In order to create a homepage you need to place your HTML documents in a
world readable directory named "www" in your home directory.  This
directory is automatically created for new accounts, so in most cases
you should not need to create it.  If it does not exist, and you do need
to create this directory, use the commands:

    cd
    mkdir -p www
    fs sa www system:anyuser rl

to do so. This creates a directory named www into which you will 
place all file relating to your homapege. Now, within that directory, 
you have to create a file (such as home.html) written in html format.
Note that HTML documents MUST end in ".html".

For an introduction to programming in html, you may want to check out
the following URL:

    http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/General/Internet/WWW/HTMLPrimer.html

Once you have created your index.html file, the URL for that page would be:

    http://web.mit.edu/username/www/index.html
    (or http://web.mit.edu/username/www/ since index.html is assumed)

Or, you can access the index.html file through the same web server through

    http://www.mit.edu/~username/index.html
    (or http://www.mit.edu/~username/)

If you want your page to be listed in the stuff.mit.edu index as well,
you need to send email to stuffmaster@mit.edu requesting this. Your
page will then also be available via the URL:

    http://www.mit.edu/people/username/

Additionaly, you can request that your page be listed on the MIT
Student Homepages list.

For more information about publishing information on the web and the
capabilities of MIT's web.mit.edu and www.mit.edu servers, look at the
URL:

    http://web.mit.edu/is/topics/webpublishing/index.html

For more information about creating a homepage, including links to 
pages which offer further help, check out the URL:

    http://stuff.mit.edu/doc/how-to-hp.html

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