CS4624 video-WWW

Problem: how to make files stored on video.cs.vt.edu under your login account be seen as part of the WWW

Solution:

1. login to your account on video
2. create a subdirectory for WWW-accessible data: mkdir public_html
3. go into that directory: cd public_html
4. create files there using an editor (e.g., vi) or a tool for HTML like HoTMetal (invoked with the command sqhm)
5. FTP files (within reason) into that account from other locations, such as a computer in the Derring lab or the New Media Center, with multimedia information (e.g., sound recorded, photos scanned in)
6. have one file called index.html to serve as your home page; thus file ~fox/public_html/index.html can be referred to over the WWW as http://video.cs.vt.edu:90/~fox/
7. have other files in that directory have proper suffixes for WWW (e.g., .html, .jpeg, .mpeg, .tiff, .txt) so, for example, file ~fox/public_html/photo.jpeg can be referred to over the WWW as http://video.cs.vt.edu:90/~fox/photo.jpeg