From The Help Desk... Launching your Personal Website

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Any HKU staff member or student can have a personal website on the HKUSUA server.  Since the personal webpages are stored on the HKUSUA server, you must have an account on this server. 

If you do not have an account on the HKUSUA system, you can create this account yourself on-line at  http://www.itservices.hku.hk/services/forms.htm.
If this is your first host computer account, then click the hyperlink "Host computer account".  If you already have a host computer account on the HKUCC system, then click the hyperlink "Additional host account for staff/student". 

When you create your account on the HKUSUA system, your personal website is automatically created in your account by the system. 
Note: For accounts created before year 2000, you must create your own website by typing the command "createhtml" at the system prompt after you login the Unix system via the telnet program.   

Your personal website is kept in a directory named "public_html" in your HKUSUA account.  This is the directory where all your webpages and picture files are kept. If any webpage or picture files are put outside of this directory, they cannot be displayed by the browser.

To access your personal website, simply type in the URL:

http://www.hku.hk/username/
where username is the account name of your HKUSUA account.  The URL will change to http://web.hku.hk/~username/

If this is the first time you are creating your website, you will find a test homepage in there with a HKU crest, "Hello, I am <username>", and a mail link "Please contact me".

If you see this pre-created webpage in your personal website, you know your personal website and the default webpage named "index.html" have been created for you.

The Computer Centre offers regular training courses on how to write a webpage. Click the link to list the scheduled courses at http://www.hku.hk/local/cc/training/courses.htm.
The "Basic HTML Editing" course is for writing webpages with the MS FrontPage editor.
Register for this course in the HKU Portal -> Services, under Computer Services, click Workshop and Courses.

You can also follow the self-learning tutorial for writing webpages (using MS FrontPage) at
http://www.itservices.hku.hk/document/FrontPage/workshop.htm

After you have composed your first homepage, then save this file as "index.html" and place this file in the "public_html" folder in your  HKUSUA account.  Your own index.html file will replace the previous file in that directory. 

How do I send my homepage to the server? 

You can send your homepage to the HKUSUA server using the FTP program. You must use the HKU network (HKUPPP or HKUVPN) for sending files to your server account. When using the HKU network, your network password is required.

You may want to register your webpage so that other people can find your webpage in the HKU directories.  To register your webpage, go to  http://www.itservices.hku.hk/services/forms.htm
and look for the link "Personal Homepage registration". 

The search function for HKU directories is located in the HKU homepage by clicking the link "directories" at http://www.hku.hk/. 

If you have any questions regarding webpage authoring, please contact the undersigned.

Mabel Chau 
Tel: 2859-8934 
E-mail: chaumabc@hku.hk