Creating & Maintaining Your Own Web Page

Accessing and Updating your U: Drive

Before you start, we recommend that you read the Copyright Infringement Policy. This will help you to be aware of the legal and institutional guidelines related to web content creation and updates.

1. Locate the U: drive. If you are experiencing difficulties, refer to this page on using the U: drive.
   
   Note: the new URL for your webpage will be http://people.alfred.edu/~username(your username on the AU network). Old domains such as faculty.alfred.edu, students.alfred.edu, staff.alfred.edu, and orgs.alfred.edu will also work, as long as you add the "~username" at the end.
2. Once you have located your U: drive, double-click on the folder named "public_html". Your web files are to be saved to this folder. You no longer need to use FTP (File Transfer Protocol) if you are connected to the network. Instead, you can make changes directly to the U: drive.
3. To make changes to your website, bring one of the files up in an HTML editor of your choice (Dreamweaver, Notepad, Notepad++, Word, etc.) and make the changes. Save your page to your U: drive in the "public_html" folder. The changes will automatically be updated to the web page.

Important Things to Remember

1. You must have your first page named "index.html" and save it in all lowercase (index.html) in order for it to be viewed from your URL.
2. The web server is case sensitive. For example, if you named a jpg "Friends.jpg" with an uppercase F but the link to it is "friends.jpg" with a lowercase f, the link will not work.

If you find that some of the links are not working, check to see what you named the file and if it is the same as the link you created to it.

Need Help?

If you have questions please stop by the ITS Helpdesk, or contact us at [email protected] or 607-871-2222.