Frequently Asked Questions
Q. What is my user name / user ID?
A. Your user name or user ID is the first half of your e-mail address. If your
e-mail address is bob@wf.net, then your user name / user ID is bob. The user name or
user ID must be typed in all lower case letters.
Q. What is my e-mail address?
A. Our e-mail address is your user name / user ID with an @wf.net added to it.
If your user name / user ID is bob, then Your e-mail address is bob@wf.net.
Q. I keep getting this screen that asks me for my user name and password?
A. Make sure that you have not used your e-mail address as your user name, or make
sure that you have typed your user name and password correctly. If they are correct,
make sure that you have typed them using all lower case letters. You may also have another
connection to the internet through another location, such as a family member online at home.
This will also prevent you from accessing the internet. If you find you need more then one
dialup account, we offer a second account for only $10.00 more!
Q. Under Windows 95 I do not get a "Connect To" screen
A. Go to my computer and open Dial-Up Networking. In Dial-Up Networking double
click on the Web Fire Icon. Your "Connect To" screen should appear. Press
connect. Once connected close the Dial-Up Networking window and the My Computer
window then go back to your desktop and double click on the icon that says The Internet.
The next time you need on the internet you should see the "Connect To" screen
when you double click on The Internet icon.
Q. I get an error that says Can not find the server- The server does not have a DNS
entry.
A. Make sure that you are connected to the internet and make sure that you have typed the
URL in correctly. If you are on Windows 95 run winreg.exe. This file can be found on
the sixth disk of your Web Fire setup If you do not have six disks you can download the
file by clicking here.
Q. My mail program locks up when I try to check my e-mail.
A. Some one has sent you a message that has been encoded usning a non-MIME compliant
e-mail program. The offending message will have to be removed from your mail box. To
do get this done call the Web Fire Help Desk. problem is most commonly seen when AOL users
e-mail Web Fire users. To prevent this from occurring again contact your
friends that use AOL and tell them to set their e-mail program to use MIME compliant
encoding.
How Do I...
Create a web page?
There are many ways to create web pages. The easiest way is to use a text editor
such as Notepad (Windows) or Simple
Text (Macintosh), but you can also use pages such as Adobe Page Mill or Micosoft Front
Page. To make a page with a text editor follow these steps.
1. Open the editor.
2. Type <HTML> and press enter
3. Type <HEAD> and press enter
4. Type <TITLE> type the title of your page followed by </TITLE>
5. Type </HEAD> and press enter
6. Type <BODY> and press enter
After this has been done you can then start typing the body of your web page
7. Type </BODY> and press enter
8. Type </HTML> and press enter
Viola! You now have created your very own web page that is ready to be uploaded to our
server.
Helpful HTML Tags: Insert these anywhere in the body of your page
Picture- <IMG SRC="FILENAME.JPG">
Link- <A HREF="http://www.domain.net">Click here</A>
Center- <CENTER>Text</CENTER>
Right- <RIGHT>Text</RIGHT>
Bold- <B>Text</B>
Underline- <U>Text</U>
Italic- <I>Text</I>
Counter- <img src="/cgi-bin/Count.cgi?df=sample.dat" align=absmiddle>
-change sample to your actual user name.
Uploading web pages to Web Fire:
1. Open your FTP Client-WS_FTP (Windows) or Fetch
(Macintosh)
2. Connect to home.wf.net
3. Once connected change into your htmldocs directory
4. Transfer all files that are associated with your web page
5. Close the connection once all the files have been transfered.
If you do not have WS_FTP you can download it from this page by clicking on the blue
WS_FTP that is above. Be sure to download the file to a place where you can be sure to
find it. To install it just double click on the file titled ws_ftple.exe in your
File Manager (Win 3.1)or Windows Explorer (Win95) Fetch is included with the
Macintosh software that we distribute.
Using WS_FTP:
Once you have installed WS_FTP open the program.
1. Under Profile Name type in Web Fire.
2. Under Host Name/Address type in home.wf.net.
3. In the User ID field type your user name
4. In the password field type you password
5. Press connect.
6. The left side of the WS_FTP screen is called the local system, this is your computer.
The right side of the screen is the remote host, which is the server. To move
upwards in the directory structure double click on the green arrows that point up.
To enter into a directory just double click on the desired directory's folder icon.
To send a file to the the server select the file or files (on the left) to be sent
and then click on the button with arrow that points to the right.
7. To disconnect click on the disconect buton in the lower left corner of the WS_FTP
screen.
Using Fetch:
Open Fetch by clicking on the button on your Internet Launcher that looks like a Koala
Bear with a floppy disk in its mouth.
1. Under file at the top of your screen click on New Connection.
2. Type home.wf.net in the host field.
3. Type your user name in the user ID field.
4. Type your password in the password field.
5. Click OK.
6. To change into your htmldocs folder scroll down until you find the htmldocs folder,
then double click on it.
7. To send a file go to the Remote menu at the top of your screen and choose Put Folder or
Files.
8. Locate the file or files that you wish to upload.
9. To add a file to your upload list, select one file then click the add button. Do
this until all of the files that need to be uploaded are selected.
10. Click done.
11. On the Put File screen that comes up press OK.
12. Go to file and choose quit to disconnect from the server. |
