Unix treats filenames somewhat differently than o ther programs. It is useful to remove spaces, captialization and extensions from filenames before uploading them. A progress box will open to show you how far along the file transfer is. If you are on a slower connection, such as a modem, it may take sometime to upload a file. A good rule of thumb is that it takes 5 minutes to transfer a Megabyte.
Text files contain only unformatted text.
Examples of the text type are files created in Teach Text, BBEdit, Notepad or with a DOS editor. HTML files are text files. Remember to save the file under a different filename, because saving as text-only removes all formatt ing information from the file. When you get files from a public archive, they will usually be compressed. The compression type can often be determined by the extension on the end of the file name.