FTP Download Instructions/Information

Vista Instructions

1. Select START on the desktop tool bar  
2. Select Computer 
3. Select the option to SHOW DRIVES 
4. It has an address window 
5. Enter the ftp address which has the user id in the address for example: 

ftp://username@98.215.213.178 

Once it connects 

6. Enter your userid and password.  
7. Right click on the folder
8. Select copy 
9. Find a blank area on the desktop or navigate to a different folder on your computer 
10. Right click and select paste. The copy process will start. It might take just a little bit for it to start up. 

XP Instructions

1. Select My Computer 
2. It has an address window 
3. Enter the ftp address which has the user id in the address for example: 

ftp://username@98.213.178 

     Once it connects 

4. Enter your userid and password.  
5. Right click on the folder 
6. Select copy 
7. Find a blank area on the desktop or navigate to a different folder on your computer 
8. Right click and select paste. The copy process will start. It might take just a little bit for it to start up. 

Mac OS 10.5 Leopard Instructions

1. Click on Finder from the Dock.
2. Choose GO from the task menu at the top of your screen

    

   

    

3. Choose CONNECT TO SERVER from the drop-down menu
4. Type ftp://username@98.215.213.178 into the server address box (replace username with your assigned username and ftp address with the supplied ftp address)

    

   

    

5. Click CONNECT
6. Click and drag desired folders to your desktop or a preferred location on your hard drive.

TRANSMIT INSTRUCTIONS for Mac OS 10.5:

You may also connect with your favorite ftp program, for example Transmit. A free trial can be downloaded at www.panic.com/transmit

1. Open Transmit
2. Click on the PENCIL at the bottom right of the Transmit application window
3. Enter the NICKNAME PeggyLovesVintage
4. Enter the assigned ftp address and username and password, then click SAVE 
5. Double Click on PeggyLovesVintage to connect to the server
6. Click and drag the desired folders to your desktop or preferred location on your hard drive. You can also choose a location in the box labeled "your stuff" and click and drag to that window to save your files.

General Information

There are free ftp clients that are available if you’d rather use something other than Windows or if you don’t have a Windows based PC. FileZilla for example supports Windows 98/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003 Server/Vista, Linux and  Mac X. These clients will require you to download and install software to your PC. There are advantages to doing this, such as easier drag and drop, download restarts etc. Just make sure you download from a reputable site. You can download FileZilla from this site http://filezilla-project.org/download.php 

The folders and images are large files. As such they may take anywhere from 2 to 9 hours to download a complete CD depending upon the speed of your internet connection, the traffic on the network and your PC.  If you have trouble downloading the whole CD you may want to consider downloading a folder at a time vs. the whole CD. Most of the CDs are broken up into folders with the Santa, Snowmen and Circus CDs being the exceptions. 

You can download the images using your regular browser but you will not have the ability to download a folder or multiple images. You will be limited to one image at a time. The advantage to using your browser is that you can view each image individually prior to the download and decide whether you want to download it or not. If you wish to use your browser just enter the ftp address with your user id in the address window.

I am not an expert when it comes to ftp and how it works on your individual PC. I have learned a lot about it in the past several months and will try and help you in anyway that I can. So good luck, have fun and let me know if you are having any troubles. I’ll try and help as much as I can e-mail me at paintsdaily@aol.com.

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