How to use FTP to Upload files
In order to use this service you will need to have an email account with FIU and a SOLIX Computing Account.
To obtain your FIU-Email username and password, go to http://webmail.fiu.edu
To obtain Solix Computing Account (Solix Username and password) fill in a service request by calling 305-348-2284
or via our Online Service Request System.

Below are instructions to obtain a link of an image needed to submit to Univmail. The manual will provide detailed
instructions for creating a webpage and uploading files/images to that page.
I.

Logging in to Solix
From Windows users:
Start>Run
Type in: telnet solix.fiu.edu
As show in Figure A

Figure A
A telnet session will open.
Type in your username and password.
As shown in Figure B

Figure B

For Mac users:
From Mac Finder, locate Terminal Application
Type in: telnet solix.fiu.edu
As shown in Figure C

Figure C

A telnet session will open.
Type in your username and password.
As shown in Figure D

Figure DII.

Create www directory (for first time Solix users only)
If you already have a www directory and simple need to FTP image to submit to Univmail go to step 3
At login, type: websetup. See Figure E

Figure E

For first time users, select ‘b’ for ‘Create my first homepage
See Figure F

Figure F

Press Return as instructed (Figure G)

Figure GAnswer ‘y’ yes to ‘Shall we make you home page?’
You will be prompted for some personal information for your basic webpage
As shown in Figure H

Figure H

You have successfully created your www directory and simple webpage.

III.

How to use FTP to upload files

FTP stands for File Transfer Protocol, and is used to transfer files from one system to another via a network,primarily the Internet. We use an ftp client to upload and download files from our home or office computers to FIU's
Internet connected hosts such as Solix. If you create your www files and images on your PC, you need to uploadthem to your Solix account in order for them to be viewable on the web.
We recommend using an ftp client program called WS-FTP to do this uploading. If you do not currently have thisprogram you may download it by clicking here.
Double click on the WS-FTP icon. The important boxes are the ones labeled "Host Name", "User ID", and"Password".
Host Name: solix.fiu.edu
Username: Your SOLIX username
Solix password: Your SOLIX password
Click “OK”
As shown in Figure I

Figure I

Once connected you will be uploading the file to your www directory.

Having connected to Solix, we now see the files on our PC on the left side, and the files in our Solix
account on the right. As shown in Figure J

Figure J

Double click on your www directory on the Remote System side (right). As shown in Figure K. Now you are readyto transfer your files from your PC to your Solix account. Change to the appropriate directory and drive where
your web files are located on the left column, which represents your PC. You can send the files over one at atime by clicking on the filename on the left side, or by holding down the CTRL button while clicking on files toselect more than one file at a time, and then on the arrow pointing to the right.
During the uploading process, a dialog box will appear showing how much has been sent and time remaining.
Once completed, you should see the files you chose now listed in the right column (figure below). You are now
done and can click on the Close button in the lower left corner.

Figure K
Now that the file has been uploaded using FTP, the URL to your file will be:
Example: http://www.fiu.edu/~username/button.gif

IV.

Common Error Messages

I uploaded the files, but when I try to view them through my web browser, I get an error:403 - Forbidden Error
The URL above exists, but the permissions are set so that you do not have access to it. This means that thepermissions on the file or files are not set so that the world can view them. The program websetup will fix thepermissions for you. See Figure F above, select option c and type ‘y’ for yes. Your file permissions have now
been set!
I get boxes with question marks in them where my images should be.
This means that the file you are referring to doesn't exist. It could be spelled differently, in a different location,or the case may not be correct (Solix is case sensitive, so smile.gif and SMILE.GIF are seen as two different
filenames.
I see a torn, colored box where my image should be.
This means that the file exists, but that the permissions are not correct. Run the websetup program to set thepermissions correctly. See Figure F above, select option c and type ‘y’ for yes. Your file permissions have now
been set!