THR492 - AFS Tutorial

Making your web page live

Every student at Michigan State Universtity is entitled to 100MB of AFS web space.

Step 1:

  • Set up web site permissions. Direct a web browser to this link
  • Log in, and select the "Manage Personal Web Page Permissions" option
  • Ensure that "Public" is selected, then press the "Change web access" button.


Step 2:

  • Upload your web page - Download and install SmartFTP from this link:
  • Start the program and connect to the afs space, filling in host, username and password in the main interface
    • Address: afs.msu.edu
    • Username: your MSU NetID
    • Password: your MSU NetID Password
  • Press Enter to login, then click or double click on the "Web" Folder
  • Drag and drop all your .htm, .html, .jpg, and .gif files to that folder
  • Your main page should be named index.htm or index.html, and is now availible on the web at:
    • http://www.msu.edu/~yourMSUNetID/