Information for creating and uploading your own personal website at Connexus.
Fancy putting yourself on the Web? You're invited to create your own Home Page on Connexus at no extra charge. We allocate 5 megabytes of storage space for each user. This amount of space is more than adequate for a decent number of pages including text, graphics and sound.
The address of your Home Page is based on your email address. For example, if your email address is jsmith@connexus.net.au then your Home Page address (URL) would be http://home.connexus.net.au/~jsmith
For information about Business and Corporate WebSites, please contact our sales staff on 1300-133-888 or email sales@connexus.net.au. We offer a range of competitively priced Web hosting services, including Domain Name Registration, Virtual Servers, and Web Authoring.
World Wide Web pages are written in a language called HTML, or Hyper Text Markup Language. If you are new to HTML, many HTML editors are available to simpify the process for you. Most editors are mouse-driven and require no knowledge of the HTML programming commands.
The first page of your Home Page must be named index.html or index.htm This index file will be displayed to internet users when they access your Home Page.
Connexus operates a UNIX server which is case sensitive. When you create links to other documents (html pages, pictures etc) the filename in the link must exactly match the file you upload onto the Connexus server. For example, if you create a link for Information.html but the file you upload is named information.html (small i instead of capital I) then a "Not found" message will appear if that link is accessed. We suggest that you use lower case only for links and filenames to avoid problems.
Download.com contains a collection of internet software for Windows and Macintosh. It lists many different HTML editors, complete with a description and rating.
TUCOWS HTML—Comprehensive startup resources for beginners through to advanced webmasters.
Web Design Group—A useful reference for more advanced web designers, and those who prefer to write their own HTML. (Recommended by our own web designers!)
Effective use of images and sounds can add 'pizazz' and excitement to your Home Page. If you use images and sounds which others have created, be careful to ensure that you are able to freely use them. Some images and sounds are subject to copyright or restricted distribution.
A number of internet sites feature collections of images and/or sounds for free use. Try the following for starters:
After writing your HTML pages (click here for instructions), you will need to upload them to our Server before they can be accessed by the internet public.
FTP (File Transfer Protocol) is the easiest way to upload your files. For Windows users, we recommend the "WS-FTP" program. You can download the WS-FTP software by clicking one of the following links:
You can save this installation file to disk. Remember where you save it. When the download is completed, find the saved file and double-click it to run the WS-FTP installation program. You can then open WS-FTP.
After opening WS-FTP you will be prompted for "Session Properties".
Once you have connected to the server, directory names will appear in the white box below the Remote System Name.
You must store all your Home Page files in your public_html folder. If a public_html folder is not listed you will need to click the MkDir button then enter public_html
Simply double-click the public_html folder name to open the folder. Now, look in the left hand side labelled "Local System" and navigate to the directory on your hard disk which contains your webpages.
To transfer your pages, simply click a filename in the Local System box then click the --> button on the screen to transfer from Local to Remote. Remember that the first page of your Home Page must be named index.html or index.htm
*Also remember to transfer any images you have used to create your Home Page.
When finished, click Exit.
The following CGI scripts have been pre-installed on our server, and are available for customer use:
The program we use is Count 2.5 by M. Muquit.
To use the counter, simply add the following line to your HTML file:
<img src="http://home.connexus.net.au/cgi-shared/Count.cgi?df=yourname1.dat">
The df= tag specifies the filename in which the counter data will be stored. To avoid conflicting with other customers, you should enter a filename which relates to your username. For example, if your username was simond you should use simond1.dat.
The Counter supports many options for customisation. Refer to these pages for information:
The script we use is FormMail 1.92 from Matt's Script Archive.
FormMail decodes the input from an HTML form, and mails the results to an email address.
To use FormMail in your Webpage, follow these general steps:
Please refer to the FormMail documentation for a list of many additional options:
Points to note: Remember to test your Web pages (especially form processing) thoroughly before making them available to the public. You should continue to test them on an ongoing basis to ensure the form processing is working.
For security reasons only @connexus.net.au addresses can use the Formmail script by default. All other domains need to be manually added to the @referers array.
Please contact the Connexus HelpDesk if your domain needs to be added to the @referers array.
