Designing on your Mac or PC
- If you are new to webpage design, you might take
a minute to look at a sample of the type
of page that can automatically be built for you. If you let the
U-System generate it for you (see the steps on the right
side), you will at least have the HTML code for a starting point where
you can begin your file editting.
- Design your page using software on your
Mac or PC. Remember that you can edit the file later to embellish it.
It should have a filetype of .htm, or .html.
If you name your homepage index.html, it will automatically
be shown when someone points a browser to your UA Web account.
(If you expect to build many webpages, you might consider investing in
Student versions of some of the design software available at the Bookstore,
like GoLive and Dreamweaver.) You can take
a Word .doc file and save-as .htm
but the HTML that Word generates is inscrutable to humans so this
should not be considered a long-term, multi-webpage option.
- Using a browser, view the page on your PC or Mac (Netscape
- Open Page under File, Internet Explorer - Open File under File).
This is an easy, preliminary check of your homepage.
- Start your Secure Shell software (SSH,
MacSSH, etc.) on your PC or Mac, or PC users can point their browsers
to
- u.arizona.edu
Need to look at SSH
usage steps?
- Log in to your U-System account using
your NetID and pasword..
- You need a directory in your account called
public_html. Using SSH or SFTP or Fetch
or Fugu, make the new directory/folder named public_html.
The technique for making a new directory will vary by the software you
use so you may have to poke around. What you are doing is the equivalent
of entering the Unix Shell command
- mkdir public_html
This directory is where you must place your webpages and webpage
graphics.
- Using your SSH file transfer software (SFTP,
Fetch, etc.), upload your webpage and any graphics
in it to your public_html directory.
- Using SSH or SFTP or Fetch
or Fugu, list (display) the files you've placed in the
remote directory to verify you uploaded all of
them successfully and that the permissions are correct so
that others can view your webpages. The techniques for seeing a list of
your U-System files and their permissions vary by SSH software
so you may have to play around a bit. (If you don't have luck with this,
the next step in the Flowchart
shows you the final proof that all the pieces of your homepage have been
uploaded correctly.) One way to list files and permissions is with the
Unix Shell command
- ls -al public_html
- The output from the ls command should
show your files with permissions like
- -rw-r--r--
Your directories should look like
- drwxr-xr-x
If not, do this for Menu,
do this for Shell.
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Homepage Flowchart
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Using automated process
- Start your Secure Shell software (SSH,
MacSSH, etc.) on your PC or Mac, or PC users can point their browsers
to
- u.arizona.edu
Need to look at SSH
usage steps?
- Log in to your U-System account using
your NetID and password..
- The following steps assume that you chose Menu
when you set up your U Account. If you chose a Shell
interface instead, you can convert to Menu
temporarily while you create your homepage by entering the command
- exec menu
- Follow the steps detailed in these
screen shots That's it!
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Homepage
Flowchart
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automated steps with the Menu
interface on the U-System (on the right)
UA
Homepage CCIT
Homepage