Configuring WinSCP
When you first open the program you will see the Login window.
Type in the host name, your username and your password.
| Account |
Host |
Username |
Password |
| BC Student |
eclipse.barnard.edu |
Barnard username |
Barnard password |
| BC Faculty and Staff |
bc.barnard.edu |
Barnard username |
Barnard password |
| Columbia |
cunix.columbia.edu |
Columbia uni |
Columbia password |
If you want to save this information so that you can quickly login again later,
click Save. Your settings will be saved as a profile. If
you choose to save your login information, then the next time you
login, the name of this saved profile will be listed. You can click on
it and choose Login and then type in your password. In the example
below I named my profile "cunix.columbia.edu," you can give your profile any name you
like.
If you don't want to save this information, just fill out the host, username,
and password fields and select Login.
Once you've logged in you will see a file transfer window like the one below:
The left side of the window shows the files on your computer (the Local Directory),
the right side shows the files on the server (the Remote Directory).
If you don't have this nice two panel
window, it just means that you did not choose Norton Commander
Interface when you were installing WinSCP or you have a different
version. You can still transfer files, call the Help Desk if you get
stuck.
On the Remote side of the window, look for the folder
"public_html", this folder should be
at the same level as your mail folder. If you can
see the mail folder, but you don't see the
"public_html" folder, then you
will need to use SSH Secure Shell Client to log into the eclipse server
via SSH and setup your account for web publishing. If you are on a lab
computer, SSH Secure Shell Client is already installed and you can skip
the installation step.
To publish your web page, double click to open public_html on the Remote half
of the window. On the Local side, browse to the directory where your
web page is saved. If you need to, use the move up a level command
(folder with up arrow on it) to move to a higher level in your current drive.
In this example, I stored my web files in a folder called web on the C drive
of my computer. Note that on the Remote side, I have opened the folder named "public_html",
hich right now is empty.
On the Local side, I have moved to the C
drive where I can see all the folders in the C drive. I saved my web
page to a folder named web.
Open the folder that contains your web
page. In other words, the Local side should show you the contents of
your web directory, the files themselves, and any other subdirectories
in your website. The Remote side should have the folder "public_html"
open. Now click on the files in the Local side of the window and drag
them over to the Remote side. This will copy the files onto the server.
Now the files in the Remote directory (on the server) should be the
same as the files in your web folder. The picture below illustrates this symmetry.
