Using the Student Web Server

NOTE: You must have a Cortland email account before you can create a web folder.

  • Create a web folder
    • Go to http://studentweb.cortland.edu and click the "Create a Web Account" link.
    • Click "Create My Web Account"
    • Enter your Cortland NetID and password, then click OK
    • Read the Terms of Service and press Continue
    • Make sure you see a confirmation screen stating "Web Folder Created Successfully"
  • Put pages in your web folder
    • Use any FTP program.
    • FTP to studentweb.cortland.edu
    • Login with your current Cortland NetID.
    • Use your NetID password.
    • You should connect to your website.
  • Access to web space created BEFORE August 1, 2008
    • If your web space was created BEFORE August 1, 2008, the url includes your old email address. Your URL to access your website is http://studentweb.cortland.edu/ followed by your old email address and your home page. For example, if your email was smith54 and your first web page is top.html, then the URL is http://studentweb.cortland.edu/smith54/top.html
  • Access to web space created AFTER August 1, 2008
    • If your web space was created AFTER August 1, 2008, the url includes your new email address. Your URL to access your website is http://studentweb.cortland.edu/ followed by your email address and your home page. For example, if your email is john.smith and your first web page is top.html, then the URL is http://studentweb.cortland.edu/john.smith/top.html.
  • NOTES:
    • A page named index.htm is automatically created when you create your folder and is the page that opens by default when you access your URL without specifying a page. If you create a page named index.html, it will open by default when you access your URL without specifying a page. Index.html supercedes index.htm.
    • If your first page is index.htm, then the URL would be http://studentweb.cortland.edu/smith54
      • or http://studentweb.cortland.edu/john.smith. Again, note the difference between urls created before August 1, 2008 or after August 1, 2008.
    • The automated index.htm file will have a disclaimer at the bottom that says "The views and opinions expressed in this page are strictly those of the page author. The contents of this linked page have not been reviewed or approved by SUNY Cortland."
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