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Learn how to create your site locally, request personal web space, transfer your site to a server, and access your site at Colby College. Follow step-by-step instructions and helpful tips.
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Publishing a Personal Web Site Colby College ITS
Topics • Creating your site locally • Requesting personal web space • Moving the site to the server • Accessing your site Colby College ITS
Create your site on your local computer Example Home page named “Index.htm” All picture in a folder named “images” Various other folders for organizational purposes Complete your site and test it locally Creating Your Site Locally Colby College ITS
Requesting Personal Web Space (1) • http://www.colby.edu/web/howtos/access/#personal • Enter your Colby account name • Click Submit • Your space will be created within 24 hours Colby College ITS
Requesting Personal Web Space (2) • You will receive mail informing you that the space has been created Colby College ITS
Transferring the Site to a Server (1) • Run your FTP program(See FTP Tool Training Tutorials) • Windows WS_FTP • Mac Fetch • Check that public_html has been created • This is where your site files will live • Move entire directory structure to remote site • Under public_html Colby College ITS
Transferring the Site to a Server (2) These should now match Colby College ITS
Accessing Your Site (1) • Once you transfer your files to the web server, you can access through a web browser • URL will be in the format: • http://www.colby.edu/personal/<firstinitial>/<username>/<filename> • Where <firstinitial> is the first letter of your username<username> is your username<filename> is the name of the file you transferred (index.html) • Example:http://www.colby.edu/personal/m/mregnell/index.htm • http://www/colby.edu/~mregnell will also work Colby College ITS
Accessing Your Site (2) • Example:http://www.colby.edu/personal/m/mregnell/index.htmhttp://www/colby.edu/~mregnell will also work Colby College ITS
Questions? Comments?Contact: Mel RegnellMel.Regnell@colby.eduext. 4217 Colby College ITS