Personal Web Sites at DePauw (P Drive)

DePauw University students, faculty and staff members can publish personal/professional web materials using a Novell Web Folder on their P: drive. This folder is accessible by Windows and Macintosh web authors, from both on- and off-campus. Web addresses to these web materials are in the format of http://academic.depauw.edu/~username.

Students: Before you begin, please take a moment to familiarize yourself with the guidelines and policies for student websites at DePauw.

Steps to publish a web site on your Novell web folder (details for each step are included below):

  1. Prepare a Novell web folder in your P: drive
  2. Create your web site and documents
  3. Publish your site — Copy the web files to your Novell web folder

Addressing your web:

Once you have published files to your Novell web folder, the site can be viewed at

http://academic.depauw.edu/~username

If you have questions, contact the Information Services Helpdesk, x4294, helpdesk@depauw.edu.

1. Prepare a Novell web folder in your P: drive

To prepare a Novell web folder in your P: drive requires two steps: (1) Creating a folder called "public_html" at the root of P: and (2) adjusting the folder properties so the Novell web server can display files it contains to web browsers.

Once you have performed these steps, any files you place in the P:\public_html folder are immediately viewable on the web at http://academic.depauw.edu/~username/filename.

You only need to do this one time.

To prepare a web folder in your P: drive:

Method 1:

  • Copy below lines to any text editor and save it as "makefolder.bat" to your P: drive and double-click to run it. It creates a folder in P: and sets the rights so the web server can display it. (any files you put in P:\public_html are available on the web at http://academic.depauw.edu/~username)

P:
CD p:\
MKDIR public_x
RIGHTS public_x RF/NAME=[public]
RENAME public_x public_html

Method 2:

  1. Log into NetStorage using your username and password at http://netstorage.depauw.edu. For help about how to use NetStorage, Click Here.

  2. Click on Home@DS, which is your P: Drive.




  3. Create a folder called 'public_html' in the root of your P: Drive.

  4. Highlight the folder public_html, Click on File > Properties or Right-Click the folder and Click on Properties. The Properties page will open in a new window. (If you use Windws XP SP2 or any popup block software, make sure to temporarily enable popups for this site)

  5. Go to NetWare Rights.

  6. In the field provided type .[public]. and Click on the Add icon.

  7. The public folder will appear under Trustees. Set the properties by checking the appropriate check boxes next to it.

    NOTE: This step is very important! If you don't complete it, your files will not be viewable on the web and will display a 'file not found' error when viewed with a browser.
  8. Make sure the R, W and F boxes are the only ones checked. Uncheck all other boxes. Click on , located near the bottom of the screen.




  9. [Optional] Contact helpdesk@depauw.edu to request a web quota increase to your P: drive to accommodate your web site. Standard increases are 50MB for student accounts and 100MB for faculty/staff accounts.

2. Create your web site and documents

Use the web authoring tools of your choice (e.g., MS Front Page or Macromedia Dreamweaver) to create your web documents. Although it is possible to create and edit live pages directly in your Novell web folder (P:\public_html), we recommend that you use a separate folder for developing your site and copy/publish it to the Novell web folder only when the files are completed.

Following are additional guidelines to consider when working on your web site:

  • In order for your homepage to display properly when you type the URL (http://acad.depauw.edu/~username) into a browser, it must be named index.html.
  • In your filenames, use all lowercase characters and do not use spaces or special characters (&, %, #, etc.). 
  • We also suggest that you don't use any of the special drawing tools or themes available in Microsoft Front Page. Themes and drawing tools are not supported on the Novell web server.
  • If you wish to use Active Server Pages (ASP), contact the Information Services Helpdesk for assistance.

If you need assistance to create your web site, contact one of the following services :

  • FITS (Faculty Instructional Technology Support) — Offers assistance to faculty members working on personal/professional web sites
  • START — Offers assistance to students working on web projects
  • Web Authors Portal — Offers resources for faculty, staff and students working on the official DePauw website

3. Publish your site — Copy the web files to your Novell web folder

Once your 'P:\public_html' folder properties have been adjusted for web viewing (step 3 under Prepare a Novell web folder in your P: drive), you can publish web documents to your Novell web folder in one of two ways:

Copy the files using drag & drop
*Requires that you are logged on to the Novell network using a computer on campus

If you are logged on the Novell Network using a computer on campus, to publish files to the web simply copy the files to the P:\public_html folder. Any files you place there are immediately viewable on the web at http://academic.depauw.edu/~username/filename.

OR

Click Here on how to transfer using FTP.