Your Personal Page is a 10mb storage section on the Dodo members web server.
Each member of Dodo internet has FTP access to this server. The Personal Pages uploaded to this server are available to viewed on any web browser from anywhere on the Internet. Personal content should be stored on these pages only. Content such as Commercial or Corporate business sites, Adult sites or content, or any other content that violates a content based law in Australia should be not used in your homepage.
Before you can upload your Personal Page to our server you need to first create your site. Your personal site will consist of webpages (common html files) linked together and optionally containing images, photos, sounds and other multi-media content. You can use many web page creators on the market to generate your pages, check your local PC supplier or have a look on the internet for some HTML authoring software.
Now you need to activate your Dodo web space. You can do this by going to our Dodo account management section and logging in with your username and password. Once successfully logged in, click on the Mail/Web button on the left hand side then click on Activate Web Space on the bottom of the section. Your Dodo Web Space will be enabled automatically within 30 minutes.
Before you begin to upload your website you should test all links, images and pages for errors. Errors can include missing links, spelling mistakes, references to incorrect paths and incorrect html code.
Check for things such as links pointing to "file://c//My%20Documents/mypage.html", these will noCheck for things such as links pointing to "file://c//My%20Documents/mypage.html", these will not work once they are uploaded onto our web server. Also things such as reference mixed case filenames, all file names should be lowercase in both the filename itself and the HTML code. For example uploading "myfamily.GIF" and in your HTML specifying <IMG SRC="myfamily.gif"> will not work as the web server is case sensitive.
Check with your PC supplier for some FTP software or check your favorite search engine for some free software. We recommend using CuteFTP due to it's ease of use and is available as a trial download from www.download.com. Please Note: The use of CuteFTP is subject to CuteFTP's terms and conditions, you should thouroughly read these before downloading or using it. Dodo will be able to offer limited support for CuteFTP but if problems persist you should contact your nearest PC vendor for assitance with CuteFTP. Once you have obtained your FTP client and installed it you need to enter the following settings:
Host: members.dodo.com.au
Port: 21
Username:
Optional settings such as Server Type or Retries should be left as default and should work correctly. When you are ready to proceed click on "Connect" or "Connect to Host" and you should see some messages such as...
Connected to members.dodo.com.au.
220 members.dodo.com.au NcFTPd Server (licensed copy) ready.
User: Dodowebuser
331 User Dodowebsuer okay, need password.
Password: *******
230-You are user #1 of 10 simultaneous users allowed.
230-
230 Restricted user logged in.
You are now ready to upload your files. Depending on your FTP client you are using it might be a simple task of dragging the files across from your hard disk, or you may need to enter commands to upload each file. Do this for each of the files you want to upload. Also be sure to upload an "index.html" file which is your opening page.
The final step of uploading your Personal Page is testing. You can do this by opening your web browser and entering in:
http://members.dodo.com.au/~
For Example, if your username was 'jsmith' you would enter: http://members.dodo.com.au/~jsmith/ Once you do this you should see your Personal Page. If you can see your Personal Page congratulations!
Here are some preliminary things to check if your Personal Site doesn't load correctly in your web browser.
» Check to see if you have an index.html fileAll these tips should assist you in getting your Personal Page on the internet. Once you have finished and you are happy with the results give the address out to your friends, family, colleagues, etc.. Should you have any other problems not covered in this guide please contact our friendly support staff who will be happy to assist you. When calling please have details such as what FTP Client you are using and what Web page creator program you have used.
