# Publishing movies to the web using FTP

You can publish your Captivate movies directly to a website through FTP.

#### To publish a movie through FTP:

1. Open a Captivate movie.

2. From the File menu, select Publish.

3. In the Publish dialog box, select FTP.

4. In Movie Title, enter the desired name without the file extension (SWF).

5. In Server, enter the name of the server that hosts the FTP site where you want to publish your movie.

6. In Directory, enter the specific directory on the server listed above to which to upload the files.

7. In User Name, enter a user name with permissions to publish files to the server listed above.

8. In Password, enter a valid password for the user name above.

9. In Port, enter the correct port number to which you should upload your files.

10. Select a file type.

    SWF File: Select this option to create a Flash SWF file to FTP.

    Windows executable: Select this option to create a Windows executable file to FTP. An executable file can be used standalone on a Windows machine.

    Project Files: Select this option to create Captivate project files (.CPT) to FTP. This is useful if you want to share the project with someone else who needs to open and edit the project.

    Macintosh executable file: Select this option to create a Macintosh executable file to FTP. An executable file can be used standalone on a Macintosh machine.

    Linux executable file: Select this option to create a Linux executable file to FTP. An executable file can be used standalone on a Linux machine.

11. Select output options.

    Zip files: This option creates a ZIP file. (A program like WinZip can be used to open the files.)

    Full screen: This option opens the file in full screen mode.

    Note: If you select AICC output options and scoring, you cannot select the Full screen option during the export process because AICC output uses framesets.

    Export HTML: This option exports the HTML code necessary to add the file to a web page.

12. The Movie information area displays useful statistics about the movie including the size (resolution), number of slides, audio information, eLearning details, and the playback control assigned to the movie. To change many of the options listed in this area, click Preferences.

13. Click Publish.

You are notified when the process is complete.

Note: Once the files are uploaded, you can view the movie from your web browser by entering the web address "http://www.yourwebaddress.com/filename.htm" where "www.yourwebaddress.com" is the URL and "filename.htm" is the filename you entered in Step 3.