Publishing PowerPoint to Internet Using CUTE FTP

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Carla Sproull

Hi!

For a course I am taking I must publish my PowerPoint presentation on the
university's server using Cute FTP. I followed directions from a web site on
how to save my slide show for the web. It works perfectly on my local
computer, but when I try to upload, the basic web page goes through, but not
the folder containing all the images, etc. Some will go through individually
(but not all will), but then they have lost their path and won't open
anyway. Anyone know how to resolve this conflict?

Thanks,
Carla
 
I'm not familiar with CUTE FTP, but I am familiar with FTP. Generally, you
have to set up the folders yourself on the remote machine (CUTE FTP might do
this for you), and put everything in the same folders that they are in on
your local machine. Additionally, when transferring files, there are two
modes: binary mode and ascii mode. Some FTP programs take care of this
automatically for you (they figure it out in automatic mode). But you might
have to set this manually. Anything that is a plain text file (this includes
all your HTML files) should be transferred in ascii mode. Anything that is
not plain text (this includes picture and sound files) should be transferred
in binary (bin) mode. I hope this helps.
--David

David Marcovitz
Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_
http://www.loyola.edu/education/PowerfulPowerPoint/
 
For a course I am taking I must publish my PowerPoint presentation on the
university's server using Cute FTP. I followed directions from a web site on
how to save my slide show for the web. It works perfectly on my local
computer, but when I try to upload, the basic web page goes through, but not
the folder containing all the images, etc. Some will go through individually
(but not all will), but then they have lost their path and won't open
anyway. Anyone know how to resolve this conflict?
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I'll pick a minor fight with David and suggest that you transfer *everything*
as binary.

You need to choose the folder you want to pop the main HTML file into and
upload it there. Then upload the supporting files folder into the same folder,
plus all the files IN the supporting files folder.

That will take care of the file paths.

Make sure that the names (including upper/lower casing) of the files/folders
dont' change. On a Unix server, ThisFile.htm, thisfile.htm, Thisfile.htm are
all different files. Case-very-sensitive, ya might say.
 
I don't want to fight, but why should everything go in binary? I guess I
knew that binary files (such as pictures) had to go in binary, but I
never knew why text files had their own special mode. And if everything
will work in binary, why does FTP in Windows seem to default to ascii
mode (or am I misremembering that)?
--David

--
David M. Marcovitz
Director of Graduate Programs in Educational Technology
Loyola College in Maryland
Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_
http://www.loyola.edu/education/PowerfulPowerPoint/
 
David M. said:
I don't want to fight, but why should everything go in binary?
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Saves having to think about it.
And/or saves having to trust some app to think about it and decide for you.

;-)
I guess I
knew that binary files (such as pictures) had to go in binary, but I
never knew why text files had their own special mode. And if everything
will work in binary, why does FTP in Windows seem to default to ascii
mode (or am I misremembering that)?
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FTP.EXE you mean, the little command line gadget? Yep, it always wants to do
ascii transfers unless you tell it BIN. Seems like a pretty silly default.

ISTR that there are a few isolated instances where you'd specifically want
ascii transfers; I think you may need them to move certain kinds of files
between DOS/Windows/Mac/Unix systems where the line endings need to be
translated to/from the local OS conventions.

My understanding is that binary mode tells everybody "Hands off. Just move the
bytes and no fiddling with any of 'em, y'hear? Not a one."

I've shuffled pretty much everything as binary for almost ten years now and
haven't run into any problems, other than one little head-on collision with the
caveat mentioned above. Do you have any idea what body work on a caveat costs
these days?
 
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