Homepage Information

D. C. Smolarski, S.J.
Santa Clara University, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science

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Introduction

This is some information about World Wide Web "homepages." A "homepage" is a file of information that can be read via an internet browser (such as LYNX or Netscape) by anyone having internet access.

It is becoming more and more common for students, faculty and staff at colleges and universities to have personal homepages, in addition to having information listed for the university and department as a whole.

At Santa Clara, every student and faculty member can have a page on the campus mainframe computer, named SCUACC. One must first obtain an account on SCUACC. To do that, contact a lab TA in either Kenna or Orradre. (One can obtain an account by going to any on-campus networked machine, telnetting to SCUACC and giving the username "NEW" when prompted. There is an interactive protocol which the user follows which creates the account. SCUACC does not permit anyone to use the email system except by special arrangement by an instructor for special classes.)

Creating and Registering A Homepage

To create a homepage with some minimal information, all you need to do is type the command
CREATEMYPAGE
while logged into the Alpha mainframe at the NAME PROMPT, i.e., not while in MAIL. The program will ask you for some minimal information and then create a special subdirectory (.WWW) with your homepage in it.

Then you should register this information on the master list of people in the university with homepages by typing

REGISTERMYPAGE
The default homepage is VERY minimal (e.g., "Hello, I am Dennis Smolarski. I work in the Mathematics Department.").

Editing Homepages

Your homepage resides in a subdirectory called .WWW. To connect to that subdirectory on the Alpha, you should type
CD WWW
while in your root directory (at your name prompt). Any other web pages should also be put in that same subdirectory.

It is easy to add more information (phone numbers, mailing address, interests) or have references to files with other information (e.g., CVs, recent articles, photos, etc.). All you need to do is to edit your default file (named HOMEPAGE.HTML) with an editor, e.g., EMACS, and insert the desired information.

Homepages can be made fancier by using other options provided by the HTML language features. You can get more information by searching the web via Netscape for "html tutorial" or by purchasing a book on the HTML language.

Please see me if you need help in setting up a homepage.

There is some minimal on-line help available by typing HELP WWW at the name prompt on the Alpha.

This page is maintained by Dennis C. Smolarski, S.J. dsmolarski@scuacc.scu.edu
© Copyright 1997, 1998, Dennis C. Smolarski, SJ, All rights reserved. Last changed: 2 January 1998.