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The most recent version of the Microsoft Web Publishing Wizard can be used to FTP files to GeoCities. There is a good tutorial on setting up and using the MS Web Publishing Wizard to directly upload your files to GeoCities, complete with pretty pictures at The AnswerPoint. For a list of directories to upload, visit my Directories page.

Publishing Information

The publishing information for GeoCities is as follows:

Publish Web To http://www.oocities.org/NeighborHood/Avenue/1234
Service Provider FTP
FTP server name ftp.oocities.com
Subfolder for Web pages /NeighborHood/Avenue/1234
or leave blank
User your GeoCities Member Name
Password your GeoCities Password

Common Causes of Failures

expbul2d.gif (852 bytes) The GeoCities Server is Busy, the GeoCities FTP Server only allows a limited number of users to connect at one time

expbul2d.gif (852 bytes) The GeoCities FTP Sever is not working or is down. Check the GeoCities System Status page, but this isn't always posted on a timely basis.

expbul2d.gif (852 bytes) Uploading files with unsupported extensions, for example: *.cnf, *.inf

expbul2d.gif (852 bytes) Uploading files with invalid names (some special characters are not allowed).

expbul2d.gif (852 bytes) Bad Internet Connection, if the Internet is busy, or your connection is producing errors. You can get connection errors.

Selecting Files

The following describes how to select your files for uploading to GeoCities:

Publishing multiple files to a Web server

Microsoft Web Publishing Wizard Help © Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
You cannot select multiple files directly from Microsoft Web Publishing Wizard. Therefore, to post multiple files, you must use Windows Explorer. In Windows Explorer, select the files you want to post, right-click the files, point to Send To, and then click Web Publishing Wizard. If you create a desktop shortcut to the wizard, you can also select your files from Windows Explorer and drag them to the wizard icon. Use the following steps to post multiple files to a Web server.

To publish multiple files
  • Open Windows Explorer.
  • Select the files you want to post.
  • Right-click the selected files, point to Send To, and then click Web Publishing Wizard.
  • In the Web server box, click the drop-down arrow and select the name of the Web server where you want to post your files.
  • Click Next.
  • Click Finish.
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    Tips

  • To select multiple files and folders in Windows Explorer, in the folder window, hold down the CTRL key, and then click each item you want to select:
  • To select all the files and folders in the window, click Select All on the Edit menu.
  • To select a group of files that are next to each other in the Windows Explorer, click anywhere in the blank area of the window. A box appears that you can then drag around the files you want to select.
  • If your Web server does not appear in the drop-down list, click the New button to add it to the wizard.
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