How to upload a file to WinSite

• /uploads/win3/WIN3TML.TXT For Windows 3.x files
  
  
• /uploads/win95/WIN95TML.TXT For Windows 95 files
  
  
• /uploads/winnt/WINNTTML.TXT For Windows NT files.
  
  

Which template file should you use?

• If your program runs under Windows 3.x or Win32s, and is not specifically designed for Windows95 or Windows NT, please copy and then fill-in the template /uploads/win3/WIN3TML.TXT.
  
  
• If your program was designed for Windows95, and is not specifically designed for Windows NT, please copy and then fill-in the template /uploads/win95/WIN95TML.TXT.
  
  
• If your program was designed for Windows NT, please copy and then fill-in the template /uploads/winnt/WINNTTML.TXT.
  
  

All files should be uploaded using the ftp protocol to the host uploads.winsite.com.

Some developers are bundling Win3, Win32s, Win95, and WinNT executables into one archive. Please upload such archives only ONCE, using the guidelines above. We will put copies of your program into each appropriate area (win3, win95, winnt) if you correctly fill out the template and upload your archive to the correct area.

The instructions for filling in the template are contained in the file itself. Please download a copy of the correct template file for more details on submitting software.

If you wish to make announcements to the Internet community that a file has been uploaded here, please post to comp.os.ms-windows.announce.

Also, please note that there is some latency between the time the file arrives in our "uploads" directory and the time the file is actually moved to its final resting place in our directory structure.

Lastly, and most importantly, files placed in the "uploads" directory without a properly filled-in template file, will be removed.

When using ftp to upload to the WinSite Archive remember to type binary first.

To which server should I upload my package?

A word about shareware...

Some shareware systems are produced by members of the Association of Shareware Professionals (ASP). The authors of these systems have promised to meet the Association's standard of program quality and customer support.

ASP wants to make sure that the shareware principle works for you. If you are unable to resolve a shareware related problem with an ASP member by contacting the member directly, ASP may be able to help. The ASP Ombudsman can help you resolve a dispute or problem with an ASP member, but does not provide technical support for members' products. Please write to the ASP Ombudsman at 545 Grover Road, Muskegon, MI USA 49442-9427, FAX 616-788-2765, or send a Compuserve mail message to ASP Ombudsman 70007,3536.

What if there are problems?

• send e-mail to "archivist@winsite.com" asking if you can uuencode and e-mail a submission. (We want you to contact us first, just so that we can watch out for your uuencoded submission.)

  Note that you cannot upload to our mirror sites.

• The second option (and pretty reliable, and hassle-free, I might add) is to drop me a diskette (3.5" preferred, so too are XXL or XL tee-shirts :) and send it through the postal system. (Hey, $3 Priority Mail from the USPS, and it's here within 48 hours.) Send the diskette(s) to us and prepare your mailing label as follows:
  
  WinSite Group
  Post Office Box 2482
  Bloomington, Indiana USA 47402-2482
  
  Please be certain to include your e-mail address somewhere inside your package so we can acknowledge receipt of your disk(s).

  Your diskette submission should contain two items: a .zip file and the .tml template file. Please don't send me an "installation" disk for your software without first wrapping it all up in a .zip file.

  Please PROTECT YOUR DISK IN THE MAILER! Do NOT simply stick a 3.5" diskette in a number 10 business envelope and expect it to arrive in tact; number ten envelopes go through all sorts of automated equipment at the post office and I envariably have to REMOVE the bent or destroyed "door" on the floppy in order to access your files. That's another reason why sending along your e-mail address is important.

Thank You!

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