I suggest Filezilla. You will want the html files on your own machine so you may edit them. This will also be your method of uploading changes to your webpage.

To access your page:

Host: www.uky.edu

Username: (your UKID ex: pmmu234)

Password: (u$ and the last six digits of your UK ID number. ex: u$123456)

Port: 21 (this is the default number)

Hit Connect and (fingers crossed) on the right half of the window (under Remote Site) a path will be opened to your personal www folder. Highlight the www folder to access your web files. To put them on your computer, you will first need to select a folder from the left side (under Loal site).

At this time I would reccommend creating a folder on your computer for all of your web documents. PC: Go to My Documents, file menu, new folder. I named my folder "website" or "UK site." Mac: bring up the Finder, select your user and there should be a folder named "Sites." In that folder, file menu, new folder and name it. This may seem redundant, but if you have other sites in the future it will be good to keep them organized.

Back to Filezilla.
Locate your newly created folder on the left side of the window (under Local site). Highlight that folder. You can now drag files from your online www folder to your computer.

 Finding an Editing Application

Choose your editing application. Check to see if you have any of these: Notepad, Microsoft Office Publisher, TextEdit, Adobe Dreamweaver, Netscape (Composer), iWeb.
- Notepad and TextEdit will allow you to work on the source code directly. If you don't speak HTML, you probably would avoid this approach. However, if you want to just "borrow" someone else's page code and put in your own stuff, this may be a fun option. These apps will also force you to learn HTML coding.
- iWeb is great for creating new pages but it won't open or edit existing files.
- Adobe Dreamweaver is pretty sweet if you have it. You can work on source code or directly on the design. There is a handy toolbox with all the items you'd need to place. Adobe has great tutorials as well. All the Macs at the library come equiped with this application if you want to try it out.
- Microsoft Publisher is an application I don't like. I also don't know much about how it works, but it won't create professional looking pages, adds extra content and reformats your page.

Which leaves us with Netscape Suite. This may surprise you, but this browser also comes with a web editor called Composer. I think it's worth the download. I have Netscape 7.2 and never use the browser.

Editing your data

Ok, now you have your files on your computer and you have an editing application. Here are some ideas or hints to update your pages with new information, links and documents.

 Adding a link to your Links page: Open your editing application. Under the File menu select Open File and locate the www folder on your computer. Select the page you wish to edit ("links.html"). Now you should be looking at your page. To ad a link,  choose an area for the new link in one of the text box. Now go under the Insert menu where there should be a "Link," "Hyperlink," or "Insert a link" option. Choosing this should bring up a box where you can enter the URL for the desired link and the text you'd like the hyperlink to display. Click "ok" and on your page should be your new hyperlink. Save your work.
At this point it is a good idea to make sure your new link(s) will work on your page.

Updating changes to the Web

In order for this update to your page to show up on the web, you need to upload this page to your www folder on the server. Open Filezilla and connect to the UK server. On the right side of the page highlight your UKID folder and then highlight the www folder. On the left side should be the site folder from your hard drive. Drag the updated page from your computer folder to the server www folder. Filezilla will then ask if you wish to overwrite the existing file. You do!