………………………………………………………………………………………………..?-?

BlueHost (Hosting Server) Steps to obtaining a BlueHost Server

1. Visit www.bluehost.com to begin.

a. This is the BlueHost homepage

2. BlueHost Pricing ranges from $3.95, $6.95, to $14.95 depending on your needs select

an option shown below.

a. These are the pricing points for BlueHost

3. Domain Selection is completely up to you, this is the digital name of your website.

a. Note: If you are creating a professional digital footprint it is recommended that you use www.firstnamelastname.com for naming your website.

This is the domain naming page.

http://www.bluehost.com/

http://www.firstnamelastname.com/


4. Package Information is your chance to review any additional services you may need for your site. Please keep in mind these are optional.

a. This is where you select your appropriate package.

5. Here's where you enter your billing information.

6. 7. These are the pages leading to the FTP page.

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9. 10. Click on the box that says add FTP account, use a memorable username such as

[email protected]

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mailto:[email protected]


12. Create a unique password that is eight characters and has all of the following criteria: A lowercase letter (e.g. abcde), an uppercase letter (e.g. ABCDE), a number (e.g. 123456), and a symbol or a space (e.g. ~!@#$%^)

13. Then complete the directory home2/jsmith/public_html 14. Click Create FTP Account

BlueHost Checklist

Were you able to follow all the steps above? Follow this checklist and make sure you are able to move on to the File Transfer Protocol.

❏ Did you set up an account with BlueHost?

❏ Do you know what your budget is? BlueHost does annual billing.

❏ Do you have a name for your domain?

❏ Do you know what you need for your web hosting package?

❏ Do you know what you are paying with?

❏ Do you know how to find the FTP page on BlueHost?

How to Upload with CoreFTP

How to Upload Your File Using CoreFTP

1. Start by Accessing www.coreFTP.com and click the free version Download option best for your computer specifications.

a. Select the Free Version

2. Once Download is Successful your computer will connect with the CoreFTP program as shown and will have access to files on your computer such as desktop, documents etc.

http://www.coreftp.com/



Startup Screen

3. Go into Site Manager and enter your FTP address, FTP port 21, your username, and password and click connect.

4. Once you’re logged in, then select your extracted file and upload it to your

BlueHost account.



CoreFTP/FileZilla (Mac) Checklist

❏ Is your Storyline file published to a .zip file? ❏ Have you set your account and password to your file transfer page? ❏ Have you unzipped the file in a memorable location? ❏ Has the file been sent successfully?

FileZilla (Mac) Steps to Uploading with FileZilla

1. Download FileZilla

a. 2. Download FileZilla Client

a. 3. Select Download Now

a. 4. Double Click on the .zip file


a. 5. Click Filezilla.app

a. 6. Drag to Applications Folder


a. 7. Open FIleZilla

a. 8. Go to File & Site Manager


a. 9. Fill in the following: General, Host (ftp.username.com), port 21, Encryption (only

use plain FTP (insecure)), logon type (normal), user (username), and password

a. 10. Click Connect 11. You now can drag and drop files to upload to your server.

FileZilla Checklist

❏ Is your Storyline file published to a .zip file?

❏ Have you extracted your .zip file?

❏ Has the file been uploaded successfully?

❏ Have you tested the landing page for functionality?

Google Drive

Steps to Hosting on Google Drive

1. Log in to Google Drive.

2. Create a new folder/ Set this folder’s sharing settings to “Public on the web”

3. Upload the published output from your Articulate project.

Google Drive


4. Rename the appropriate launch file to index.html

6. From within the folder containing your published content, copy the characters after drive.google.com/#folders/ from the address bar as shown below.

Google Drive


7. Then, to get the link you to use for sharing with others, paste those copied characters to the end of http://googledrive.com/host/

Google Drive Checklist

❏ Is your Storyline file published to a .zip file?

❏ Has the file been uploaded successfully?

❏ Have you tested the landing page for functionality?

http://googledrive.com/host/






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