You want to build a website; the traditional aproach is that you start creating the web pages on your computer. Next, you need to put those pages on the web server so that everyone would be able to view them online. Doing this is not always as simple and easy as one would like it to be ... you need to use special programs, which are not allways user-friendly, specific ports have to be enabled for those programs to work so they will not work if you are behind a corporate firewall at work, and so on.
When you use the GeoCities.ws File Manager Interface these problems are solved: you connect to it using a regular web browser, and the GeoCities.ws File Manager Interface takes care of everything while also providing additional features on top of the regular features provided by those traditional programs, like the possibility to edit code using your web browser, view the code with syntax highlighting and to upload-and-unzip archives.
The GeoCities.ws File Manager Interface uses the following icons. Their meaning should be pretty straight-forward, but just in case, here are the conventions used:
Cancel and go back
Execute the action
Save the file
Bookmark the page
Refresh the page
Logout
All icons will also display a tooltip with additional information if you keep your mouse pointer on the button for a second, without clicking on it.
Enter your username and password. If you do not yet have a username and password and want to get one, or if you just forgot them and need support, please contact us at our Forums or email us.
The first time you log in, you will see the contents of your root directory "/".
To go to a subdirectory, simply click on the subdirectory's name.
To go up to the parent directory, click on the top row with the label Up.
On the Browse Screen, click on the Upload button to go to the Upload Screen.
There is one column on the left to upload files, and there can also be a right column to upload-and-unzip archives.
Click on the Browse button to specify which file on your computer you want to upload or upload-and-unzip to the server.
Once you are ready to start the upload, click on .
The result screen will tell you if the upload was successful or not.
To upload a file, you need write permissions on that directory of the server.
The file should also not be too big, as on most web servers the execution time of a script may be limited to 30 seconds.
To download a file, simply click on its filename.
To zip-and-download files and directories, select them on the Browse Screen and click on Download.
The directories and their contents will be retrieved and zipped.
A popup window will ask you where you would like to save the Zip file on your computer.
Note that if the files inside are too big, the script will timeout and you won't be able to download anything.
If this happens, try again with less directories and omit those which contain big files.
You can also zip files and email them in attachment, or save them on the server.
On the Browse Screen, select the directories and files and click on Zip.
On the Browse Screen, click on the View link on the same line as the filename.
On the Browse Screen, click on the Edit link on the same line as the filename.
Edit the text and press to save the changes (you'll need write permissions for that).
Depending on the type of file you're editing, alternative textareas can be used:
- For HTML files, there are 2 WYSIWYG (What-You-See-Is-What-You-Get) textareas: FCKEditor and TinyMCE.
- To edit code with syntax highlighting use CodePress; it can highlight PHP, Javascript, Java and HTML code.
Select some files or directories and click on the Delete button.
Once you are ready, click on .
The result screen will tell you if the action was successful or not.
Select directories or files and click on Rename on the Browse Screen.
The next screen will ask for the new names.
Fill these in and click on .
Most actions can be executed with the keyboard.
On Windows, use ALT + a letter. On Apple computers, use CTRL + a letter.
On Internet Explorer, ALT + a letter will only focus on the page element; press ENTER to execute the action.
Which letter can be used is shown in the tooltip.
For example: to go back, the tooltip is "Back (accesskey b)".
To display a tooltip, leave your mouse cursor for a few seconds over an icon or link without clicking it.
Internet Explorer, Netscape and Mozilla browsers support Access Keys, but Opera doesn't.
The data transfer volume is set to 50 MB per day and the script execution time to 2500 seconds per day.
Once the daily consumption limit is reached, you will still be able to browse the server, but the transfer of data to/from the server will be blocked.