By accessing a page whose URL begins with ftp (short for file transport protocol), you can navigate directories, view files (including HTML and image files), download software, and upload software. For example, you might use links to FTP server sites for downloading updates to Netscape and helper application software.
Netscape lets you access FTP servers in the same way you access World Wide Web (HTTP) servers. However, you may find the FTP directory and content pages have minimal formatting. When possible, Netscape shows the type, size, date and a short description of each file in a directory. A directory is presented as a list of links, each link often preceded by a small icon indicating another directory or a file. Clicking on a directory link displays a subdirectory. Typically, at the top of a subdirectory is a link that displays the parent directory.
Clicking on a binary file or program automatically downloads the software to a folder (designated in the General|Helpers panel) on your computer. After downloading, Netscape automatically looks for a suitable helper application to launch the file. If the necessary helper application is not available, a dialog box asks whether you want to save or discard the downloaded software.
Note that not all files are downloaded using FTP. By using the pop-up menu or by clicking on a link with the Shift key held down (Option key on Macintosh), you produce the dialog box for saving an HTTP page, an image file, or other file type to disk.
After you have accessed an FTP server, you can upload files to the site by dragging and dropping files from the desktop to the Netscape browser. Alternatively, after you've accessed an FTP site, choose the File|Upload File menu item. In the resulting dialog box, select the file on your hard disk that you wish to upload. Note that you must have write access to the FTP server (permission granted from the site) to upload files.
Your ftp URL is ftp://userID:Password@yourdomain.com/usr/home/userID/public_html
If you name your first page index.html, you don't have to add anything past ~userID when you tell people your URL. If you call it anything else then you will have to designate what it is called.
After you have loaded your pages, you can check your homepage at:
http://www.yourdomain.com/~userID/