CGS 2100 Lab Todays Topic Setup your homepage

CGS 2100 Lab

Today’s Topic Setup your homepage in Pegasus account

Step 1: Using Putty n n You may find it on lab PCs’ desktop, an icon named “putty”. Login to pegasus. cc. ucf. edu using an SSH (Secure Shell) client like putty.

Step 2: Connect to Pegasus using PUTTY Enter pegasus. cc. ucf. edu here Choose SSH protocol here

Login username: NID Password: the SAME as your Pegasus email password Password is invisible here. (No stars or dots)

Prepare Your Public_HTML Folder n n n Once you get into your Pegasus account, type homepagesetup at the prompt. This will do several things to make your account ready to receive html pages that can be viewed by anyone. It will. . . create a public_html folder that will store all web pages and images you want people to be able to access set permissions for this folder so that anyone can view the contents of the folder, but only you can save files to this folder insert a dummy web page called home. html in the new public_html folder that you can use as a sample

1. Enter homepagesetup command 2. Then you are all set!

Your “dummy” webpage Access the dummy page at http: //pegasus. cc. ucf. edu/~your. NID This is your homepage address

Publish to Your Pegasus Web Space n Publishing a web page means uploading web pages and any associated files (images, audio, etc. ) to a web server so that other people can view the pages by typing in their URL in a web browser (e. g. Internet Explorer).

Get files from website Images n View source n

Upload files to your webspace 1. In the address bar of your browser, type: ftp: //pegasus. cc. ucf. edu/ and Input your NID and password. NID here

Upload files to your webspace 2. This will open up access to your account. You should see a mail folder and the public_html folder. Enter public_html folder Double click this one

Upload files to your webspace 3. To publish, select and drag the files from your computer to the public_html folder on your Pegasus account. The new picture I just published

Upload files to your webspace 4. While viewing the contents of your public_html folder, delete the home. html page that was created automatically when you typed homepagesetup. Delete this file

Upload files to your webspace 5. After you drag the appropriate files into the public_html folder on your Pegasus server, you can view those pages by entering the URL from any Internet connected computer. The URL is http: //pegasus. cc. ucf. edu/~your. NID/full. File. Name (including extension name)

Assignment n n Assignment 1. You must use your. Pegasus account to submit this assignment. Due by 11: 59 pm on January 28 You are responsible for saving all copies of your sent mail.