Solution:

These instructions assume that you are logged into acme.gatech.edu, the server that hosts via SSH. If you are not sure how to connect, please see How do I use SecureCRT to connect to acme for detailed instructions.

To make the most basic of home pages, you can follow these steps:

1. Be sure and set the correct permissions on your home directory

   chmod o+x ~/

2. Make a public_html directory in your prism home directory

   mkdir ~/public_html

3. Set the correct permissions on the public_html directory

   chmod o+x ~/public_html

4. Create a main page

   touch ~/public_html/index.html

5. Set the correct permissions on the main page

   chmod o+r ~/public_html/index.html

6. Put some simple HTML in your main page

   echo "Hello World" >> ~/public_html/index.html

Now, you should be able to access your home page with the URL of the form

http://www.prism.gatech.edu/~user/

where user is your GT Account username.

For information on transferring files to prism, please see WinSCP (for Windows) or Fugu (for Macintosh).

For more detailed and extensive discussion on creating homepages, see the many excellent tutorials available on the web. Some of these are:

• Beginners' Resources, Webmonkey
• HTML for beginners, Builder.com
• Home Page Construction Kit, Eric Sasaki

Feel free to submit a request for help for any of the following reasons: