How To Put Files Into Your CAC Web Space

After you apply for Web space, wait three business days. You should then be able to transfer files to and from your Web directory. You can check to see if your Web directory has been created by opening the URL http://www.personal.psu.edu/ followed by your user ID, department's directory name, or course name, as in the following examples (substitute your user ID for "xyz123":

Example URL for personal home page: http://www.personal.psu.edu/xyz123/

Example URL for department home page: http://www.psu.edu/dept/departmentname/

Example URL for course home page: http://www.courses.psu.edu/art/art100_xyz123/

Macintosh and Windows Users

2. Select "New Connection" from the "File" menu.

3. In the dialogue box that appears, enter

• Host Name: ftp.personal.psu.edu

• User ID: your Access Account user ID

• Password: your Access Account password

• Remote Host or Directory:

  To go to your personalspace, leave this field blank. The CAC provides personal home pages as a courtesy. You are welcome to alter the one we provide or create your own. Once you establish your connection, a window should appear showing your user ID and a directory/folder named www. Double-click "www". Inside you will see a file named index.htmlthis is your home page file.

  To go to your departmental space, enter the following: /afs/psu.edu/services/www/dept/deptname/ (where deptname is the name of your directory).

  To go to your course space, enter the following: /afs/psu.edu/services/www/courses/course/coursenumber_userID/ as in the following example: /afs/psu.edu/services/www/courses/hd_fs/hd_fs129_xyz123/

4. To work on your files, use the "get" and "put" functions of your FTP program to copy files to and from your directory. Edit your file with any text editor, HTML editor, or word processor. (If you use a word processor, make sure your file is saved as text onlywith line breaks, if that is an option.) We recommend that you continue to use the name index.html as your home page.

UNIX Users

If you are on a machine that runs an AFS client, such as the Hammond UNIX machines (ptph or ptpo) or the Sun Cluster, you can copy files directly into your Web directory without having to FTP. (Currently, you have to get an AFS token to do this on the Sun Cluster, because they are in different "afs cells." The command /usr/afsws/bin/klog userid -cell psu.edu will give you a token, where "userid" is your Access Account user ID.)

Notes:

• By default, our Web server will return a list of the files in your directory unless your "main" file is named index.html (or index.shtml or index.htm).

• If your password doesn't work, make sure the caps lock is not on. If you have further trouble with your password, present your photo ID to the Help Desk in Willard Building Help Desk or to the Computer Accounts Office in 230 Computer Building.

• You can put additional HTML and graphic files in your personal "www" directory as needed, subject to space limitations. All of your Web files must go into the www directory. Although you can put files into your Web space outside your www directory, they will not be accessible on the Web.

• Your text file names must end with .html (or index.shtml or index.htm).

• Your graphic file names must end with .gif or .jpg. If you use Fetch (Macintosh FTP software), your graphic files must be transferred as raw data. If you use WS_FTP (Windows FTP software), all of your files must be transferred in binary format.

• Warning: files having the same names as those you put into your directory will be overwritten with the incoming files. Make a backup copy of your files before replacing them.