Workshop 2: Creating a Home Page
Workshop 2: Creating a Home PageAfter completing these three steps, you have an inital home page. Be sure to copy down the information displayed after your home page has been created. This is the address of your home page at Lehigh.
Do this on the Network Server using dte (this is the same
editor used for text files, mail messages, and bulletin board postings).
From the main menu prompt, enter "shell" (as above) and then enter:
dte /ahome/userid/public/www-data/userid.html
where userid is your four-character userid (typically your initials
followed by a number). Note; there are several other ways to get into
this editor on the Network Server (most notably, the SCAN topic); these
will be briefly discussed in the seminar. Also, this same editor is
available on the Compute Servers and the AFS Workstations.
For now, don't change too much. We'll look at what the different parts of this file do during Day 2. All you should change here is the Title of the Document and the Main Heading, which both say the same thing: "xxxx's Home Page," where the "xxxx" part is your userid. Change it to say your Name instead. (Remember, you have to make the same change in two different places; we'll find out why next time.)
Since you are currently logged on to the Network Server, you may use the
text-based browser Lynx. While you are still in 'shell' (or go to a menu on
the Network Server and type 'sh' and hit enter), at the command prompt,
type in:
lynx
Then press "G" (for "Go to") and then enter:
http://www.lehigh.edu/~userid/userid.html
be careful, AIX commands and file names are case sensitive.
There's another way to do this, too. If you are using SCAN, and you choose to view (list) the document rather than edit it, the Network Server will recognize that this is an HTML document and it will show it to you using Lynx. (Actually, this is a special Lehigh-only version of Lynx--called lunx--that recognizes function keys--check it out.)
Immediately after creating their home page, everyone always wants to go to look at in in Netscape. You can do this by entering the URL, just as you did for Lynx. The page is there, and ready to view.
However, most people don't do it that way. They go to the Student Center or the Faculty and Staff Lounge in the People section of the Lehigh Home Page, and then search for their entry. And they are disappointed to discover that they aren't there. This is because the page hasn't been registered yet. This doesn't mean it isn't active, it just means that you haven't advertised your presence to the world (you haven't put a link to your page somewhere where people are likely to find it). Right now, since your page doesn't say much, this is probably just as well.
When you are ready, you can submit your homepage to register it at Lehigh. There are also other places you can advertise, such as Yahoo; you need to decide how big the audience is that would be interested in the material you have to present (and be realistic--not that many people really just want to know your name). Keep in mind that advertising a Web page is the electronic equivalent of international publication, and treat it appropriately.
