BASIC INSTRUCTIONS

Using your email

BME/World email is not web-based like hotmail is. It's full POP email, so you need a POP-capable email client. Personally I use Eudora, but Pegasus and any number of others can be used. In your email client's settings, set your POP-mail server to "BMEworld.com" and use the username and password that you were assigned.

Uploading your files

You need an FTP client. Personally I use WS FTP32, but CuteFTP or any others will work as well. Your host name should be set to "BMEworld.com". Set your user name and password to the ones you were assigned. Do not turn anonymous login on or attempt to manually force a directory. You will automatically be placed into your home directory.

TROUBLESHOOTING

Email

• The first thing you want to do is send some test emails between your regular account and your BME/World account. That will confirm for you that everything is working.
• There's not a lot that I can tell you other than the instructions above. Just make sure you set it up as POP mail, not some other setting.
• Your email directory is locked at 10 Mb. If you receive attachments totaling more than this it will freeze your account and you will not be able to download your email. So don't use BME/World for transferring huge binaries!

FTP

• Your default file is "index.html" -- that is, if someone tries to access "http://www.BMEworld.com/joe", it will actually load ".../joe/index.html". So you should name your default file "index.html". If you don't, people will be shown a directory of files in your directory.
• BME/World is case sensitive. If your HTML file point at "test.gif", but you uploaded "Test.GIF", it won't recognize them as the same file.

HTML (how to create your pages)

I can't really help you on this too much. What I can recommend is looking at HTML guides (on Yahoo or the Mining Company), getting a good book on getting started in web design, or using an automated generator.