How do I create my own web page?
Follow these simple instructions in a shell window
- Got to your home directory by typing
cd
- Create a public_html directory
mkdir
public_html
- Set permission to allow access to your web documents
chmod
o+x .
chmod o+x public_html
- Create a file called index.html in the public_html directory
cd
public_html
Use your favorite editor to create an
HTML file called index.html
- Give read permission
chmod
o+r index.html
- Page can now be accessed using the URL http://www.hofstra.edu/~username,
where username is your username
If your carry out the same instructions above on Ada, your homepage
will be accessible using the URL http://cs.hofstra.edu/~username