The webpages I have created on users.aber.ac.uk are not visible, what should I do?

For your web pages to be visible on the internet, each page (and any directories within your public_html directory) need to be given the correct permissions.

If your users.aber.ac.uk/[username] webpages are not visible the permissions on the files may be incorrect.

You can change the permissions on the files and folders in your public_html folder:

1. using an automatic script
2. by manually setting the permissions

Using the PAU AutomaticScript (public_html)

• Start a terminal session (How do I connect to central.aber.ac.uk?) and log on to Central using your PAU login
• At the $ prompt type the word fixwebperms and press the Enter key
• The script will run through the files and folders and fix any permission errors
  • If there are incorrect permissions the script will list them.
  • When it has changed the incorrect permissions it will display
    Fixed permissions on x files
    where x is the number of files changed
  • If all the permissions are correct will display the message:
    Permissions all look OK

Manually setting permissions (cgi-bin and public_html)

• Start a terminal session (How do I connect to central.aber.ac.uk?) and log on to Central using the login of the Web account you are working with
• Type in cd public_html (this takes you into your public_html directory) and hit Enter
• To set the correct permissions for a directory within public_html type in
  chmod 755 directoryname
• To set the correct permissions for a web page or image file type in
  chmod 644 filename
• To set the correct permissions for a PHP script type in
  chmod 700 filename
• Hit Enter and the permissions will be set