The Department of Plant Sciences

How to Create a Home Page

1.Create a directory named public_html in your home directory:

login to your account (e.g. on CCSG), and create a directory public_html in your home directory:
libra1% cd ~
libra2% mkdir public_html

2. Create HTML files containing information you want available on the WWW, and copy them into public_html.

HyperText Markup Language (HTML) is a language used for writing hypertext documents, which is understood by WWW browsers.
You can use any text editor to write your HTML files (e.g. vi, pico in UNIX, or Write, Word in Windows).
If you are not familiar with HTML, you can prepare a homepage useing Homer's homepage as template:

Copy Homer's page to your account or hard disk. (use the FILE| SAVE AS... option on your browser's menu).
Use any editor to replace Homer's detales with your own.
Place the file into your new public_html directory.

You can view your page using any WWW borwser: just type the URL: http://www.tau.ac.il/~your_username/ (e.g. http://www.tau.ac.il/~Homer/ ) in the Location window of your browser.

3. Name your main HTML file: index.html.

When your WWW page is accessed, index.html will be presented.

4. Make sure that your and home directory, your public_html directory and all your HTML files, are accessible to everyone.

The permissions for your HTML files (and your public_html and home directories) should be: -rw-r--r-- (drwx--x--x for the directories).
Use ls -l to check permissions for your files and directories, and, if necessary, use the chmod to change permissions.To learn more about chmod, use the online the manual (i.e. type man chmod).

5. Write to us about your new home page

and it will be linked to department's page, and updated in the faculty list. The URL of the page will be: http://www.tau.ac.il/botany/USR/your_username.

Here are some links that might come useful while working on your page:

to learn more about HTML:: A Beginner's Guide to HTML; HyperText Markup Language; Ian Grahm's HTML Documentation Table of Contents; Comprehensive Guide to Publishing on the Web; Netscape's Extentions to HTML

Some HTML reference:: A List of HTML tags; HTML Quick reference; Kevin Werbach's Guide to HTML; Here are some WWW software resources:; Anonymous FTP site from Hebrew University, Jerusalem; A HTML writer for MS windows.

Some Tools:: HALSoft HTML Validation Service; WWW Viewer Test Page

Looking for icons for your page? Here are some icon sources available in Tel Aviv University:: School of Mathematics; Department of Electrical Engineering; Department of Psychology; Department of Plant Sciences

More icons: Anthony's Icon Library; Ron's Lines Page; Daniel's Icon Archive; Ender's Realm graphics archive; Christopher Vance's Collection of World Flags

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How to Create a Home Page

Here are some links that might come useful while working on your page:

20 Jun 96 - yifta