- Inside one of your terminal windows, change to your
personal html directory, using the command
cd ~/public_html
If the directory doesn't exist, create it with
mkdir ~/public_html
Use your favorite editor to create the file
first.html
and enter the text below and saving the file.
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>
My First Page
</TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
Welcome to my personal Web page.
</BODY>
</HTML>
Save the file.
If you don't have a favorite editor, then type the command
xemacs first.html &
-
XEmacs might ask you for your email address at the bottom of the window. Make
corrections as appropriate.
-
XEmacs will ask for your document title at the bottom of the window,
enter
My First Page
-
Save the document that xemacs created by clicking the
Save button.
-
Exit XEmacs by selecting Exit from the File menu.
Examine your page by entering the URL
http://vaweb.valinux.com/~username/first.html
in your browser, where username is the name your computer uses
for you.
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