Publishing a Personal Web Site with WebSpace
WebSpace allows you to publish personal Web sites. Students can create personal sites or ePortfolios to showcase their coursework and projects, and faculty can publish material that complements courses they teach, or publish their CVs and list their publications.
WebSpace supports Web sites that use plain HTML, CSS, and Javascript. Dynamic sites, such as those that use PHP or Perl, are not supported.
Creating a Personal Web Site
Actually creating a personal Web site is beyond the scope of this document. However, there are many good online tutorials available that step you through creating a Web site, including:
- Web Publishing at The University of Texas at Austin
- Getting Started with HTML (W3C)
- Introduction to HTML (W3Schools)
When creating your Web site, be sure to name your main (home) page index.html, since this is the file that the browser looks for by default in your www directory. Using index.html as your main page will allow visitors to view your site without having to guess what you might have called the home page.
Uploading Your Web Site
- Create a new folder and name it "www".
- Right-click the www folder, select Manage, and then select Permissions.
- For the Public group, select the Viewer (Read-Only) radio button, and then click the Apply button. NOTE: Only give Viewer (Read-Only) permissions to the Public group, or ANYONE will be able to modify or delete your files.
- Upload all of the files for your Web site into the www folder.
Your Web site address is: https://webspace.utexas.edu/~youruteid/
