This material is repeated from the SENS web site

Personal Web Pages

Creating a personal web page that can be accessed by the SENS web servers involves making a directory named "public_html" under your Engineering home directory and putting a file named "index.html" in it. A script named "mkengpage", which was modified from the CIT "mkhomepage" script, can be used to do this; after running it, the file "index.html" can be edited to suit your needs.

Once your page is created, it can be accessed using a URL such as this for users with Engineering accounts: 

http://www.eng.buffalo.edu/~username
Or by using a URL like this for users with NS&M accounts: 
http://www.nsm.buffalo.edu/~username
In either example, substitute "username" for your UNIX login name.

Please Note: Your home directory must be set for world execute access, using a command such as "chmod 711 ~", so that the server can access your "public_html" page. If you did this correctly, the command "ls -ld ~" should show something like this: 

drwx--x--x  11 jdoe  easdue  512 Mar  6 10:11 /eng/home/nobody
or, if you have an NS&M account: 
drwx--x--x  11 jdoe  easdue  512 Mar  6 10:11 /nsm/home/nobody

Also, your "public_html" directory must be world-readable and world-executable so that the web server software can access files in it. To do this, use a command such as "chmod 755 public_html". If you did this correctly, the command "ls -ld ~/public_html" should show something like this: 

drwxr-xr-x  11 jdoe  easdue  512 Apr 25 09:12 /eng/home/nobody/public_html
or, if you have an NS&M account: 
drwxr-xr-x  11 jdoe  easdue  512 Apr 25 09:12 /nsm/home/nobody/public_html

Finally, all files under your "public_html directory must be world-readable; typing "ls -l" inside your "public_html" directory should show something like this: 

-rw-r--r--   1 jdoe  easdue  11345 Apr 25 09:12 index.html

The staff of SENS can not provide help or consultation with respect to creating personal web pages; this service is being provided only as a courtesy. We will, however, support issues related to the web server itself.

The CIT User Services Group offers workshops on how to create web pages. Check this UB Wings page for more information (look for "Using HTML to Create a Home Page/PCs").