Upload and View Your People Web Pages

To upload Web pages that you create on your Macintosh or a PC to the People Web server, use the File Transfer Protocol (FTP) program. While working on-campus you may use Fetch (Mac) or Filezilla FTP (PC) to transfer your files. While working off-campus you may use Fetch (Mac), Filezilla or SSH (PC) to transfer your files.

Using Dreamweaver to Upload

You may use Macromedia Dreamweaver to create, manage, and upload your Web pages. You must enter the FTP Host (www.people.vcu.edu) and the Host Directory (public_html/) in the FTP section of the Remote Info section of the Edit option. This allows you to "Get Files" and "Put Files" on the sever.

Dreamweaver Setup Tutorial

Using Filezilla

Please visit the FTP Tutorial for more information on how to use the FTP Program.

Setting Permissions on your Documents

Your "home page" (the initial entry point to your Web site) should be named "index.html" to keep people from looking at all documents in your Web directory without following your specific links. NOTE: If you used an UNIX editor (such as jove or vi) to create your Web pages then you must enter the command  chmod 644 [filename] before you or anyone else can view it using the Web server. If you created your Web pages on your Mac or PC and used one of the above FTP programs, FrontPage, or Dreamweaver, then your file permissions will automatically be set properly.

Viewing your Web Site

The URL address for your Web pages is http://www.people.vcu.edu/~[userid]/[filename] where "[userid]" is your login id on the system and 'index.html' is the actual name of the file (do not include the brackets "[ ]" in your actual address). Remember, in order for browsers to process HTML documents properly, the "filename" must end in ".html" (or .htm). If no filename is included then the browser looks for a file named index.html.

Publishing your Home Page

Once you have completed your Web site and you are satisfied with its appearance, you can submit your URL to be included in the VCU Faculty and Staff Homepage Directory.

Resetting your People password

If you've forgotten your password for the people server, you can reset you People password. After clicking the link, you will be prompted for your VCU eID and password. Enter those and you will be given a form to reset your password for the People server.