Instructions for Setting up a ASUWlink Webpage

 

The following are instructions for setting up and configuring ASUWlink for creating a student webpage, and instructions on transferring html pages and files from a home directory to ASUWlink.

 

Create an index.html document. 

You received and email from Sue with a Word Document attached.  Open that email then double click on that attachment, then select save to disk, then click save.

 

Open the Word doc “Synergy Portfolio Index.doc”.

Change Name on the Document to your name, then save the file.

 

Now create the index.html file for the webpage.

  1. Go to file - save as.
  2. Under file type select Webpage
  3. Change the name to index.html

4.    Click save, you have created your index page.

 

Next login to ASUWlink with Telnet.

  1. Double click the ASUWlink shortcut on your desktop.  This will open up a telnet application and connect it to ASUWlink.
  2. Login to ASUWlink using your username and password.

You are now logged onto ASUWlink.  Way to go!

You will see a command prompt something like this:

                ASUWlink:~>

 

The ASUWlink web server requires that execute permission be given to your home directory so that web browsers can see the pages. Type in the following command at the prompt: 

chmod 701 ~

the tilde, ~, refers to your home directory.  Be sure there is a space between 701 and the ~.

 

Next, a directory must be created for web pages. The name of this directory must be named public_html, and it must be in lower case. Use the following command to create this directory:

mkdir public_html

 

This directory must also be set up with execute permission for the system.  Type the command:

chmod 701 public_html

 

With the directory and permissions established, web page files may now be FTPid to ASUWlink.

Leave ASUWlink open then:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Install WS_FTP onto the lab computer:

1.        Go to the start menu, then programs, then Install WS_FTP.  (As seen to right )

2.        Let it do its thing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Start WS_FTP, Start menu - Programs - WS_FTP (it is at the bottom)

 

Connect to ASUWlink by filling out

                ASUWlink - Host Name

                Automatic detect - Host Type

                Your username - User ID

 


Click Save then OK.  You will be prompted for your password.  Once all that is in, it will connect you to ASUWlink via FTP.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To transfer files from your computer to ASUWlink:

1.        Browse to the correct directory on the local computer with index.html.

a.        Double click on the ..

b.       Double click on Personal

2.        Files will appear in the window below.

3.        Change to public_html on ASUWlink by double clicking on it in the right side window.

4.        Highlight the file you want to transfer by clicking on it

5.        Click the arrow pointing to the right.

6.        Bingo, file transferred.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Now that the file has been transferred go back to change the permissions on it so that it can be viewed by a web browser.

 

1.        Go back to the ASUWlink

2.    Use the cd command to move into the public_html directory:

cd public_html

 

3.  All web page files must have system read permission. Use the following command to give all  files system read permission:

chmod 704 *.*

                4. The html file can now be viewed from a web browser.

 

Open up Internet Explorer, inside the address window type in w3.uwyo.edu/~your username. You should see the index page.

 

 

 

 


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