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	This is an introduction to HTML and using your Redbrick webspace. It is a simple guide to getting a webpage up and running on Redbrick.		This is an introduction to HTML and using your Redbrick webspace. It is a simple guide to getting a webpage up and running on Redbrick.

Butlerx at 10:04, 7 June 2017

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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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	== 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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Install Your Own Blog

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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 this command in your terminal:~~		To start go to [[Installing_Wordpress_on_Redbrick \| Installing Wordpress]] and follow the instructions.
	~~~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.~~

	~~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)~~

	~~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~~

	== File Storage ==		== File Storage ==

Receive: /* Install Your Own Blog */

2008-01-31T22:26:48Z

Install Your Own Blog

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	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.		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.

	Connect to RedBrick with PuTTY and run ~~these commands~~ in your terminal:		Connect to RedBrick with PuTTY and run this command in your terminal:
	~~cd ~/public_html~~
	~receive/bin/install-wordpress		~receive/bin/install-wordpress

Receive: added file storage

2007-10-08T12:59:26Z

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 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 ==

Undone: /* Links */

2007-10-08T02:01:52Z

Links

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

	[http://www.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] - more online web tutorials.		[http://www.w3schools.com w3schools.com] - more online web tutorials.

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

Undone at 02:01, 8 October 2007

2007-10-08T02:01:32Z

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	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

			== Writing HTML on RedBrick ==

			If you want to write your pages on RedBrick here's some html code to get your feet off the ground. Just type nano ~/public_html/index.html and insert the following code:

			<html>
			<head>
			<title> Title of page </title>
			</head>
			<body> The actual webpage goes in here </body>
			</html>

			The <head> and </head> tags tell the Web browser where the HTML in your document starts and finishes. After the <html> is where all the document's information should go. Between <title> and </title> is where the title of your page should go. This appears in the bar at the top of the browser. After these come the <body> and </body> tags. This is where you put the information you want displayed on the actual webpage itself.

			It is important to make sure to close all the tags in the right order. If you open a head tag and then a title tag, you have to close the title tag first, then the head one.

	== Install Your Own Blog ==		== Install Your Own Blog ==
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	cp ~receive/bin/wordpress-redirect.html ~/public_html/index.html; chmod 644 ~/public_html/index.html		cp ~receive/bin/wordpress-redirect.html ~/public_html/index.html; chmod 644 ~/public_html/index.html

			== Further Help ==

	~~== Writing HTML~~ on ~~RedBrick ==~~		This is just a basic introduction to get you on your feet and you'll find loads of sites online with further details. If you need a hand, feel free to get in contact with a member of [[Helpdesk]].

	~~If you want to write your pages on RedBrick here's some html code to get your feet off the ground. Just type nano ~/public_html/index.html and insert the following code:~~		== Links ==

	~~<html>~~		[http://www.redbrick.dcu.ie/services/downloads/winscp360.exe WinSCP] - you can download WinSCP from this link.
	~~<head>~~
	~~<title> Title of page <~~/~~title>~~
	</~~head>~~
	~~<body> The actual webpage goes in here </body>~~
	~~</html>~~

	~~The <head> and </head> tags tell the Web browser where the HTML in your document starts and finishes~~. ~~After the <html> is where all the document's information should go~~. ~~Between <title> and <~~/~~title> is where the title of your page should go. This appears in the bar at the top of the browser. After these come the <body> and <~~/~~body> tags~~. ~~This is where you put the information~~ you ~~want displayed on the actual webpage itself.~~

	~~It is important to make sure to close all the tags in the right order. If you open a head tag and then a title tag, you have to close the title tag first, then the head one.~~


	~~This is just a basic introduction to get you on your feet. There are loads of sites with further details. If you need a hand, feel free to get in contact with a member of [[Helpdesk]]~~.

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

	[http://www.~~redbrick~~.~~dcu.ie/services/downloads/winscp360.exe WinSCP~~] - ~~you can download WinSCP from this link~~.		[http://www.w3schools.com] - more online web tutorials.

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

Receive: /* Writing HTML on RedBrick */

2007-10-08T01:40:51Z

Writing HTML on RedBrick

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	The <head> and </head> tags tell the Web browser where the HTML in your document starts and finishes. After the <html> is where all the document's information should go. Between <title> and </title> is where the title of your page should go. This appears in the bar at the top of the browser. After these come the <body> and </body> tags. This is where you put the information you want displayed on the actual webpage itself.		The <head> and </head> tags tell the Web browser where the HTML in your document starts and finishes. After the <html> is where all the document's information should go. Between <title> and </title> is where the title of your page should go. This appears in the bar at the top of the browser. After these come the <body> and </body> tags. This is where you put the information you want displayed on the actual webpage itself.

	It is important to make sure to close all the tags in the right order. If you open a head tag and then a title tag, you have to close the title tag first, then the head one~~. You can also write your web pages elsewhere (for example, on your desktop) and then transfer them to your webspace via WinSCP~~.		It is important to make sure to close all the tags in the right order. If you open a head tag and then a title tag, you have to close the title tag first, then the head one.

Receive: added using external editors/installing wordpress

2007-10-08T01:38:24Z

added using external editors/installing wordpress

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

	~~The webserver automatically looks for the public_html folder in that person's home directory. It then looks for the index.html file~~ in ~~that~~ folder~~. If it can't find either of them it will return an error.~~		In PuTTY or WinSCP your website is contained in a folder called public_html

	== Permissions ==		== Permissions ==

	~~It is important~~ to ~~make sure that the webpages have the correct~~ [[File Permissions\|~~file~~ permissions]]~~, or they won't be visible to others. File permissions determine~~ who can access your ~~file~~. ~~Your public_html folder needs~~ to be ~~readable, writable and executable~~ to ~~yourself and executable to everyone else~~. ~~The~~ files ~~in your public_html need to be readable~~ and ~~writable to yourself~~ but ~~only readable to everyone else~~.		Before you can do anything with your website you need to know a little about permissions. [[File Permissions\|File permissions]] control who can access your files on the RedBrick server. For your website to be accessible the right permissions need to be set. For files that is 644, and for folders it is 711. (We wont go into what the numbers mean right now, but you can read about it [http://www.december.com/unix/tutor/permissions.html here] if you want)

	~~You~~ can change ~~file permissions using~~ the ~~chmod command. The following commands will set the correct~~ permissions for ~~your public_html~~ folder and ~~index~~.~~html:~~		In WinSCP you can change the permissions for a file/folder by right clicking on it, and selecting properties.

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

	You can also change file permissions through WinSCP. Open WinSCP and login, then simply right click the files and go to Properties, where you can choose the file permissions by clicking. [http://www.redbrick.dcu.ie/services/downloads/winscp360.exe Download WinSCP]		== Making HTML Pages ==

	~~== Setup Code ==~~		The language that ordinary webpages are written is called HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language). You can create HTML pages on your own computer and upload them to RedBrick.

	~~Once~~ that is ~~okay~~, all ~~you have~~ to ~~concentrate on~~ is your index.html and the ~~other pages~~ you ~~wish~~ to ~~put on~~ the web. Here's some html code to get your feet off the ground. Just type nano ~/public_html/index.html and insert the following code:		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)

			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

			== Install Your Own Blog ==

			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.

			Connect to RedBrick with PuTTY and run these commands in your terminal:
			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.

			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)

			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


			== Writing HTML on RedBrick ==

			If you want to write your pages on RedBrick here's some html code to get your feet off the ground. Just type nano ~/public_html/index.html and insert the following code:

	<html>		<html>

Undone at 04:26, 25 March 2007

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

			[[Category:Helpdesk]]