October 25, 2008

More on AOL Web Space

On the first of this month, I wrote about AOL dropping free webspace. Since then I tried their instructions for downloading my files using FTP and found that they don't work in Dreamweaver MX. So here's how I connect using Dreamweaver. (It took a bit of experimenting to figure this out.)

When setting up a site in Dreamweaver, you get to specify the FTP address and login. (Under Remote Info select FTP.) Host is hometown.aol.com, Directory is your screen name, Login is blank, Password is email address for that screen name. 

Once you connect to the server, you can click on the down arrow and download your files. Watch for a minute because you may have to click Yes and No a few times.

All this only works until the end of the month, so those of us who used AOL's free webspace need to hurry up and copy our files, at least, any of them that are worth saving. Some of mine are really "ancient" (10 and 11 years old) so I'll transfer them to a CD and just archive them.

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