PUBLISHING YOUR WEB SITE ON THE SACLINK WEB SERVER

 

Following are some suggestions from UCCS and several students.  I will continue to modify these instructions as I receive more input.

 

(1) The first required step is you have to activate your web page by following the steps below. This can be done from an on-campus computer lab or by using a Telnet program remotely. There is a Telnet program built into Windows. Make sure you are logged into your SacLink account. Then click on Start>Run and type “telnet saclink”.  Or you can download the CSUS QVT telnet program by going to

http://www.csus.edu/uccs/software/software.htm

 

The web page can be activated by following these steps:

 

* Log on to SacLink account

* Choose option b - modify account settings

* Choose option 4 - activate personal web page

 

(2) The next step is to transfer your web files to your new web directory. To do this, you will need an FTP program, such as WS_FTP, which can be downloaded from http://www.csus.edu/uccs/software/software.htm

 

The Initial Directory on the Remote Host setting in the WS_FTP program should be saclink.csus.edu. The Initial Directory on the Local PC setting should be the location of your web files on your PC. The host type can be set to Automatic Detect. The profile name can be anything you want. Enter your user id, but leave the password blank until you are prompted for it.  “Save” the profile so this information is available to you next time you use WS_FTP.

 

When you enable your website through the QVC terminal, it automatically creates a folder titled "web".  Anything you put into this folder will be saved on the web server.  Transfer your web files by selecting them and clicking on the à (right-arrow) button.

 

(3) You may also have to reset file permissions.  Right-click on each file after you transferred it to the web server, left click on chmod(UNIX), then select read and write for "owner," read for "group," and read for "other."  Usually these options are already selected, but the SacLink instructions say to check it anyway.

 

After transferring your files, your website should be accessible to all.