The first thing you will need to do is go to this web site: Web2ftp.com.
(There is a bug at this site which may tell you that you are not logged in when you try to change directories or edit your web page. All you can do is keep checking back until they fix it. It usually only happens near the end of the month.)
Once you are at the Web2ftp site, you will see a space to fill in your log-in information for Delphi. In the first space, you will need to put the name of Delphi's FTP server. Delphi's FTP server is located atftp.delphiforums.com so that's what you type in that space. |
The next space is for your Delphi member name. Remember to use your Delphi *member* name (the one you log into Delphi with) and not any nickname you might use. My member name isthebean2. |
The next space is where you type in your Delphi password.
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Next click on the "login" button.
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If you type everything correctly, you will be taken to a page that will tell you that you are logged in.
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Scroll down and you will see the area where you manage your web space. You can delete unwanted files from here, edit HTML files, or even upload new files (upload only applies to WebTV Plus, and not WebTV classic or new MSN TV models).
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In the gray area on the left side of the screen, you will see a list of directories. Your files will all be in the directory called "web/", so you need to change to that directory. In the white box above the gray area, you need to typeweb/ and then click on "change directory". |
Now the gray area on the left should have a list of all the files that are in your "web" directory. (Unless you have given all your files shortish names, all of the file name may not show. Usually it's okay, but if it's not you can always access your web space off of your "Myforums" page to make note of all your file names before coming to the Web2ftp site.)
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If you have a lot of files in your "web" directory, you may have to move your yellow link box down the list to see them all. You will need to click on the gray area to move your link box along the individual files and scroll down it, but you may not want to click a second time on an individual file name in the gray area. I tried clicking on a file name and it locked up my MSN TV and I had to shut it off. That might not happen to you, but it's better to be safe than sorry.
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If you want to edit or delete a file, type the name of it in the white box above the grey area and click on either the "edit file" or "delete" buttons.
index.html in the space above the gray area and click on the "edit file" button. |
You will be taken to a page with a big box that you can type in. In the box should be the text that Delphi has put on your web page. You need to erase what Delphi has put there and use your own HTML to build your page the way you want it. If you don't know any HTML yet, here is a basic example to get you started:
<HTML> The "HTML" at the top identifies your web page as an HTML document. The "HEAD" and "TITLE" commands will make the text, "My Web Page", show up as the yellow web page title on the bottom bar of your MSN TV, and the "/HEAD" and "/TITLE" signal that that's the end of the yellow title. The "BODY" command sets up the colors that will appear on your page, "BGCOLOR" is for the page's background color, "TEXT" is for the main text of the page, "LINK" is for the color of links before you click on them, "ALINK" is for links you just clicked on but before you are taken to that page, and "VLINK" is for links to pages where you have already been. "CENTER" means you want something to be in the middle of the page, rather than starting from the left. The "H2" command means that you want the text "My Web Page" to be a heading which is set apart from other elements on the web page and "/H2" means that's the end of the heading. Adjusting the number next to the "H" will change the size of the heading type (the lower the number, the bigger the type). "/CENTER" means you don't want the type to be centered any more. The "P" puts a space in between the heading and the text below. It can also be used in between paragraphs of text to set them apart. "Welcome to my web page!" is where the main text of your web page would go. "/BODY" ends the color commands for your web page, and "/HTML" signals the end of the HTML document. To learn more HTML, I would recommend a visit to Draac.com. |
Don't forget to click on the "save" button when you're all done editing your page!
Now that your web page is edited and saved, you need to know its web address (URL) so you can look at it and make sure it came out the way you wanted. The URL of your "index.html" page is: http://people.delphiforums.com/yourmembername And the URL of any other web page you make would be: http://people.delphiforums.com/yourmembername/filename.html Just change the part of the URL that says "yourmembername" to your actual Delphi member name, and the part that says "filename.html" to whatever the file name for that page is. (The file name for this page is "ftp.html".) |
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Now you should be all set!
Good luck! |
Delphi has already put a web page in your "web" directory for you. It's just there to say that you haven't built your web page yet so it won't just be a blank space. You need to edit your Delphi web page if you want to replace the one that Delphi has put there for you with something of your own design. Your Delphi web page is called "index.html", so to edit it, type