INSTRUCTIONS FOR PERSONAL WEB PAGES

Be sure to read the entire La Salle University web policy by clicking on the image above this paragraph. This form is for La Salle Students, Staff and Faculty Only.

Note that the DEC Alpha is where you will eventually store your home page information. Your information can be created on a PC (probably should be), and then copied or uploaded onto the DEC Alpha. This can be done using any FTP (File Transfer Protocol) utility. There is one available in the student labs.

1. Login to the Dec Alpha first. There should be an alpha icon on the desktop in the student labs. Your user name and password are the same as on the PC network. *Note: Labs may not allow this. Another way is to start telnet through the browser (type telnet://alpha.lasalle.edu in the address bar) You can also try: Start -> Run -> telnet -> open alpha.lasalle.edu Note that the Alpha is case sensitive; you must use lowercase letters.

You must run one command and then you can logout. This will create a directory for you (public_html) and it will change the permissions to the proper settings.

At the prompt type : pp_orig

At the prompt type: logout

Permissions are the access rights on your files and directories. Generally, these are set so that your files are private. These must be changed slightly to allow access for the world wide web.

2. At this point, you must create your actual html documents, if you have not already done so. You will need a main file such as index.htm or home.htm. Other files should be used as necessary. These files are your files that you link to, your graphics files, etc. Remember, however, that you do have a space limitation on the Alpha of 7.5 MB. With this in mind, you might be limited in your use of graphics.

You can create HTML documents using Microsoft Word for Windows in the student labs. When creating a new file, Select File New from the menu and then select the HTML template. This will allow you to insert hyperlinks between documents and to graphs/pictures.

There are other ways to create HTML documents as well on your own computers. You can use other software that you have access to elsewhere.

3. Now you are ready to place your files on the Alpha system where they can be accessed on the Internet.

FTP - file transfer protocol. Its purpose here is to transfer files from your PC to the Alpha.

To start an FTP (File Transfer Protocol) session at La Salle:

Start –> Run -> f:\ws_ftp\ws_ftp.exe - Type this in and hit Enter

You can also go to Start -> Run -> Browse -> and open the WS_FTP.NEW folder, then click on the WS_FTP32.EXE file (blue icon)

The screen that appears will ask for some information from you

    Profile Name: anything you like, or leave blank

    Host name: alpha.lasalle.edu

    Enter your correct alpha username and password

Click OK to connect

If information entered correctly, this will log you in. If not, redo.

E. Select Binary for type. (radio button at bottom – probably already selected)

The screen will be split into 2 halves (Local System and Remote System)

In Local System (probably left half)

select A Drive

select subdirectory (if your files are stored in a subdirectory)

In Remote System (probably right half)

Select public_html directory (top half of screen - double click mouse)

should read like:

/students/ud_csc/smithc1/public_html

/faculty/smith/public_html

make sure the public_html displays

To Copy Files

Select the file(s) that you want

*for multiple files use Shift or Ctrl keys

Shift and Click mouse for contiguous files

Ctrl and click mouse for non contiguous

Click the Arrow pointing in the direction that you wish to copy the files

if files are in left window, click arrow pointing towards right window (--->)

You will see a message regarding sending status and it will beep upon completion. When you are finished copying all files, Exit FTP

 

4. You will then need to change the permission of any of those files that you just copied onto the DEC Alpha. Again, Logon to the Alpha using Alpha in the Internet Applications Group. Run the command below to set your file permissions to the correct settings. This will also take care of any subdirectories that you have. Don’t forget to logout when done.

At the prompt type: pp_perm

At the prompt type: logout

There is a chance that this step will not be necessary. If you use FTP in the lab, for example, your permissions are already set correctly.

5. If you need to access any files stored in La Salle’s home page area, you need to use the full name of the file. For example, to use La Salle’s graphic, the line must read

="http://www.lasalle.edu/graphics/lasalle.gif" where a picture is referenced in a HTML document. If you use this example, you will see the La Salle shield.

TO ACCESS THIS IN NETSCAPE

http://www.lasalle.edu/~your username

Note ~ character i.e. http://www.lasalle.edu/~smithc1/

TO MAKE CHANGES TO YOUR FILES

Repeat steps 2 though 4 above.

With Step 3 (FTP files), you only need send any files to which

you have made changes.

ACTUAL COMMANDS

This may be of use to some of you who are experiencing some difficulty and had tried to create the directory and change the permissions without using the "pp_orig" and "pp_perm" commands.

Note the _ is the underscore character, not a space

pp_orig

cd

mkdir public_html

chmod 755 public_html

cd

cd .. - Note the two dots

chmod 711 your login name - i.e. chmod 711 smithc1

pp_perm

cd

chmod -R 755 public_html -Note capital R for recursive - recursive will do all

subdirectories as well.