Web Page Publication

• Save web pages to your personal data storage space (P: drive) in the folder named public_html to make them web accessible.
• If your P: drive does not have a public_html subdirectory you can create one yourself:
  • Open your P: drive
  • From the File menu, choose New > Folder
  • A folder titled New Folder will appear
  • Right-click on this folder, choose Rename
  • Type public_html exactly

URL information

• If you name the default (home) page index.html or index.htm, the url is http://myslu.stlawu.edu/~username
  • Be sure there is a ~ character before the username
  • The username refers to your SLU network login
• If you use another name for a page within your web site, you can access that page by adding the name to the url
  • For example, if I have a web page named mypage.html, the url would be http://myslu.stlawu.edu/~my_username/mypage.html

Frequently asked questions:

• How much space do I have for web pages?
  • Your space on myslu has a limit of 1 GB.  This includes all data in the directory, including those files in the public_html subdirectory.
• Can my web pages have JavaScript, CGI scripts, PHP or use SSI commands?
  • Yes
• Can I do a directory index?
  • No, a directory listing of files will not appear even if there is no file named index.html
• Can I ftp web pages to my directory if I'm not on campus?
• No. We've eliminated FTP due to its lack of security. Instead, we provide SFTP service (FTP over SSH). You can use several free clients (FileZilla for Windows platforms and FUGU for Macintosh). Most web editors like Dreamweaver support FTP over SSH.
  • The server name is myslu.stlawu.edu and the port is 22.