Departmental Web Resources
Contents
The Core Web Site
The core web site - consisting of the pages at http://www.math.mcmaster.ca using the standard blue templates - is maintained by the departmental office. Sections belonging to the core web site include special events & lectures, course-information pop-ups and personal information pop-ups.
Contact Julie Fogarty if you'd like anything changed or added to these pages.
The Secondary Sites
All other pages on www.mcmaster.ca may be considered secondary sites; these are pages that needn't conform to the standard templates and are maintained by individual faculty, staff or researchers. Some examples are:
- research-group sites (e.g Mathematical Biology)
- detailed personal sites (e.g. Matt Valeriot's)
- detailed course sites (e.g. Stats 1CC3)
Advertising Your Site
Always advertise your site as http://www.math.mcmaster.ca/sitename rather than using host names such as icarus or mathserv. The host name can change (e.g. when the server is replaced or if it goes down for an extended period) but www.math.mcmaster.ca will always work.
Posting to Secondary Sites - General Pages
"General pages" refers to sites begin http://www.math.mcmaster.ca/sitename, as opposed to "personal pages", which begin http://www.math.mcmaster.ca/~username. Note that some older personal pages are set up as general sites (e.g. http://www.math.mcmaster.ca/matt) and some general sites are set up as personal pages (e.g. http://www.math.mcmaster.ca/~m1a3).
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Server Name |
www.math.mcmaster.ca |
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Document Root |
/www/sites/www.math/html |
Home-page File |
index.html |
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Access from Servers and Workstations |
You can access the document root shown above on www.math as well as on most linux/unix workstations maintained by RHPCS. From unix and OSX computers on the Math & Stats network you can access the document root show above with the prefix /net/www.math/www. For example: cd /net/www.math/www/sites/www.math/html/mysitename
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| Access via sftp | From any computer, on campus or off, you can sftp to www.math.mcmaster.ca and go to the directory /www.math/www/sites/www.math/html/mysitename |
| Access from Mac OS X | In the Finder, click Go -> Connect to Server... and enter smb://www.math.mcmaster.ca/www and then browse to sites/www.math/html/mysitename. |
| Access from Windows | Click Start -> Run and enter \\www.math.mcmaster.ca\/www and then browse to sites/www.math/html/mysitename. |
Posting to Secondary Sites - Personal Pages
As for August, 2003, all new personal pages reside in the folder public_html in your home directory. Older personal sites may reside at the document root.
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Server Name |
www.math.mcmaster.ca |
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Document Root |
~username/public_html |
Home-page File |
index.html |
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URL |
If your account was added after August 1st, 2003, any of the following will work: http://www.math.mcmaster.ca/~username |
| Access from Servers and Workstations |
public_html should appear in your home directory on the server or any of the departmental workstations. If you don't see the folder, create it it like so: |
| Access via sftp | From any computer, on campus or off, you can sftp to www.math.mcmaster.ca and the folder public_html in your home directory. |
| Access from Mac OS X | In the Finder, click Go -> Connect to Server... and enter smb://www.math.mcmaster.ca/myusername and then browse to public_html . |
| Access from Windows | Click Start -> Run and enter \\www.math.mcmaster.ca\/myusername and then browse to public_html. |
Personal Pages - "Forbidden" Error
If you get the message "Forbidden: You don't have permission to access /~monger on this server." then you most likely need to adjust the permissions of you home and public_html folders:
cd ~
chmod o+x . public_html
Development Site
You can use the development site as a test or staging area so that you don't disturb stable information on the production site (www.math.mcmaster.ca).
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server name |
www-dev-math.mcmaster.ca |
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document root |
/www/sites/www-dev-math/html or ~username/public_html-dev |
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access |
sftp to server or via nfs in /net/www.math/1/local |
Questions or Requests
Contact Kenneth Moyle for more information. See also the Web section of the FAQ.