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--- howto:sscs:setup_website [2022/04/01 16:18] – [Accessing Your public_html Folder] jnilsson
+++ howto:sscs:setup_website [2025/08/27 19:03] (current) – [Accessing Your public_html Folder] jnilsson
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 ===== Overview =====
-  * Personal website URL: ''%%https://www.socsci.uci.edu/~username%%''
+  * Personal website URL: ''%%https://sites.socsci.uci.edu/~username%%''
-    * You can also use your department website's domain name instead of socsci
   * Upload files to your site via SFTP on the server **''nexus.socsci.uci.edu''**
   * Website files go in the folder: ''public_html''
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 ===== Accessing Your public_html Folder =====
+  * **VPN Requirement**: please note that if you are off-campus, the Cisco AnyConnect VPN is required to connect to the SFTP server discussed below.
 The best way to access your network home directory, where the public_html folder is located, is to use SFTP. There are many programs you can use to accomplish this, but here are some common ones:
-  * On Windows: [[https://filezilla-project.org/download.php|FileZilla]] or [[http://winscp.net/eng/download.php|WinSCP]]
+  * On Windows: [[https://winscp.net/eng/download.php|WinSCP]] or [[https://filezilla-project.org/download.php|FileZilla]]
-  * On Mac: [[https://filezilla-project.org/download.php?platform=osx|FileZilla]]
+  * On Mac: [[https://cyberduck.io/download/|Cyberduck]] or [[https://filezilla-project.org/download.php?platform=osx|FileZilla]]
 When you have installed and opened your SFTP software, use these settings to setup a connection to our server:
+^ VPN Required  | Yes, for off-campus connections  |
 ^ Server host name  | nexus.socsci.uci.edu  |
 ^ Protocol  | SFTP  |
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 You are responsible for creating and uploading all website files to the public_html directory.
-==== Your personal website URL ====
-The format of the URL for your web site is: **%%www.socsci.uci.edu/~username%%** (for most users the username is usually your UCINetID).
+==== Redirecting your site to an external location ====
+If you are no longer using your ''%%~username%%'' website and have set up a sites.uci.edu page or some other external website, you can redirect visitors from your ''%%socsci.uci.edu/~username%%'' site to the new location. There are a few methods to achieve this, but the simplest is to create an **index.html** file in your public_html directory with contents like this (be sure to replace NEW.WEBSITE.URL with the full location of your new site):<file index.html>
+<html>
+<head>
+<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="1;URL='https://NEW.WEBSITE.URL'" />
+</head>
+<body>
+<p>Redirecting to my new website momentarily...</p>
+</body>
+</html>
+</file>
-  * You can, alternatively, use your department's website URL. For example, if you are in Anthropology, you could share the link **%%www.anthropology.uci.edu/~username%%**
+After you place this index.html file in your public_html file, please remove all your other old files so that the old content is not left on our server.
 ==== Questions? ====