How to make your DIMACS REU webpage using a PC:

 

  1. Open and connect to SSH Secure File Transfer: This can be found by pressing ‘Start’, going to ‘All Programs’, then ‘SSH Secure Shell’ and finally clicking on ‘SSH Secure File Transfer’. To connect, press ‘Quick Connect’ and type in the following information

 

Host Name: dimax

User Name: [your user name]

Port Number: 22

Authentication Method: <Profile Settings>

 

Password: [your password]

 

You should see two windows open. The one on the left (Local Name) gives you access to documents on your computer. The one on the right (Remote Name) gives you access essentially to what will be on your website.

 

  1. Look in your "home" directory and see if there is a folder/directory called "public_html". If that directory exists, skip this step and continue with Step 3. If not, create a directory called ‘public_html’: To do this, on the right window press the icon that looks like a bright shiny new folder (when you run your mouse over it it should say ‘New Folder’). Click on this and title it ‘public_html’.

 

  1. Make your website: Open up a new page in Microsoft Notepad. Save it on your computer as ‘index.html’. In the right window of SSH Secure File Transfer you should have a folder titled ‘public_html’. Open this up and move your newly created ‘index.html’ file from the left window into the right window. This file is where you will input the code to make your main page.

 If you know html, then you probably can take care of the rest on your own. If you don’t, the easiest way to get started is to use someone else’s webpage as a template, where you modify the appropriate parts. To do this, find someone’s webpage that you think is particularly simple (e.g. my webpage at math.rutgers.edu/~pranadav/). Right click on a blank part of the website and select ‘View Page Source Info’. This gives you the html file used to make the webpage. Cut and paste this code into your ‘index.html’ (you will need to open up the ‘index.html’ file that you have saved in the right window). Save the file changes you have made to ‘index.html’. A window should pop up in front of SSH Secure File Transfer: Press ‘OK’ and then ‘Yes’. Your webpage has now been updated.

 

  1. To view your website: Open up your internet browser and go to  

 

http://dimax.rutgers.edu/~yourlogin

 

            If nothing seems to update, you should go to ‘Tools’, then ‘Clear Private Data’. Select ‘Offline Website Data’ and press ‘Clear Private Data Now’. Now refresh your browser and your website should be displayed in front of you.