Introduction to Geographic Information Systems in Forest Resources

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You should have already set up a web page by now. If not, and before you move on, follow the instructions at Creating a web site.

1. When WS-FTP starts, you will see the local file system on the left. The remote file system will be empty.
   
   
   
   
2. Change directories to the location where your PDF file is. If your file is on a different drive, you need to click the drive icon, then you can navigate around the directories on that drive.
   
   
   
   
3. Click the Connect button at the lower left.
   1. Select dante.u.washington.edu from the Profile Name dropdown.
   2. Enter your User ID and Password.
   3. Click the OK button.
      
      
      
      
4. After the connection is established, you will see your the contents of your dante account.
   
   
   
   
   Note that you have a directory called public_html. If you do not have this directory, you did not create a web site. Go back and do this before you proceed.
   
   
5. Change directories (double-click) to the public_html directory. This is where all the files for your web page are stored.
   
   

1. If you do not see a esrm250 directory, create one now by clicking the MkDir button. When the Input dialog opens, type in esrm250 (all lowercase, please) and click OK.
   
   
   
   
2. You will see the esrm250 directory now.
   
   
   
   
3. Go into the esrm250 directory. You should see no files in the directory, unless you have already put some files there.
   
   

1. Click the local file you want to transfer, and then click the arrow button () to transfer from the local system to the remote system. Once the file has transferred, you will see the file in the remote system's directory.
   
   

1. Open a web browser and navigate to your esrm250 directory within your web home page. The URL will be of the form
   
   http://students.washington.edu/myname/esrm250
   
   
   
   
   You should see the file in the directory listing.

1. Click the PDF file's hyperlink. If you have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed, the file will open. Check to see that it looks like it should.
   
   

Good luck! Let us know if you run into any errors.

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