Science Teaching Series

Internet Resources

Open your WebDrive first by as specifed.
Use a Website development tool and save files into your public_html folder of your Udrive

Directions

Develop a website by placing files in your public_html folder of your WebDrive.
Use your university userid and password to access your WebDrive.
- Note: Use your userid, not your email address. Your userid is typically your initials, followed by a series of numbers. Enter it as shown here.
- If you do not know your userid, you may find it by viewing your account.
Unless you are experienced in website development, use one of the templates for your index (home) page.
Save it as a source file (html file) as index.html in your public_html directory.
Open it in html editor (right-click on file and select an editor, such as Kompozer) and make the appropriate changes and re-save it.
Place all supporting documents in logically named subfolers within your public_html folder. If you do not have a public_html folder, create one and set its priveleges appropriately.
- OS 10.4 and higher gives you the opportunity to save all program files as pdf files. Select print / save as pdf.
- Windows files can be saved as pdf files using Acrobat, or by bringing them to the Mac lab.
Open your index page (home page) and link to the appropriate files.

Using your U-drive from home

To use your U-drive at home, it will be necessary to install VPN (mac) or VPN (Windows).
Follow the same directions listed above

Permission errors

To avoid permission errors, have all files directly to the WebDrive/public_html folder or a sub-folder within it.
Do not drag files from other folders on your U-drive into the public_html folder as they will inherit their previous permissions and will therefore not be viewable on the web.
If you are denied access when addressing you web page from a browser, you will need to change permissions.

Other errors

It may be necessary to change your password or turn your Web-drive off and on to activate your account.
If ITR increases your account size, do not use the account utility to turn on and off your U-drive as this will reset your quota to the minimum value.
"NOT FOUND" This error will occur if you do not have a public_html folder in your account. You must create one by entering your WebDrive .
"ACCESS DENIED" or similar comment: This error occurs if your public_html folder is not set up for public access. You will need to set your permissions.

Templates