PantherFile Essentials

For an introduction to your Pantherfile web hosting resource, read “Getting to know your Pantherfile Panel” [htm]

If you are getting a prompt when you or others visit your Blog that asks for your Pantherfile Username and Password, skip to the section, Fixing Blogger Prompts for PantheFile.

Making your “public” directory Read Accessible to the WWW

1. Log onto your UWM Pantherfile account: https://pantherfile.uwm.edu/This is a critical step. Click on the “Share” icon next to your public folder in the right column:

2. In the window that opens:

A. Click in the box next to “READ” box on the PUBLIC line. Even if there is already is a check mark in the “Read” box, click on it again.

B. After acknowledgement of the change, make sure there is a check next to “Apply the changed permissions to this directory as well as its sub-directories and files.”

C. Click on “Apply.”

Click “OK” to approve the change and the green BACK arrow to get back to the main utility panel.

Creating “images” & “media” directories in your public directory

1. Click once one the title bar next to the “public” directory (folder icon). If it’s the first time you’ve access the space, the directory will be empty.

2. Click on the New Directory icon in the tool bar panel:

3. In the window that opens, type “images” and click, OK

You will see a directory (folder icon) named, “images.” In side of your “public directory. This is where you should upload all of your images that you will link to in your Blog. (Blogger will also host the picture as shown in the Vlog demo).

4. Repeat the above steps to create another directory, this one named, “media” in your public directory and Click on OK.

4. You should now have two directories in your public folder ready to receive data:

Uploading a test .jpg image file to your “images” directory

1. Follow the steps on this tutorial to take a practice screenshot of something on your desktop. For Mac: http://freevlog.org/tutorial/#step2 For PC: http://freevlog.org/tutorial/ - step2pc. Convert the picture into a .jpg format file and place it on your desktop. (It can be a picture of anything, it is just for practice).

Important Note about File Names

Use hyphens, “-" or underscores, “_” or “CapitolizedLettersTo” separate words in file names for files to be uploaded to a pantherfile or any server. You cannot use “:” or “:” or “/” in a file name; and other special characters. All files used on servers must have extensions like “.jpg” or “.mov” or “.mpg4” “.html” etc.]

2. Navigate your browser to your Pantherfile Panel, https://pantherfile.uwm.edu/

3. Click on the “public” title bar next to the public directory icon. Click on the “images” title bar.

4. Click on the “Upload” icon:

5. In the window that opens, click on “Browse.” In the window that opens, navigate to your jpg file on your desktop and select it.

Click Open. The file name (with its location on your computer) should appear in the cell:

6. Click on OK. The browser should show activity and the file should appear in your images folder:

You can click on the .jpg picture’s title bar to see it in a new browser window.

7. To obtain the absolute or “full” ‘URL” (www address) for your test photo, click on the white “Manage” document next to it. In the window that opens, look under “FULL URL”

The text string to the right of the colon (“:”) is what you want to copy (with APPLE+C on Mac or Control+C on PC) and paste/reference in your blog etc.

With this address, anyone or any html page on the www can access it!

Uploading a QuickTime movie (.mov or .mpg4 etc.) or a sound file (.wav or .mp3 etc.) is done exactly the same way except place these file types in the “media” directory in your public directory.

Fixing Blogger Prompts Requesting Pantherfile Access

1. If you go to your blog and immediately get a prompt like one of those pictured below, requesting your UserName and Password from Pantherfile, the first thing to remember is, DO NOT PROIVIDE THE REQUESTED INFO! If you do, your blog/website will work for you, but not for anyone else.

The same prompt in Internet Explorer 5.2

The same Prompt in Safari:

2. If you accidentally already provided this info and selected the option to remember it, you have two choices: You can make the following corrections on a computer that is different from the one you were used when you provided the info or you can remove the username/password information from the browsers Preferences->Privacy->Passwords->Passwords Manager panel.

To perform the later in FireFox:

A. Under the FireFox menu heading, select Preferences.

B. Under Preferences, select Privacy

C. In the Privacy widow, click “Passwords,” and “View Saved Passwords.”

D. Use the vertical scroll handle in the Passwords Manager window to look through the Saved “sites” and User Names to find your Blogger site:

E. Click on just the name of the site to highlight it and click on “Show Passwords.” Write the password down if you need to.

F. Click on “Remove.” To remove the saved password. Click on “Hide Passwords.” Close the Manager and Privacy Windows. You are finished.

3. if you are unable to remove the password data in FireFox or other browser it was saved in, go to another computer to perform the following steps.

Make Sure your “public” directory is Read Accessible

4. Log onto your UWM Pantherfile account: https://pantherfile.uwm.edu/ Click on the “Share” icon next to your public folder in the right column:

5. In the window that opens:

A. Click in the box next to “READ” box on the PUBLIC line. Even if there is already is a check mark in the “Read” box, click on it again.

B. After acknowledgement of the change, make sure there is a check next to “Apply the changed permissions to this directory as well as its sub-directories and files.”

C. Click on “Apply.”

D. Click “OK” to approve the change and the green BACK arrow to get back to the main utility panel.

Make sure your “images” & “media” directories are in your “public” directory

6. Click once one the Green “Back” arrow in the menu at the top. The Gray header bar show show “Directory: YourUserName” Click on the “public” folder/directory.

7. Click on the word “public” next to the folder to open this folder.

8. The public folder should contain your “images” folder for pictures used in your blog and your “media” folder should contain QuickTime media and MP3’s. Check to make sure the pictures and media for your Blog are in these folders. If they are not, use the Green navigation arrow check to see if there are other “images” and ‘media” folder somewhere in your PantherFile host. If you find one or both folders in the wrong place (outside of the “Public” folder), you can select the ill-placed images and media folders and use the “MOVE” tool to move them to the right location (inside of the “public folder.”)

9. If you don’t find the images and media in your PantherFile account, create the “images” and “media” folders in the right location (directory/folder creation instructions above).

10. Upload the images and media for your Blog to the right folder locations (uploading instructions above).

11. Log into Blogger. Open your Blog Post Editor and re-link your images and media if the links are still broken or the prompt request for Patherfile persists.

12. If you follow all of these steps and republish your blog, the prompt requesting for the PantherFile info should cease.

Rob D. 12.2006