This document is not meant to assist you in writing pages. There are many Web Links available offering comprehensive support on this subject. a good place to start is HTML Primer

This document is meant to assist you with the procedures needed to store and configure your pages properly here on zeus.jersey.net. Once done, the Web Server will handle all requests for page access transparently.

Web Server Information

Your Web pages actually reside on zeus.jersey.net. In addition to being king of the gods, zeus is also our Web server for personal and small business accounts. If you log on to zeus using telnet or connect using ftp and your login name and password (NOT anonymous login) you will see a directory called public_html in your account. You can view directories by issuing the "ls" command. To change directories issue the "cd public_html" command. Click here for more information on Unix commands.

Transfering Your Files

The Next step is to copy all your HTML source files and associated graphics files into this directory. The easiest way to do this is through FTP, WinFTP or Fetch which was included with your software from Interactive Network Services.

As an example using ws_ftp, fill in the following information:



Profile Name	  InterActive

Host name         zeus.jersey.net 

Host type         autodetect 

User ID           (your user name) 

Password          (your password) 

Account           (leave blank) 

Remote Directory   ~ 

Uncheck anonymous and check save password. After you have completed this, save the configuration.
Now click on OK. You should see the ftp program communicate with the server and after a few moments you will see the remote system directories displayed on the right and the local system directories on your home computer on the left. Navigate to where you created your web pages on the Local System (left hand) side by clicking on .. to go up a directory and the directory name to go down into that directory. Now on the Remote System (right hand side), click on public_html to go down into that directory. Highlight the files on the Local System that you wich to transfer to the Remote System and then click on the --> symbol in the box in the middle. You should see the files transfer to the Remote System.

By far the most common mistake made is in dealing with filenames. The filenames and images you reference in your web documents must match the filename EXACTLY to include upper and lower case. Many times someone will reference the file myimage.gif but in the directory the file is really named myimage.GIF, or some variation thereof.

An important note here is the initial page name. The Web server uses a list of names that it looks for when no page name is listed in the URL. This list in order of preference is as follows:

home.html
Home.html
home.htm
welcome.html
Welcome.html
index.html
Index.html
index.htm

Although you can chose any 'starting page' name from this list, we recommended that you name your starting page index.htm.

For example, if your initial page name is home.htm, you can specify the URL as "http://www.jersey.net/~yourname". If your initial page name is not one of those on the list, you must specifically state the page in the URL like this "http://www.jersey.net/~yourname/pagename.html". Note the "~"(tilde) character in the name. If your page was authored on a DOS machine the filename will end in .htm instead of .html. This is okay as long as all of your links reference the correct filename.

After completing these steps, it is always a good idea to load your browser and check out your page. Start at the initial page, then check each link until you are satisfied it is working correctly.

There are many utilities listed on the Creating Your Own Home Page link including information about forms, access privledges,checking your html page when done, etc

If you should have any difficulties, questions or comments send Email and we'll see if we can help.