Adding Info to RPInfo

For RPI students & faculty, adding things to the World Wide Web is easy. This is a quick guide on how you can get information into RPinfo. You should also read the RPInfo FAQ.

Create a directory

From your home directory, type: "mkdir public_html"

Make that directory public

Type: "fs setacl public_html system:anyuser rl"

More information on file security is available from ITS:
• Sharing Files in RCS UNIX
• AFS Information

Create a home page

You can put whatever you like in your home page. The only thing you need to do is write in a language called HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language).

Quick Tips

• Name your home page "index.html", so you URL will be: http://www.rpi.edu/~yourid (Where yourid, of course, is your user ID.)
• Find an HTML page you like and look at its source code. "View Source" is available from Mosaic's "File" menu. If you really like a page, copy it and then swap in your information. Use the "Save As ..." (HTML) command on the "File" menu.
• Read "Using UNIX Workstations" and "Using UNIX: The Rensselaer Computing System (RCS) if you want help on using UNIX.
• Consider using a word processor, saving the file as RTF, and then translating into HTML with rtftohtml

Other home pages

• RPI's students
• Henry R. Bungay
• B. Wayne Bequette.
• Web Stayman
• John December
• Tony Sanders

Help with HTML

• Rensselaer's HTML wisdom
• NCSA's HTML Primer
• OneWorld's HTML Developer's page
• CERN's (rather technical) specification of the language

Covering the legalities

Before you can get pointed at from RPInfo, you need to sign some forms. Read "How to get your information into RPInfo"

Getting Pointed At

The things you put into your public_html directory don't do much good if nobody can find them. So, you typically want somebody to point at you. I would expect that most departments and student groups would be willing to point at their members. If they don't maybe you ought to harass them until they do.