Web Development Series II: Publishing Your Website

Faculty Multimedia Development Lab
67 MacNider Hall
966-3519

Instructor: Claudia Condrey
ccondrey@med.unc.edu

How to obtain web space on the School of Medicine Server

Personal Web Space:

* You will need a UNIX account (if you have a traditional email account created before April 1998, you already have a UNIX account)
o To get a UNIX account, go to Client Services in Medical School Wing B, Room 109 (Mon-Fri 10am-2pm) to fill out an application (map and directions to OIS locations: http://wrp.med.unc.edu/ois/locations)
o You will need your PID #

* All of your files will be stored in your directory on the webserver called wwwpub. If your UNIX
account was created after October 2001, then you may skip the following steps:

The following steps will help you initialize your wwwpub directory and your webspace if your
UNIX account was created before October of 2001:
o Open a telnet session by going to the Start Menu, choosing Run..., and typing "telnet"
o Click connect, when prompted for a Host Name, type "www.med.unc.edu"
o Login with your userid (jdoe) and SOM email password
o At the command line, type in e for User Utilities
o Type b to execute a non-menu program and then type csh
o Type mkdir wwwpub and press enter
o Type chmod 711 ~youruserid (where your username id your username, i.e. jdoe) and
press enter
o Type exit and press enter

Departmental/Center/Program Web Space Permissions:

* To obtain permission to edit web pages on department/center/program site, you will need to provide Client Services with verification from your department/center/program business manager or chair stating that you have permission to access the site.
* Verification may be submitted in the following ways:
o A letter or note from your business manager or chair via email (help@med.unc.edu) or campus mail (CB#7045)
o Your business manager or chair's signature on your UNIX account form under the section 'Web Access.'

Basic SSH Publishing

You will use SSH (Secure Shell, or Secure File Transfer Client) to access and transfer files from the UNC server. First, you will have to set up FTP on your local computer.

Setting up SSH on your local computer:

Winzip

* If you do not already have winzip (file compression software), you will need to download the program before you begin. Winzip will probably be located in your Program Files on your hard drive.
o Winzip - www.winzip.com
+ Click on 'Download Evaluation Version'
+ Click on 'Download WinZip 8.0 for Windows 95/98/NT/2000/Me' (from CNET's download.cnet.com )
+ Click 'Download Now'
+ Save the file to your desktop
+ Click on the file for set up and follow the directions
# When it asks you where to install, it should be pointing to your hard drive, if not, specify the drive and press 'Okay'
# Click 'Next'; 'Yes' to the agreement; 'Next'; Select 'Start with winzip classic' - click 'Next'; Select 'Express setup' - click 'Next'; Click 'Finish'


SSH
* Once you have winzip on your machine, you can download SSH
o Download SSH by going to the software and systems page http://wrp.med.unc.edu/www/administration/infotech/downloads
o Scroll down to 'General TCP/IP Applications' and click on the link
o Scroll down to 'SSH Secure Shell Client ' and click on the link to download
o Save the file to your desktop
o Double click the file, select all files by pressing 'Control + A'
o While all files are selected, press 'Extract' on the top menu bar
o When it asks you to specify where to extract to, browse to find your hard drive. Create a folder called 'FTP' on your hard drive by typing in \FTP. For instance, if you browser to 'Program Files' on your hard drive, the text box on the left may say 'C:\Program Files'. Type in \FTP at the end ['C:\Program Files\FTP'].
o Once you have specified the folder, press 'Extract'
o Find where you save the files and open FTP by clicking on the file with the .exe extension


Now that you are all setup, take a look at the SSH page to find out how to transfer and access files.