Obtain a New Account
If you (or your department) have never had a website, please execute the steps below to create a personal or departmental website.
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Contact the HelpDesk at 334-7195 and ask the HelpDesk Consultant to open a ticket requesting that webspace be provided for your area. Obtain the ticket number from the consultant.
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After the account has been created, a HelpDesk Consultant will contact you and provide you with the following information:
- the name of the host where your account is stored
- your username
- your password
- From your Windows computer, click the Start button.
- Click Command Prompt.
- type "telnet hostname.ncat.edu". For example, if the name of the host where your account is stored is vanity.ncat.edu, type "telnet vanity.ncat.edu". Click the Enter key. (When you type, do not type the quotation marks).
- A new window will be displayed. When the system asks for your login, type your username. Click the Enter key.
- When the sysetm asks for your password, type your password. Click the Enter key.
- Execute each of the four lines below. To do so, copy the first line (cd). Paste it onto the Command Prompt screen. Click the Enter key. In the same manner, execute the remaining three lines.
cd
mkdir public_html
/usr/afsws/bin/fs setacl . system:anyuser l
/usr/afsws/bin/fs setacl public_html system:anyuser lr
After you have completed
the steps above,
your account
will be active.
Modify Existing Website
To modify your website, you may copy files from your computer (or hard drive, flash drive, etc) to your web account so that visitors to your website can see them. To do so, you will need an application called FileZilla. Instructions about how to obtain and use FileZilla are located here.
Once you have uploaded your files to your website, your website
will be available
on the Internet
via the following
URL:
http://www.ncat.edu/~yourusername
For example, if your username is myacct, website visitors
will type the
following to
see your website
on the Internet:
http://www.ncat.edu/~myacct
Note: Please ensure that the first page that you want your website visitors to see when they visit your website is named " index.html ". If your account does not include a file called "index.html", you will see a list of files that are in the folder called public_html when you use the URL above to view your site.
- No pornographic Images!!!
If pornographic images are found on your site, your site WILL be removed from the server and NECESSARY disciplinary actions will be taken.
The documents listed below might be helpful to you.
* FrontPage Commonly Used Commands
* Inserting Images Using FrontPage
* The items on this page that are marked with an asterisk (*) are stored in PDF (Public Domain Format), and you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view and/or print them. You may download a free copy from Adobe's website.
