Procedures for zipping files for upload through the WebCT interface.

 

To display your website for Dr. Makela’s class, it is necessary to upload your files through the WebCT interface.  There are two basic ways to do this:

 

 

To upload files singly follow this procedure:

 

  1. Open the WebCT homepage in your favorite web browser.  The address is http://webct.csuohio.edu
    1.  (these instructions are written using the Microsoft Internet Explorer version 6.028)
  2. Log in to the WebCT page using your WebCT password
    1. If you have not yet established your user name and password for WebCT, Please consult the instructions provided in your class to do this first
  3. Once you have logged into WebCT, Click on the link for the Workshop for Teachers, which will take you the class home page which should look like this:

 

 

  1. Click on the Student Web Sites link in the center of the page.
  2. This will take you to the list of students in the class, and next to your name, you should find a small link that says EDIT FILES.  Click the EDIT FILES link.
  3. You will arrive at the edit files screen which looks like this.

 

 

The information below the files and folders line will be different depending on what files you have uploaded previously.  (if you have not uploaded any files, this area will be blank)

 

  1. Select upload a file and then click go
  2. On the next screen, click the browse button and locate the file that you wish to upload.
  3. After you have located the file and selected it, you will return to the upload page, where you can click UPLOAD.
  4. The web browser will then upload your file and you will be returned to the Manage Files area.
  5. Repeat this procedure with as many files as you need to.

 

 

The procedure outlined above, works nicely if you only have a few files to upload, but a typical website may have hundreds to thousands of files to manage.  Many of these files are hidden, and you would not find them if you did not know where to look. 

 

This procedure is designed for the student who is using Microsoft FrontPage XP to create their web site.

 

 

The first thing that you must be aware of is that the WebCT system does not accept any kind of file with spaces or special characters (!@#$%^&*( ) ) in the name, so you need to stick to letters, numbers, and underscores for your file names.  This also applies to the titles of graphics and pictures, so some of them may need to be renamed.

 

To rename files when downloading them (Explorer 6.0)

 

  1. Using standard browser commands, locate the picture that you wish to download
  2. Position your mouse cursor over the picture and right click
  3. On the menu that pops up, choose Save Picture As…
  4. The Save Picture As… window will open, and you will be given the opportunity to specify the location and name of the picture. 
    1. Be careful not to change the extension (something like .gif or .jpg) of your picture or you will not be able to use it later.
  5. Change the name of the picture so that there are no Illegal characters in it, and then click save
    1. A picture named Yellowstone Geysers, Old Faithful.jpg  might be renamed Yellowstone_Geysers_Old_Faithful.jpg 
    2. Remember that you want your file names to mean something, naming a file Herbert would not help you out next week when you are trying to remember what that file is.
  6. Continue finding and saving pictures using the above procedure as needed.

 

 

FrontPage XP will tend to hide files all through your website file structure, so you will need to display all the hidden files so that you can make sure that everything is OK

 

To display hidden files in FrontPage XP, complete the following procedure:

 

  1. Open FrontPage
  2. Open your website in FrontPage
  3. Click on the Tools option on the menu bar
  4. On the tools menu select Web Options
  5. In the Web Options menu, select the Advanced tab
  6. About halfway down the advanced tab you will find the Display hidden files option, Make sure that this is checked and then click OK

 

 

  1. Once you have closed the Web Settings box, you might get a message box telling you that the hidden files will not be displayed unless they are refreshed from the server.  Tell it YES you do want it to refresh the files. 
  2. Your hidden files should be displayed now. 

 

To rename your files within FrontPage XP:

 

  1. Open FrontPage
  2. Open your web site
  3. Click on the Folders icon in the Views list on the extreme left side of the screen.
  4. This will display a list of all the files and folders in your web site
  5. Scroll through the list and any files or folders with a space or other illegal character in the name will need to be changed.
  6. Once you have located a file that needs to have its name changed, left click on the file name once, wait about 2 seconds and click one more time.
    1. Another option is to right click on the file and choose Rename from the popup menu 
  7. The file name will be highlighted and surrounded by a small black box.
  8. Edit the file name to remove the illegal characters (!@#$%^&*() )
    1. Be careful not to change the extension, as this will keep the file from functioning properly
  9. Click off to the side somewhere to complete your edit
  10. When you do, a box may pop up telling you that there are hyperlinks to the file and asking you if you want the program to fix the hyperlinks, Answer YES!!!
  11. Once you have checked all your files, you are ready to zip the files and upload them to WebCT.

 

Downloading the WinZip program

 

WinZip is a piece of Shareware software that allows you to compress and package large numbers of files into a package (called a .zip file) which allows them to be easily moved.  The software is shareware, and it allows you to use it in a demo mode, but if you continue to use it, you really should purchase the software ($29.95).

 

To download and install the program, use the following steps.

 

  1. Open your favorite web browser (these instructions are written for Internet Explorer 6.0)
  2. Navigate to www.winzip.com
  3. Click on Download Evaluation Version
  4. Tell the browser where to save the file (the desktop is a good spot, you can delete it later)
  5. Allow the file to download and then exit the browser.
  6. Find the file you just downloaded and double click on it.
    1. You will need to be logged in as the Administrator on Windows XP or Windows 2000 systems (If you are using a school lab computer, ask the lab supervisor for help)
  7. Install the software, using the option for the WinZip wizard.
  8. Once you have installed WinZip, you are ready to zip your files and upload them to WebCT

 

 

Zipping your Website for upload

 

  1. Using the My Computer or My Documents icons, navigate to the folder where your web site is stored. (With FrontPage it will be in a folder called MY WEBS which will be in the MY DOCUMENTS Folder
  2. Open the folder which contains your website (it will often be called MYWEB or something similar or whatever you named it)
  3. On the menu bar click the Edit option
  4. On the edit menu click Select All – This will select all the files in the folder
  5. Position your mouse over one of the files and right click
  6. Choose the WinZip option on the menu that pops up
  7. From the flyout menu, choose the file that says add to XXXXX.zip where the XXXX is the name of your folder
  8. The winzip window will pop up and you must select the USE Evaluation Version button.
  9. The Zip file will be created.
  10. Make sure you know where your zip file is, as you will need it in the next section
  11. You are now ready to upload your file

 

To upload a zip file using WebCT

 

  1. Open your browser
  2. Navigate to the WebCT homepage http://webct.csuohio.edu
  3. Log in to WebCT
  4. Select the Workshop for Teachers
  5. Select the Student Websites Icon
  6. Locate your name and click on Edit Files
  7. Select Upload File
  8. Click Go
  9. On the next screen click browse and locate your file to be uploaded
  10. Click on the file, then click OK
  11. Click Upload
  12. The file will upload and you will be returned to the manage files page

 

 

To unzip your file (Last Step)

 

  1. Locate the zip file that you just uploaded
  2. Click the check box next to it.
  3. In the second section of the manage files page, click the down arrow next to edit and select UNZIP and click GO
  4. On the next screen click unzip – the files will be unzipped and you will be informed of any errors.  If files are omitted because of illegal characters, go back into FrontPage using the instructions above, and fix any file names
  5. You might want to print out the list of files, so that you can find them.
  6. Once you have fixed them, rezip the website in a new file and re upload it and re unzip it
  7. Once you get an upload with no errors, relax and take a break, You are DONE!!