Creative Advantage
File Transfers on the Internet
Introduction
If you need to send files to Creative Advantage, we have
a place on the Internet to do this using FTP (file transfer
protocol). FTP is now the preferred way to send files.
Please contact us if you have
questions or problems.
The server address is
ftp.creativead.com
(IP address
206.31.97.32).
The site has an upload directory and a download
directory. The upload directory can be used to send files,
but you will not be able to see the other contents of the
folder. This will keep the files you send private and
unaccessable to other users.
When you transmit a file, please
send a note to
Creative Advantage. If the file you are sending is extremely
large (more than 10MB), please alert us in advance so we can
be sure there is enough room on the server.
Windows 95 file compression
It's a good idea to compress your files before sending
them to reduce the transmission time and save disk space. If
the files are small, you may want to combine them into a
single file to send. A good compression program to use is
WinZip95.
Instructions for Windows users
with standard Internet service
Under construction... We hear "Cute FTP" is a good
program for Windows file transfers.
Macintosh file compression
To ensure that the files are sent and received correctly,
we recommend using an compression program such as StuffIt or
Compact Pro.
Shareware
and commercial
versions of the programs are available. You can combine
several files into a single file for transmission.
Instructions for Mac users
with standard Internet service
For standard Internet connections,
Fetch
is a good program to do FTP. The current version of Fetch is
3.0.3.
- Prepare the files to be sent with the
compression instructions
above.
- To use Fetch, use the "New Connection" command and
enter
- Host: ftp.creativead.com
- User ID: anonymous
- Password: (enter your e-mail address here, e.g.
"joe@mydomain.com")
- Directory: /pub/creativead/
- Double-click on the "upload" directory.
- Set the file transfer mode to "Binary" before
sending.
- Click the "Put File..." button to select and transmit
the file.
Instructions for America Online users
(Windows 95 and Macintosh)
AOL users can follow this procedure to send files:
- Prepare the files to be sent with the compression
instructions for Windows 95 or
Macintosh above.
- Select the "Keyword" command under the "Go To" menu
- Enter "ftp"
- Click the "Go to FTP" button
- Click the "Other Site" button
- For the site address, enter
"ftp.creativead.com/pub/creativead/"
- Leave the "Ask for login name and password" option
unchecked.
- Click the "Connect" button.
- In the "Remote Filename" box, type in the name of the
file.
- Select the "Binary" transfer mode button.
- Click the "Select File" button and choose the file
you wish to send.
- Click the "Send" button to start the file transfer.
Information for FTP via web
browser
You can link to
ftp://ftp.creativead.com,
but uploading and downloading files can be tricky. If you
must use the browser, be sure to follow the instructions for
preparing the files.
Information for e-mail file
transfer
You can also e-mail
files to Creative Advantage, but we have set a 10MB
limit on mail server files sizes. Be sure to prepare the
files to be sent with the compression instructions for
Windows 95 or
Macintosh above.
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