How to Modify Your Web Page

A Web page is a text file containing both content and markup language (called HTML) that tells the viewer's browser how to display the information. Each faculty member has one file, /Volumes/Files/research/yoursurname/welcome.html, that contains your contact information, pedigree, and research interests, and another, /Volumes/Files/research/yoursurname/cv.html, that contains your publication list. To edit any of this information, you need to copy your Web page to your own computer, modify this copy, and then upload it back onto the server.

Accessing and Saving an HTML Document on this Server

• Mac OS 8 or 9 Users
• Mac OS 9 Users
• Mac OS X, Linux and other Unix Users
• PC Users

Editing an HTML Document

Mac OS 8 or 9 Users:

1. Launch MacSFTP.
   • A 15-day trial copy can be downloaded here.
   • The permanent copy can be bought from here for $25.

2. Type www.chem.uky.edu into the Hostname box, your surname in the Login box, your password in the Password box, and /Volumes/Files/research/yoursurname in the Path box, and press the Connect button.

3. If some warnings appear, tell the program to make the connection anyway.

4. A window displaying a list of files will appear.

5. To copy a file from the server to your computer, click and drag the icon from the MacSFTP window to a folder on your computer.

6. Edit your document.

7. To copy the edited file from your computer to the server, click and drag the file's icon on your computer into the MacSFTP window. Press the Replace button if you wish to replace the old copy of the file on the server with your new version. (An error message may appear, but you may ignore it.)

8. Use your browser to look at the Web page on the server to make sure that the file was transferred correctly.

9. Quit MacSFTP.

Mac OS 9 Users:

1. Launch NiftyTelnet SSH r3. (It's free.)

2. Type www.chem.uky.edu into the Hostname box.

   (You can set up this hostname as a shortcut by pressing the New Shortcut button.)

3. Press the Scp ... button.

4. Click on the pop-up window at the top of the new dialog box and choose Receive Files/Folders.

5. In the Source Files text box, type the full name of the file you want to retrieve (e.g., /Volumes/Files/research/yoursurname/welcome.html).

6. Press the Pick Folder button below the text box and browse for a folder on your computer in which to store the files.

7. If you have previously copied this file to the same folder, you may want to choose the Overwrite option.

8. Press the Start Copy button.

9. If an alert box appears, just press the Continue button.

10. Type your username (your surname) and password in the dialog box that appears and press the OK button.

11. Edit your document.

12. Return to the NiftyTelnet window and click on the pop-up window at the top of the new dialog box to choose Send Files/Folders.

13. Press the Add File/Folder button below the text box and browse for the file on your computer that has been edited.

14. In the Destination Path text box, type: /Volumes/Files/research/yoursurname

15. Press the Start Copy button.

16. If an alert box appears, just press the Continue button.

17. Type your username and password in the dialog box that appears and press the OK button.

18. Use your browser to look at the Web page on the server to make sure that the file was transferred correctly.

19. Quit NiftyTelnet.

Mac OS X, Linux and other Unix Users:

1. Launch a terminal application. (Mac OS X users will find one called Terminal located in the Utilities folder in Applications.)

2. If you wish to copy the file welcome.html to your home directory on your own computer (probably /Users/yourname for Mac OS X users), type (on one line):
   scp username@www.chem.uky.edu:/Volumes/Files/research/yourname/welcome.html .

   Don't forget the dot at the end! If you wish to copy the file welcome.html to another directory, type (on one line):
   scp username@www.chem.uky.edu:/Volumes/Files/research/username/welcome.html /directory/subdirectory/subsubdirectory/.

   Again, don't forget the slash-dot at the end!

3. Enter your password at the prompt.

4. Edit the file welcome.html on your computer.

5. Return to the terminal application window, and type (on one line):
   scp /directory/subdirectory/welcome.html username@www.chem.uky.edu:/Volumes/Files/research/yourname/welcome.html

6. Enter your password at the prompt.

7. Use your browser to look at the Web page on the server to make sure that the file was transferred correctly.

8. Type "exit" to quit the terminal application.

PC Users:

1. Download WinSCP2 and install it.

2. Launch WinSCP2

3. Select New

4. Type www.chem.uky.edu into the Hostname box, your username in the username box, your password in the Password box.

5. Select Login

6. If some warnings appear, tell the program to make the connection anyway.

7. Left hand side is your local computer, right hand side is www.chem.uky.edu

8. Initially, the right hand side of the screen will display /Users/your user name.

9. To move up the directory tree, click on the top folder that has the two periods (..) after it.

10. The web server files are located under the /Volumes/Files directory.

11. Once you have selected your folders (both left and right side), click on Session and click Save Session.

12. To copy a file, you can either double click it or "drag and drop it" from one side to the other using the mouse.

13. To copy a folder, you can also use the "drag and drop it" method.

14. To quit, click Session and then click Disconnect.

15. On your subsequent logins, select the Session Name and then click Login. Your previous directory structure should load as well.

16. For those who also need a SSH terminal program, I suggest PuTTY.

1. Find where the HTML document resides on your own computer.

2. Do not double-click the icon of the file to edit it. Instead, open the file within one of the following editors. Use either the "Open ..." function within the editor or use drag-and-drop.
   • SimpleText, BBEdit, or another text-only editor
   • Word 5 or 6
   • HTML Pro, DreamWeaver, or the like.
   • Word 98 and 2000 are not recommended.

   Each of these editors has different features (strengths and weaknesses). It is up to you to find out what these are.

3. Edit the file.
   1. Scroll down through the gobbledygook to find the content.
   2. Make the appropriate changes to the content.*
   3. Save your changes. (If you are using Word, be sure to save as a Text Only file.)
   4. Examine the file with your Web browser to make sure everything looks OK. Be sure you look at the file on your own computer, not the one on the server, which remains unchanged. (In Netscape, use the Open ... command under the File menu.) If you don't like what you see, reedit the file. But be aware that the graphics will not load properly until you have uploaded the edited file back onto the server.

4. Quit the editor. (Don't quit until you've checked your changes with the browser, or you won't be able to undo any changes!)

Note on passwords:

See Terry Todd or Sean Parkin for your password. If you want to change your password, see Sean Parkin for instructions.

Note on HTML:

*The characters <, >, and & have special meanings in HTML and must be represented with the character strings &lt;, &gt;, and &amp;, respectively, in your HTML document. For other special characters (such as ü), see this page. For information on formatting your content, inserting images, etc., see the Beginner's Guide to HTML, or just look at the source code of a page you admire and see how the author made it look the way it does.