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Personal web Page at CISE
Everyone who has a CISE account is allowed to have a personal web page. All web pages must meet the conditions specified in the Acceptable Use Policy. Pay special attention to the section on Web Pages in the University of Florida AUP. This applies especially to faculty and staff pages. All faculty and staff who maintain a personal web page should read the UF AUP section on web pages carefully.
An index of all personal web pages is available at here. This page is generated automatically once a day, so once you have created your web page, it will get added here. You must have an index file in your public_html directory.
Additional information about creating personal web pages is included here.
Using CGI scripts
The use of CGI scripts to create dynamic web pages at CISE is allowed. However, CGI script represent a security risk, and can have a negative impact on the web server (CGI scripts have caused both the apache web to be unresponsive, or in some cases to stop working entirely, and have actually caused the entire machine to hang in a few cases). Because of the impact that CGI scripts can have on all departmental web pages, users of CGI scripts must become familiar with the CISE CGI instructions. Additional server specific information is available here.
Running a Java servlet or JSP
Though not technically part of the personal web page, CISE users are allowed to run java servlets and JSPs. Please refer to the CISE Java documentation for more details.
Running PHP programs
PHP programs can be used as an alternative to CGI to make dynamic web pages. Instructions are here.
Using server side includes (SSI) and htaccess/htpasswd files
Information on server side includes is in included in the technical information about the CISE web servers. CISE web server.
CISE Web Server information
Some technical information about the web server and the CISE specific configuration is available here.
Information about the computers being used to run the server(s) including locations of log files can be found here.
Local caching proxy setup
We are running an experimental caching proxy. It can be used to avoid necessity of storing a disk cache for your web browser in your home directory (which can save a lot of disk space) or to make web browsing anonymous. The proxy is only available on CISE machines.
How to restrict web pages with htaccess
Information on using the htaccess file to restrict access to your web pages is included in the CISE server notes.
You can also use the htaccess file in conjunction with the htpasswd file to password protect your web pages. Instructions are here.