Downloading Files

Chapter 4 WebStudy Distance Learning on the World Wide Web

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Downloading Files

You can Download "many things" from the Internet..., and in fact you will be REQUIRED by WebStudy to Download numerous "things" until it becomes "second nature".

Just for practice...,

Go To: http://www.occe.ou.edu/WebStudy/Download_Location/

Download this file: banner.gif

This time..., try using your Right Mouse Button..., as you "click-on" the Link (above).
Right Mouse Button Pop-up Window

Choose Open Link in New Browser Window.

Now you have two Netscape Browser Windows open

One Browser Contains "these Instructions".
The other Browers is the http: location

To "look at" the file (to actually see what is in banner.gif...,)
From the Browser Window (at this location...,) http://www.occe.ou.edu/WebStudy/Download_Location/
Left Mouse "click-on" the filename banner.gif.
Netscape will load the GIF Image to the Browser Window.

To return to the http: Location..., use your Netscape Back Button (Netscape Toolbar).

To Save the File banner.gif to your machine...,

From the Netscape Browser Toolbar..., Choose File, then Save As.

File Save As Menu

The Save As Window will "pop-up"..,.

Save As Window banner.gif Image

Choose Save..., to save the File to Your Machine!

Again..., Remember where (in your machine) you put the file!

FYI ...here is the image banner.gif

Remember not all files are viewable in the Netscape Browser Window.

HTM, HTML, GIF, TIF, TXT are the only extensions you can actually "See" in you Netwcape Browser Window. Any "other files" you Download will require that you "View" the file in the application that created it! (Except if you have loaded some of the useful "Helper Plug-ins" mentioned at the end of this lesson) For example..., if you Download a MicroSoft Word Document (.doc) (after you save the file in your machine...,) you must open MicroSoft Word..., then Open the .doc document you previously downloaded!

An Alternate Method to Download the file banner.gif

Don't be confused if you can't see the banner.gif file "right away" (Eventually, There will be hundreds of files at this location...,) just scroll down until you see banner.gif
Download Location http example

Go To the http: location above, and..., (while you "hold down" the "Keyboard" Shift Key).
"Left Mouse click-on" the file: banner.gif
Click-on banner.gif Image

The Save As Window will pop-up, and you can rename the file and save it to a location (you specify) in your machine. (Put the file in a folder where you can find it again)
Save As Window for banner.gif Image

Change the name of the file from banner.gif to something like yourname.gif
This avoids the problem of 100 students all trying to Upload the "same filename" to the same location.

If the file already exists in your machine...,
Existing File Warning form Save As Window

Say NO..., When the Save As Window "comes back"..., change the filename to something unique!

If you have trouble with these tasks..., please ask someone! It is essential you learn to Download. (both methods!)
If any of this is unclear..., please ask someone. don't wait!

A Reminder for the beginner students..., the above http: Address and the ftp: address below are the "same location". You can Download from either, and you should learn to Download from both the ftp: and a http: locations!

The difference being..., you can Download from both ftp: and http:, but you can only Upload to ftp: locations.

ftp://WebStudy_Download@www.occe.ou.edu/
password: olmstead

Don't let the ftp: Location Name "fool" you! This location could be named "the_X_file"..., it is just a "Named" Location. Think of "this place" as just one of millions of ftp: location on the Internet that has information that "you need". This ftp: location and the companion WebStudy_Upload Page (next) are "places" for you to experiment!

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