How to create a web page

Command Explanation
remus% cd Chage your present working directory to your home directory
remus% mkdir public_html Make a new directory named public_html all of your html files should be kept in this directory
remus% chmod 755 public_html Make sure that everyone has access to the files you want to publish (files in public_html)
remus% chmod o+x . Make sure that everyone has access to your public_html direcotry
remus% cd public_html Chage your present working directory to your public_html directory
remus% emacs index.html Code your page in this emacs buffer. If you do not know how to code HTML see some of the links at the bottom of this page for instruction
remus% chmod 644 index.html Make sure every has acces to this new files

Once you web page has been created, within 24 hours it will be listed on the Student home page.

Here are some helpful links to get you started writing HTML

NCSA's beginners guide to HTML
A getting started guide to HTML
Netscape's creating web sites page
A good source for netscape's unique features, also links to helpful utilities
Sun's Java Headquarters
for more advanced web programming