There are a number of programs you can download (often free for faculty and students) which allow you to upload and download files to and from your web space on a server, such as mason.gmu.edu. The "secure shell" type of program provides better security.

A secure way to transfer files to your web site is to use a program called SSH Secure Shell. To download a FREE copy of Secure Shell, see Mason IT Support Center Downloads.

See instructions on how to use SSH Secure Shell.

For a FREE WS ftp program for faculty and students, click here. 

This program also allows you to send files from your own computer to the server on which your Web material resides.  You can do this from any computer from which you have Internet access.

For a program to upload and download files using MACs, see Fetch.

• How to create your Web space on your mason account
• Basic format of a Web page..
• Style considerations when creating hypertext
• Using Netscape Composer to create Web pages 
• Yale C/AIM Web Style Guide
• Evaluating Web Sources
• Documenting Research
• Preventing Plagiarism