Personal Web Publishing

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Setting up Your Personal Web Page Account

To begin building your personal web page you must first log into your Polar or Arctos account through Telnet(PC) or NiftyTelnet(Mac).

Logging into Polar or Arctos (PC):

  1. Click once on your "Start" menu.
  2. Click on the "Telnet" icon.
  3. The Telnet-Connect window will open.
  4. Double-click on "Polar" or "Arctos".
  5. At the login: prompt type in your Bowdoin email username.
  6. Press the "Enter" key on your keyboard.
  7. Type in your Bowdoin email password.
  8. Press the "Enter" key on your keyboard.

Logging into Polar or Arctos (Macintosh):

  1. Locate the NiftyTelNet application in your Macintosh hard drive.
  2. Double-click on the NiftyTelNet application icon. The NiftyTelNet New Connection window opens.
  3. Type "Polar" or "Arctos" in the Hostame field.
  4. Click once on "Connect".
  5. At the login prompt type in your "Bowdoin email username".
  6. Press the "Enter" key on your keyboard.
  7. At the password prompt type in your "Bowdoin email password".
  8. Press the "Enter" key on your keyboard.

Getting your Web Page Started (PC):

  1. At the arctos> or polar> prompt type in "websetup"
  2. Press the Enter key on your keyboard. (This will create a directory (folder) named public_html in your Unix account.)
  3. Type in your name at the next prompt. A file named "Welcome.html" will be added to the directory and become the homepage for your site.
  4. Type in "logout" at the prompt to exit out of TelNet.
  5. Open up a web browser and type in your home page address. (e.g.http://www.Bowdoin.edu/~username )
  6. A welcome page will appear confirming that you have run the web setup program successfully.

Getting your Web Page Started (Macintosh):

  1. At the arctos> or polar> prompt type in "websetup"
  2. Press the Enter key on your keyboard. (This will create a directory (folder) named public_html in your Unix account.)
  3. Type in your name at the next prompt. A file named "Welcome.html" will be added to the directory and become the homepage for your site.
  4. Type in "logout" at the prompt to exit out of TelNet.
  5. Open up a web browser and type in your home page address. (e.g.http://www.Bowdoin.edu/~username)
  6. A welcome page will appear confirming that you have run the web setup program successfully.