Last updated:
March 2, 2005

Before you publish your web page(s), you must create a subdirectory, give it a specific name, and set the access permissions on the subdirectory so that your files are viewable on the Internet.

IT staff have created a shortcut method for you to do all three of these tasks at once. Follow these steps to do so:

1. Log in to your UDelNet account through the Secure Shell (SSH) application.

(If you do not have a copy of this application on your computer, you can download a free copy for a Windows computer or a free copy for a Macintosh computer from the UDeploy web site.)

2. At the copland.udel.edu% prompt, type

   source /www/htdocs/learn/usered/html-setup

3. Press ENTER.

You now have a subdirectory named public_html, which has the correct access permissions so that it will be viewable on the Internet. You can now create your web page(s).

After you create your subdirectory using the instructions above, you will also have two UNIX shortcut commands created by IT staff. These commands will help you manage your web site more efficiently.

webpublish—If you create a subdirectory of your public_html subdirectory, you must make the files it contains available for viewing on the Internet.

1. To do so, log into copland.udel.edu, change to the new subdirectory using the "cd" command, then at the copland.udel.edu% prompt, type

   webpublish

2. Press ENTER.

webdiskusage—You can determine how much disk space (quota) your files take up in your home directory using this command.

1. To do so, log into copland.udel.edu, then at the copland.udel.edu% prompt, type

   webdiskusage

2. Press ENTER.

See the IT Help Center pages for more information about how to manage the quota for your account.