The following information is based on use of DePaul University as an Internet Service Provider (ISP).
Your ISP may provide different procedures or have different conventions in these areas. For example, America Online uses different, proprietary procedures to allow customers to upload pages. When in doubt, ask your ISP.

The name of the server we will be using is shrike.depaul.edu. AKA shrike

Telnet
Telnet is a protocol/service/application that lets you connect to a remote computer. Acts as a terminal emulator e.g. VT100. You need to know the name of the computer, your id and password. Once you have telnet-ed to a machine, you use its command set, constrained by your terminal type. Use telnet to log on to Shrike and change your permissions so that others can access your pages.

Working with UNIX -- Changing Permissions
To change permissions on a UNIX server, you need to know a few UNIX commands. Also, remember that a UNIX server is case sensitive.

• ls -- show short form list of the contents of the current directory; shows file & directory names only
• ls -l -- show long form list of the contents of the current directory; shows more details such as, permission settings, modification dates, ownership, and file size
• cd -- change directory; you must include the path to change to, as in:
  • cd public_html -- move from your main directory into the public_html directory
  • cd .. -- move up one directory level to the parent directory of the current directory
• chmod -- change mode; the command used when changing permission settings
  • chmod u=rwx,g=rx,o=rx public_html -- will change the permissions to allow you (the user) read/write/execute ability, your group read/execute ability, and all others read/execute ability for the public_html directory.
  • chmod u=rwx,g=rx,o=rx * -- will change permissions to allow you (the user) read/write/execute ability, your group read/execute ability, and all others read/execute ability for all files and sub-directories in the current directory.
• mkdir xxxx -- make a new directory, where the x's represent the name of the directory you wish to create

public_html
This is the directory that will store your html pages. You will need to make sure that the permissions on this directory are set so that others can read your pages.

index.html
This is the default name for the home pages on this server. This is the first page that will appear when someone requests access to your site (http://shrike.depaul.edu/~username/). If you do not have a file named index.html in public_html, the viewer will be presented with a directory of your site.

File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
FTP allows you to upload or download files (for example, your html files) between computers.

One of the easier Windows FTP tools to use is WS_FTP32. To use this tool, access it from your desktop (it is available in the DePaul computer labs). Create a profile for shrike if necessary. You will see a window with two "sides". The left side is your machine. The right side is the computer you are accessing. Change directories and files on both sides to reflect the file(s) you wish to transfer. Hint: Make sure that you are in the public_html directory of your shrike area. When you are ready to transfer, press the arrow button in the middle (the one that points left to right).

For FTP-ing from a Mac, the FTP utility program Fetch is a good choice.

Next Steps:

1. Telnet to shrike
2. Change the permissions of your public_html directory
3. Transfer your html files to shrike
4. Use a Web browser to check that your pages are accessible

For help with these steps see DePaul Online's Homepage Help.

For DePaul Online's software download page, go to DePaul Online and select the "Software" Link.