Getting Started with Web Service: Individual Users
Any Stanford person with a full-service SUNet ID can put his or her pages on the Web by following the steps below. The URL for your personal web page will be http://www.stanford.edu/~yoursunetid/.
Your AFS home directory includes a WWW directory, which holds your web pages. This WWW directory has been pre-configured to work with the www.stanford.edu web server. If you need to create a web directory from scratch we provide step-by-step instructions, but otherwise, all you have to do to get started on the web is:
- Create your HTML and styles (and content)
- Place your files on the server
- Confirm that your page/site is being served
- Protect your pages?
- Enhance your pages
Create your HTML and styles (and content)
The Stanford Self-help Web Design Resources page provides all you need to know to make a web page or site that is standards-based and accessible.
Place your files on the server
After you've finished creating your HTML file you can transfer the files to your home directory using a variety of "web-friendly" Stanford programs. The File Transfer site provides step by step instructions for Macintosh, Windows, and Unix.
Confirm that your page/site is being served
After putting your file into your home directory you'll want to check to make sure everything worked out okay. Go to your browser and open the following URL:
http://www.stanford.edu/~yoursunetid/Obviously replacing "yoursunetid" with your actual SUNet ID. If, for example, your SUNet ID were jdoe you could see your home page at http://www.stanford.edu/~jdoe. If your home page does not show up, review these instructions closely. If you're still stuck, submit a HelpSU request.
Protect your pages?
Most people create web pages knowing they can be seen by anyone anywhere
on the world wide web. This is a good thing. On the other hand, it's not uncommon
to want only certain people to see certain pages, depending on their content.
There are several ways to restrict access to your Web pages. You can set
file permissions on the web files in your WWW directories, in order to
govern which people can make changes to your web files, but to actually
deny or allow access to your pages on the web you'll want to learn about:
- WebAuth
- To allow only Stanford people (all Stanford people, or just particular Stanford people, etc.) to see your web pages, you'll need to use WebAuth. This is the most often used method for protecting your pages at Stanford.
- User Authentication
- If you want to allow only non-Stanford people (or some combination of Stanford and non-Stanford people) to see your pages, this is the method you'll employ.
Enhance your pages
The Stanford Web Service makes a variety of features available to people who want to make their web pages more useful or just plain fun. You can learn more about the CGI service for making forms, vanity URLs for making long or cumbersome URLs more readable, how to add a Google-based search function to your web pages, and other web options on the Web Service Features page.
