Now that we're done with our feed, we're ready to give it to our subscribers on the internet. We do this using an FTP or File Transfer Protocol program. There are many such programs available for free on the internet. The University of Washington provides a program called SSH Tectia File Transfer for the PC and Fetch for the Mac, both of which you may obtain from a UWICK CD or online by visiting the UWICK Website (opens in a new window).

Activating Web Publishing

Before we launch these programs, however, we must first activate our Student or Staff web publishing account. If you have already done this, there is no need to do it again.

1. Navigate to http://uwnetid.washington.edu (opens in a new window).
2. In the left-hand column, click on the link labeled "Turn Services On or Off."
3. The University does not enable web publishing by default as an effort to conserve resources. Since Podcasting requires us to publish content to the web, we must enable web publishing by selecting the box next to "Web Publishing" in the "Turn On" column.
1. If you are both a University staff/faculty member and a student, you may have both a Web Publishing option and a Student Web Publishing option. In which case, turning on Student Web Publishing will activate http://students.washington.edu/YOURUWNETID/ while turning on Web Publishing will turn on either http://staff.washington.edu/UWNETID/ or http://faculty.washington.edu/UWNETID/ depending on your staff/faculty designation.

Uploading Using SSH Techtia File Transfer

This section is for Windows users. Mac users should go to the following section

1. Open SSH Techtia File Transfer from the Windows Start Menu. It is also called "Save to Your Account" on the Desktop of comptuer lab computers.
2. Enter your UWNetID and password.
1. If a window does not come up asking for your username, click on the "Quick Connect" button.
2. For students, the host name is dante.u.washington.edu
3. For staff and faculty, the host name is homer.u.washington.edu
3. You will be presented with two columns of files. The left column lists files that are stored on the computer you are at right now. The right column lists files that are stored on your Dante/Homer accounts. You can access these accounts from any internet-connected computer. They are backed up twice daily and are a great place to backup and store files and are more secure than jump drives. Pertinent, however, is that they give us access to the files that are accessible to anyone on the internet.
4. If you navigate inside of public_html (or student_html if you are both a staff/faculty and a student), any files you upload there will be available online at http://students.washington.edu/YOURUWNETID/. For example, if I were to drag a file called "podcast.rss," for instance, into public_html, I (and anyone else) would be able to view this file at http://students.washington.edu/YOURUWNETID/podcast.xml.
5. For convenience, you may wish to create another folder named, for example podcast within your public_html folder so you can easily organize your content. Many Podcasters even create sub-sub-folders for each episode.

Uploading Using Fetch

This section is for Macintosh users. Windows users should go to the preceeding section.

1. Open Fetch from the Mac OS X Applications Folder. It is also named "Save To Your Account" on the desktop of computer lab computers.
2. A window opens asking for your username.
1. If you are a staff or faculty member, you should change dante.u.washington.edu to homer.u.washington.edu.
3. Once logged in, you will be presented with a list of all the files on your Dante or Homer account.
4. If you navigate inside of public_html (or student_html if you are both a staff/faculty and a student), any files you upload there will be available online at http://students.washington.edu/YOURUWNETID/. For example, if I were to drag a file called "podcast.rss," for instance, into public_html, I (and anyone else) would be able to view this file at http://students.washington.edu/YOURUWNETID/podcast.xml.
5. For convenience, you may wish to create another folder named, for example podcast within your public_html folder so you can easily organize your content. Many Podcasters even create sub-sub-folders for each episode.

All Together Now

Now it's time to go to your podcast.rss file online and see if you uploaded correctly. Go to http://students.washington.edu/YOURUWNETID/podcast/podcast.rss and be sure you uploaded the file correctly. If you receive a "file not found" error, repeat the steps above and ensure you are working within your public_html folder.

Ensure you are trying to reach your files at the correct address.

• If you are a student and only a student, public_html links to http://students.washington.edu/YOURUWNETID/.
• If you are a staff/faculty member and only a staff/faculty member, public_html links to http://staff.washington.edu/YOURUWNETID/.
• If you are both a staff/faculty member and a a student, public_html links to http://staff.washington.edu/YOURUWNETID/.

Now that we have our Podcast feed created and uploaded, let's validate it to ensure we haven't made any errors that would prevent Subscribers from being able to subscribe to our Podcast