Procedure for Uploading Profile Pages
        Today you will be uploading your NRM Profile page to your personal directory on the University's web server, making your page "live" on the Web for all to see. There are three main steps to this process, none of which is exceedingly complicated. First, you must preview your Profile page in the Netscape browser window, to make sure there aren't any obvious problems. Then you'll create a Web directory on the UVA server. Finally, you'll use an FTP (File Transfer Protocol) program to upload your profile page from your floppy disk to the Web directory you've just created. Sound straightforward? It is. The instructors will not be doing much talking this session, but will instead be circulating to trouble-shoot any problems you may encounter.

      1. First, you should double-check how your profile page will appear when it is live on the Web by launching the Netscape browser (its icon is on the Windows desktop). When Netscape has loaded, click on "Open Page" in the file menu. From the "Open Page" dialog box, click the "Choose File" button and select your Profile page file from your floppy disk as indicated in the below image. What appears in the browser window is what your completed NRM Profile document will look like when it is "live" on the Web. If there appear to be any problems, ask an instructor for assistance.

      2. Provided there aren't any visible problems with your page, you now need to upload your Profile page file to your Unix account. First, you need to create a public_html directory on your Unix account. In your Netscape browser window, type the following:

          telnet://blue.unix.virginia.edu

        Note that the blue.unix.virginia.edu server is only for CLAS students. Engineering school students, Education School students, and miscellaneous others may have accounts created on other servers. In that case, the procedure will be the same, but the server you will need to telnet and FTP to will be different. Log in with your username and password in the Telnet dialog box which appears. NOTE: if you have not set up a UNIX account with ITC, you will most likely not be able to log in to your UNIX account to complete this step. If your username and password do not work, simply inform the instructor, get up, and go to the ITC Help Desk on the 200-floor of Wilson Hall. They will get you set up with a UNIX account in no time, after which you can complete the process described below.

        Provided you have set up a UNIX account properly, once you enter your username and password you should be in the UVA Unix Menu system. At the prompt, type 6 and hit Enter. Then, from the System Customization menu, type 11 and hit Enter. You have now set up a public_html directory on your Unix account (your account is ready to host a homepage. Hit m, Enter then x, Enter to log out of your UNIX account. Click the X in the upper righthand corner of the Telnet window to close the Telnet program.

      3. Now, look on the Windows Desktop for an icon entitled "FTP" or "WS-FTP." Double-click this icon and the File Transfer Protocol program will launch.

        In the dialog box which appears, you should enter your Unix server name (blue.unix.virginia.edu), your username, and password in the fields provided. Then, hit enter.

      4. You have now opened up an FTP (File Transfer) connection to your Unix account. VERY IMPORTANT: the left side of the WS-FTP program window represents your local computer. The right-side windows represent the remote server to which you will be uploading your Profile page HTML file. The top window on each side displays available folders, and the bottom window displays files present in the current folder (look at the illustration below). On the top, right-side window in the FTP program, you should see a folder entitled "public_html" as in the image below. Double-click on this folder to enter it. DO NOT UPLOAD YOUR PROFILE PAGE HTML FILE OUTSIDE THIS "public_html" DIRECTORY AS IT WILL NOT BE ACCESSIBLE FROM THE WEB.

        You are now inside your Public HTML directory. Every file you upload to this directory can be viewed by anyone on the World Wide Web. On the left-hand side of the FTP program window, select the A: drive and double-click on your Profile page HTML file in the box below. Note that this file MUST be named in the format "profilename.html" or it won't be recognized by Web browsers as an HTML file (the .html file suffix is crucial). Once you double-click on your Profile page HTML file it will be transferred to your public_html directory. You should see it appear in the lower, right-hand FTP window, indicating that it has been successfully transferred. If not, try again or ask an instructor for assistance.

      5. Open up Netscape and make sure your file was transferred. Type in the new Web address of your Profile page (where the capitalized words are replaced with your particular info):

        http://www.people.virginia.edu/~YOUR USERNAME/PAGENAME.html

      6. If your home page does not appear at this address, ask an instructor for assistance. Otherwise, you are finished - you have uploaded your Profile page to your public_html directory and made it accessible to anyone on the World Wide Web!
      If you'd like further information about the mechanics of HTML code and the art of sculpting web pages which are more than flat lists of text, click here. This link will take you to the Electronic Text Center's HTML tutorial.
      Last modified: 05/24/99