File Transfer Protocol (FTP) is a common way to transfer files between your computer and a remote computer.

Settings at a glance

Use these settings to configure your dial-up networking, email and FTP software for connecting to GreenNet’s online services.

What are the benefits of having a dedicated IP address'?

What are the benefits of having a dedicated (also called ‘fixed’ or ‘static’) IP as opposed to a shared IP address when getting a broadband connection? There are plenty of advantages and here we outline a few.

Home/Activist Plus membership

For your own domain name, E-mail address and web site.

Home/Activist membership

This package is designed to meet the online needs of individual home users. It includes your own sub-domain style email address and web site URL.

Updating your website

These instructions will explain how to work out what sort of website you have, and what software and settings you’ll need to make changes to your site.

Small Group membership

For smaller organisations wanting a professional presence on the web

Web hosting

GreenNet offers a web hosting service which allows you to build a web site for the widest internet audience. All GreenNet websites are hosted on high performance Linux/Apache servers on the Internet backbone. These servers support PHP and CGI scripting and MySQL databases. The search engine is Ht://Dig. See our server hosting section for more details.

Web hosting environment

Below is a brief description of the most important technical features of our web hosting environment.

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Network news and actions

19 Nov 09 Sh!t Matters

– especially on World Toilet Day. CLTS is using the opportunity to raise awareness about the importance of sustainable and safe sanitation systems around the world.

17 Nov 09 Delays show fragility of Nigeria's oil delta amnesty

YENEGOA, Nigeria (Reuters) – Nigeria has yet to begin the process of educating and reintegrating thousands of former militants in the oil-producing Niger Delta, prompting some to question their decision to lay down arms for clemency.

14 Oct 09 Twitter can't be gagged: online outcry over Guardian/Trafigura order

Trafigura, a London-based oil trader connected with dumping toxic waste in Ivory Coast in 2006, was the most used word on micro-blogging site Twitter this morning.

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