CS Technical FAQ

1. Open a Computer Science account through the College of Engineering. You can now apply for an account online. Make sure to select Computer Science as your "department affiliation".
2. Log in using your CS account and make sure you are in your home directory.
   
3. Create a directory called "public_html."
4. In that directory, create a text file that will contain the information that is displayed on your home page. The web server supports both html and php, so you can name this file "index.html" or "index.php".
7. Make sure that your directory and .html and/or .php files are world-readable, by running the following commands:
   
   chmod 755 public_html
   chmod 644 public_html/index.html
   
   Also, make sure that your home directory is world executable; if not, use the follwing command:
   
   chmod o+x $HOME

You can now access your web home page via the URL:

"http://www.cs.ucsb.edu/~login/" where "login" is your login name.

The web server supports PHP and javascript (no cgi-bin).

More Resources

• Webmonkey has one of the best HTML tutorials and resource sites on the Web.
• A Beginner's Guide to HTML
• The Web Developer's Virtual Library offers dozens of links to tools that will add depth to your web site, such as scripting languages, multimedia, forms, image maps, etc.
• Java Resource List Links to online tutorials, FAQs, great web sites, Java information collections and indices, news and message exchanges, publishers and other Java info providers, products, conferences, and more!

• Converters To and From HTML lists a number of downloadable utilities for specific programs.

  If you don't have the time or interest in learning HTML, you don't really have to. Use a WYSIWYG HTML editor like Netscape Composer (multiple platforms), Adobe PageMill (Mac and PC) or Microsoft FrontPage (PC) to create your homepage. Also, many computer applications are beginning to incorporate a save-as-HTML feature, so check and see if your favorite program allows automatic conversion to HTML.