Setting up personal web pages (UNE staff and students)
This document covers the following topics:
- Introduction
- Setting up a public_html directory
- Why is the title "index.html" used as my home page?
- How do I transfer my files to metz?
Introduction
This document answers the question 'How do I go about setting up my own PERSONAL Web Page in my UNE directory?'. It assumes a basic familiarity with the Web from a user's perspective and existing connectivity to it via a networked Mac, PC or X-terminal.
Setting up a public_html directory
Personal Web pages are kept in your own UNE directory, and in order to give the world access to these pages you have to create a directory (folder) called public_html within your UNE directory and change its attributes so web browsers on the internet can access its contents. Although this directory is now automatically created for all new staff and students when new UNE accounts are set up, it may not exist for older accounts. In this case, ITD has created a unix shell script you are welcome to invoke which automates this process. To do:
- Telnet to metz and login with your username and password
- At the metz prompt (ie metz%) type: makewww
This script makewww does the following:
- Creates the directory 'public_html'
- Creates a default file called index.html which is the default document looked at by the system.
- Makes the user's home directory readable and the public_html directory readable and executable.
- Finally makes the file index.html readable as well.
If you already have a public_html directory within your metz directory, the script will recognise this fact and NOT proceed. |
- At the metz prompt type: logout
- Run your web browser (ie , Internet Explorer, Safari, etc.) and go to the location: http://www-personal.une.edu.au/~yourusername. You should see your default page appear.
Why is the title "index.html" used as my home page?
If a document is called "index.html" or "index.htm", web browsers will pick them up automatically as the first entry point. Therefore the URL to your home page would look like this: http://www-personal.une.edu.au/~username
If you wish to use this default page as a basis for your home web pages you need to save it to your hard disk and re-name it "index.html". If you have already created a home page called "index.html" just ftp your page across and replace the default page.
How do I transfer my files to metz?
Either use the ftp capability of your web editor or use an ftp (File Transfer Protocol) programme such as Fetch for Macintosh, or FTP or WS-FTP on a PC.