Posting Files to the Web

Using an Open Access Lab

1. Log in to an OAL Computer.
2. Click Start > My Computer > U: > Public_html folder.
3. Save or move files into the folder.

Using a Virtual Open Access Lab

1. Visit https://voal.tamu.edu.
2. Follow the instructions listed on the home page.
3. Wait for the VOAL to load.
4. Click Start > My Computer > U:. This opens Windows File Explorer. In Explorer, you can see both your files from your off-campus computer and files from your OAL Home drive.
5. Copy and paste files from your off-campus computer to your public_html folder located in the U: drive.

Using a Campus Computer (non OAL)

1. Download a Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) Client.
   • Filezilla for Windows: http://filezilla-project.org/.
   • FUGU for Macs: http://rsug.itd.umich.edu/software/fugu.
2. Use the following SFTP connection options:
   Host: people.tamu.edu
   Username: <Your NetID>
   Password: <NetID Password>
   Port: 22

Using a Computer (non OAL or VOAL)

1. Establish a VPN connection. See https://net.tamu.edu/network/vpn/vpn.html for instructions on how to do establish this connection.
2. Download a Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) Client.
   • Filezilla for Windows: http://filezilla-project.org/.
   • FUGU for Macs: http://rsug.itd.umich.edu/software/fugu.
3. Use the following SFTP connection options:
   Host: people.tamu.edu
   Username: <Your NetID>
   Password: <NetID Password>
   Port: 22

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