Overview

To get your own World-Wide Web (WWW) home page on VM/CMS, you must:

1. Estimate how much disk space you'll need;
2. Have disk space added to your VM/CMS userid;
3. Initialize the new disk space; and
4. Copy your WWW-accessible items to the new disk.

Estimate How Much Disk Space You'll Need

If you just want to experiment with the VM/CMS WWW server, and don't have a specific purpose in mind, use 450 kilobytes as your estimate. This is the smallest increment of VM/CMS disk space that you can get.

If you have a specific purpose in mind, you may wish to estimate the amount of disk space you need more accurately. To do this, first write a list of the items you wish to make WWW-accessible. If these items already exist as disk files, also write their sizes. For items that don't yet exist as disk files, use the following typical sizes:

Small human-readable text items: 1 kilobyte
Medium human-readable text items: 25 kilobytes
Large human-readable text items: 100 kilobytes

Small multimedia items: 50 kilobytes
Medium multimedia items: 250 kilobytes
Large multimedia items: 1 megabyte

Add the total number of kilobytes for all items you want to store and use this as your disk space estimate. If you estimate wrong, it's OK; once your WWW minidisk has been created, UTCC can increase or reduce its size.

Adding Disk Space

Once you've estimated how much disk space you'll need, then send E-mail to the Computing Help Desk, at "HELPDESK@UTKVM1.UTK.EDU". Include:

• your name;
• your VM/CMS userid;
• your telephone number;
• how much disk space you'll need;
• that it's for a WWW home page so it must be added as a new minidisk at virtual address 1BB; and
• that the new minidisk must have a read password of "ALL".

The Help Desk staff will forward your request and the WWW minidisk will be added within a few working days.

Remember the additional disk space will increase your monthly VM/CMS usage charge. Each disk space increment of 450 kilobytes will increase your monthly VM/CMS usage charge about 60 cents.

Initializing Your WWW Minidisk

After your WWW minidisk has been added to your VM/CMS userid, log on to your VM/CMS userid and enter the command:

     MAKE_WWWHOME

1. Verifies you have a WWW minidisk;
2. Formats your WWW minidisk; and
3. Copies disk files to your WWW minidisk. These files include:
   • INDEX HTML, your WWW home page;
   • SAMPLE HTML, a sample human-readable text file;
   • PLAIN TXT, a sample ordinary human-readable text file;
   • UTLOGO GIF, a sample picture; and
   • WEBSHARE FILELIST, an authorization file.

After running the MAKE_WWWHOME command, use the FILELIST command to see what's are on your WWW minidisk. Then use XEDIT to look at each file. Be absolutely sure not to change and save UTLOGO.GIF, else you may damage it. If you damage it, it may be unviewable.

Copy Your WWW-accessible Items to Your WWW Minidisk

VM/CMS stores your WWW-accessible items in disk files. Copy each item to your WWW minidisk. This puts the items in a place where the VM/CMS WWW server can find them.

You'll find a VM/CMS disk file called WEBSHARE FILELIST on your WWW minidisk. Edit it. For each WWW item, enter its VM/CMS disk file name and file type on a separate line. This tells the VM/CMS WWW server it's OK to make these items WWW-accessible.

Finally, you should put hypertext references to your WWW-accessible items on your WWW home page. The WWW server does not require this, but it helps WWW users find your WWW-accessible items.