Some simple setup is required before you can start using FileChute.
Select FileChute->Preferences to bring up the preference panel as shown here:
FileChute lets you to set up multiple accounts. To add an account, click on the button with the "+" symbol on it (near the lower-left corner).
You will first need to decide the type of account you are going to be using FileChute with. A .Mac iDisk account is the easiest to set up and we recommend you try FileChute with this first, even if you decide to use your own server later on.
If you have an .Mac account, this is the easiest way to use FileChute.
First select iDisk for Account Type, this is the default. Next fill in the User Name and Password fields with your .Mac account name and password respectively. As you type in your user name, the Upload URL and Download URL fields are automatically set for you. There is no need to change them.
Note that if you are not currently a .Mac subscriber, you can sign up for a free 60 days trial at www.mac.com.
If you subscribe to EarthLink as your ISP (internet service provider), you can set FileChute up to use your EarthLink web space very easily too.
First select EarthLink for Account Type. Next fill in the User Name and Password fields with your EarthLink account name and password respectively. For example, if your EarthLink email address is jane@earthlink.net, enter jane for your User Name. As you type in your user name, the Upload URL and Download URL fields are automatically set for you. There is no need to change them.
Setting up FileChute for use with a WebDAV server is slightly more involved. You will need some information from the system administrator responsible for the WebDAV server.
In the Account Type field, select WebDAV. Once you have entered the host name of the server and your user name, the default Upload URL and Download URL will be set up for you. Since WebDAV servers can be configured differently, the default URLs may or may not be correct for your particular server.
Upload URL is where you want your temporary upload to go. For example, if Upload URL is set to http://www.acme.com/joe/filechute, then a file named myfile.sit will be uploaded to http://www.acme.com/joe/filechute/myfile.sit
Download URL tells FileChute how to construct the download URL. If it is set to say http://www.acme.com/joe/filechute, then the download URL constructed for a myfile.sit will be http://www.acme.com/joe/filechute/myfile.sit
Setting up FileChute for use with a FTP-enabled webserver is slightly more involved than setting it up for a .Mac account. You will need some information specific to your web hosting service provider. You will also need to manually create the directory you want FileChute to use.
In the Account Type field, select FTP. As you enter the host name and your user name, the default Upload URL and Download URL are set up for you. Since servers can be configured differently, the default URLs may or may not be correct for your particular server.
Setting up FileChute for FTP is best illustrated with some examples:
Example 1 - Typical ISP
Suppose you have a website where the file ~/htdocs/index.html can be accessed by a browser pointing to:
http://www.acme.com/index.html
Further suppose that to update that file, you would ftp to the host ftp01.myISP.com and put the file in the htdocs directory.
In this scenario, you should first create the directory ~/htdocs/filechute (using your FTP client), making sure it has the proper read/write permissions. Then set the Upload URL in FileChute to:
ftp://ftp01.myISP.com/htdocs/filechute
and the Download URL to:
http://www.acme.com/filechute
Example 2 - Webserver running on OS X
In a typical OS X webserver setup, the files in your Home->Sites folder are accessible by a browser pointing to:
http://www.acme.com/~yourname/...
Now suppose you have FTP access to this server with the hostname server1.acme.com.
In this case, you would first create the folder Home->Sites->filechute on the server. Next set the Upload URL to:
ftp://server1.acme.com/Sites/filechute
and the Download URL to:
http://www.acme.com/~yourname/filechute