IMPORTANT NOTICE
Regarding Your Personal Web Site Space
New accounts are NOT automatically created. Please email a request to <paulp at mdci dot ca> for account activation.
We will be doing server maintenance on a regular basis. If you have a web content on this server, please remember to save a copy of all the files on your own computer.
Since your dialup account is also your personal webspace account, please ensure that your dialup account is currently active. We will delete inactive accounts as part of our maintenance process. To find out if your dialup account is active, please call our Technical Support team toll free at 1(877) 922-2555
If you have suggestions or comments regarding this webspace server, please don't hesitate to email them to me at <paulp at mdci dot ca>
Your Personal Web Site Space At MDC/OA Internet
Every MDC/OA Internet account includes free 10MB of website space to host your own personal web site. Please note that this web space is NOT intended for commercial content.
MDC/OA Internet has an easy to use administration interface for you to manage your website files. The following information details how you can use your web space, and how you can share your website address with your friends and relatives.
Your webspace address is http://webspace.oanet.com/username/, where username is the Login ID as found on your information sheet (e.g. jsmith)
For MDC clients, your webspace address is http://members.moderndigital.net/username/
Maintaining Your Webspace Through the Internet
To log onto your personal webspace, visit http://webspace.oanet.com/admin/.You will be asked for your username and password. Your username is your Login ID as found on your information sheet (e.g. jsmith), and the password is the one associated with that account. This information can found on your information sheet.
You can maintain your webspace using the following buttons
| Make Subdirectory | Used to create a directory within your webspace. This is useful if you want to organize your website |
| Go Up One Directory | Used to navigate up a directory when you're in a subdirectory. For example, if you're in /internet/files/, clicking this button will bring you to /internet/ |
| Browse | Used to select a file to upload. You need to browse for a file before you upload a file |
| Upload File | Used to upload a file after you have browsed for the file. You can only upload one file at a time |
Maintaining Your Webspace Through FTP
You can also maintain your webspace through FTP. This will let you get the most out of your webspace and let you manage your files more efficiently. We suggest using WS FTP for your FTPing needs.
You can download WS FTP for free by going to ftp://ftp.ipswitch.com/pub/win32/WS_FTPLE.EXE. Once you have downloaded the installation file, double-click on the file and follow the instructions provided in the program to install it. After this is done, you can go in Start -> Programs -> IpSwitch -> WS FTP to open the program.
Connecting to FTP for the First Time
When you open the program, you'll be presented with a screen like the one of the left. This is the screen where you enter the details for your connection. Follow these steps to create a session:
1. Click on the New button
2. Uncheck the "Anonymous" checkbox
3. Check the "Save Pwd" checkbox
4. Enter the following information
| Profile Name | This can be anything you like, though we strongly suggest using "OA Webspace" in order to easily identify your profile | ||
| Host name/Address | webspace.oanet.com or members.moderndigital.net (MDC clients) | ||
| Host type | Automatic Detect | ||
| User ID | This is the first part of the login ID for your dial-up account (example: your login ID is "john@oanet.com", so your user ID would be "john") | ||
| Password | This is the password for your dial-up account. The password is case-sensitive, so make sure it's typed in exactly as it's shown on the sheet you received when you signed up | ||
| Account | Leave this blank | ||
| Comment | Leave this blank |
From now on, you can connect by selecting your OA Webspace profile from the Profile Name drop-down box and clicking on Connect.
Program Layout
The left-hand side of the screen represents your computer. You can change drives by scrolling down and selecting the drive letter you want to go to. You can back up a directory by clicking on the 
arrow.
The right-hand side of the screen represents your webspace. By default, you will be in your own directory, so you won't need to change directories unless you create new directories. Navigation is the same as navigation through the left hand side of the screen.
Commands
| ChgDir | This lets you type a path to navigate to. This is useful if you know exactly where the files you want are | |
| MkDir | This lets you create a directory in the directory you're currently in | |
| View | This lets you view files. Note that it will only open them in text format, so it's not recommended that you view anything but small ASCII files with this tool | |
| Exec | This lets you execute a program. We don't recommend you use this function to execute programs | |
| Rename | This lets you rename the file that is currently selected | |
| Refresh | This refreshes the directory contents and displays the current state of the directory | |
| DirInfo | This displays information about the directory you're currently in |
Transferring Files from Your Computer to Your Webspace
The 
button transfers files from your computer to your webspace. Follow these steps to transfer files from your computer to your webspace.
button. Your files will be transferred to your webspace.
MDC/OA Technical Support