Personal Web Directory Structure
Your Mathematical Sciences account has a web directory or folder that is accessible via machines managed by the Computer Support Group (CSG). On CSG-managed Linux machines, your web directory is accessible as
/homepage/usernamewhere username is your Mathematical Sciences username. You can also map your web directory to a Microsoft Windows machine, as the folder
\\webedit.divms.uiowa.edu\homepageYou can create subdirectories or subfolders under your web directory, if you like. The web server will look in your web directory and its subdirectories for all your personal web pages, images, sounds, and other web-related files.
Directory Index Files
If a web directory has a directory index file--a file named index.html, index.htm, index.shtml or index.php--then whenever that directory is accessed, the web server will display the contents of that file, instead of listing the contents of the directory. The directory index file in your web directory is your home page.
Accessing Your Web Pages
Each web page you create will have a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) that a web browser can use to access your page. The URL for your home page will depend on which department you are affiliated with; it will be one of
-
http://www.cs.uiowa.edu/~username/ for the
Department of Computer Science
http://www.math.uiowa.edu/~username/ for the
Department of Mathematics
http://www.stat.uiowa.edu/~username/ for the
Department of Statistics and Actuarial
Science
where username is the login name of your Mathematical Sciences account. Other files and directories in your web directory can be accessed by appending the file name to the URL for your personal page. For example, if you are with the Department of Computer Science, you can access a file named filename in your web directory by using the URL "http://www.cs.uiowa.edu/~username/filename".
