EXPLORING THE INTERNET

Publishing a Web Page - Instructions

 

Step #1: Create your Web Page (index.html).

• Using an HTML editor (Nvu, Frontpage, etc.), create a file and save it in your My Documents folder as filename: index (This will create a file with the name: index.html, but DO NOT put the .html extension on when entering the filename. If you do, you will end up with: index.html.html, which will not work.)

 

Step #2:  Copy (FTP) your Web Page (index.html) to Linux Server (Web):

• Double-click on SSH Secure File Transfer Client Folder, which looks like:
  
  

 

 

 

 

 

• Click on “Quick Connect” in upper left side of screen:  

 

 

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• Click “Connect” then enter Password when prompted.

• You will now see 2 window frames shown. One is your local computer and the other is the remote computer where you will upload your document (FTP).

• Double click on the My Documents folder in the local computer to locate your index.html file.

• Double click on the public_html folder in the remote computer to open up the location where you will upload your file.

• Drag the index.html file from local computer to remote computer. Click “Yes” to confirm overwrite.

 

Step #3:  View your newly uploaded Web page:

• Open your browser (Internet Explorer) and enter: www.cs.uml.edu/~username
  (where username is the FTP username provided to you by the CS department)

• You will then see your Web page online!

Congratulations!