WWW Setup Tool

What is it?

Once you've finished creating your Web pages, the WWW Setup Tool provides a quick and easy way to prepare a place for them online. This tool automatically sets up a www directory in your personal Unity file space and assigns access privileges. After you have stored your Web pages in this directory and constructed appropriate URLs for them (see Putting Your Web Pages Online), they will be viewable on the Internet by anyone using a Web browser.

What does it do?

This utility performs several tasks:

• Assigns "Lookup" access privileges for your personal Unity file space (sometimes called your "K:" drive).
• Creates a www directory within your Unity file space, if necessary.
• Assigns appropriate access privileges to your www directory so that an Internet user can view your Web pages but not modify them.
• Creates a file named index.html within your www directory that serves as a temporary Home page for your site, if necessary.

How do I use it?

1. Go to the WWW Setup Tool Web site (https://sysnews.ncsu.edu/tools-bin/www-setup).
2. Type your Unity password in the space provided.
3. Click the Set up my web space button.
4. You will see a window that shows your Web address and the path to your www directory, where all your Web page documents must be stored.

Last modified October 13, 2005 by cawalker