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== Location ==
== Location ==


Redbrick sites for each user are located at http://www.redbrick.dcu.ie/~username.
Redbrick sites for each user are located at http://username.redbrick.dcu.ie
(where username is your RedBrick username)
(where username is your RedBrick username)


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In PuTTY permissions can be set with the "chmod" command
In PuTTY permissions can be set with the "chmod" command
chmod 711 public_html
  chmod 644 public_html/index.html
  chmod 644 public_html/index.html


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There are many programs that will make HTML pages for you - both Microsoft Word and Open Office Writer will allow you to save documents as HTML pages you can upload to RedBrick. There are also specialist programs for making webpages such as Macromedia Dreamweaver. Alternatively you could write your own HTML code (the EditPlus installed on CA lab computers is good for this, and [http://www.w3schools.com/html/ this tutorial] will help you get started).
There are many programs that will make HTML pages for you - both Microsoft Word and Open Office Writer will allow you to save documents as HTML pages you can upload to RedBrick. There are also specialist programs for making webpages such as Macromedia Dreamweaver. Alternatively you could write your own HTML code (the EditPlus installed on CA lab computers is good for this, and [http://www.w3schools.com/html/ this tutorial] will help you get started).


Once you're happy with the page(s) you've made you can upload them to your public_html folder with [[Transferring Files|winscp]]. Don't forget that the permissions for all your files need to be set to 644 and all folders 711 (including the public_html folder)
Once you're happy with the page(s) you've made you can upload them to your public_html folder with [[Transferring Files|winscp]]. Don't forget that the permissions for all your files need to be set to 644 and all folders 755 (including the public_html folder)


When people go to your website (http://www.redbrick.dcu.ie/~username) the first file they'll see is the index.html, so make sure to call the main page of your website index.html
When people go to your website (http://www.redbrick.dcu.ie/~username) the first file they'll see is the index.html, so make sure to call the main page of your website index.html
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Setting up your blog will take slightly longer than putting up your first webpage, but once it's setup editing it and adding new pages is as easy e-mail.  
Setting up your blog will take slightly longer than putting up your first webpage, but once it's setup editing it and adding new pages is as easy e-mail.  


Of course, you can install and run any blogging software you like, but we've created a script that does all the hard work and installs the WordPress blog.
Although you can install any content management system you want on redbrick, Wordpress has a good installation guide which is easy to follow for new users.


Connect to RedBrick with PuTTY and run these commands in your terminal:
To start go to [[Installing_Wordpress_on_Redbrick | Installing Wordpress]] and follow the instructions.
cd ~/public_html
~receive/bin/install-wordpress


The install will take 5-10 minutes to run. While it's running you'll need to ask the admins for access to the MySQL database. To get this email admins(AT)redbrick.dcu.ie, tell them that you'd like MySQL access for your wordpress blog.
== File Storage ==


Once the installer has completed your blog will be located at http://www.redbrick.dcu.ie/~USERNAME/blog. Go to that page in your web browser and click "the create a wp-config.php file through a web interface" link. Here you'll be asked for your name and e-mail address, as well as the MySQL details (the admins will e-mail them back to you)
As well as webpages, you can store other files that you want to share publically (except audio/video, they're not allowed). To do this the first thing you'll need to do is create a directory that is listable (so people can see find the files easily - like this one http://www.redbrick.dcu.ie/~receive/temp).
 
To make this type the following in PuTTY
mkdir ~/public_html/files
chmod 755 ~/public_html/files
 
Now you have a files directory in public_html that can be listed (it's listable because you used chmod 755 rather than 711). You can transfer files up here with WinSCP (just don't forget to chmod them 644)


If you want people to see your blog when they go to your website at http://www.redbrick.dcu.ie/~USERNAME this can be done with a re-direct, just run this command in PuTTY
  cp ~receive/bin/wordpress-redirect.html ~/public_html/index.html; chmod 644 ~/public_html/index.html


== Further Help ==
== Further Help ==
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== Links ==
== Links ==


[http://www.redbrick.dcu.ie/services/downloads/winscp360.exe WinSCP] - you can download WinSCP from this link.
[https://winscp.net/download/WinSCP-5.9.5-Setup.exe WinSCP] - you can download WinSCP from this link.


[http://www.tizag.com tizag.com] - how to use html, css, php etc.
[http://www.tizag.com tizag.com] - how to use html, css, php etc.


[http://www.w3schools.com w3schools.com] - more online web tutorials.
[https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/ MDN] - more online web tutorials.


[[Category:Helpdesk]]
[[Category:Helpdesk]]
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