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Listing Your Web Pages on MyGW
Posted: 10:37 AM, Monday, February 10, 2003
Last Updated: 7:00 PM, Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Follow these directions to add or remove your home page listed on MyGW at

http://my.gwu.edu/mod/homepages/:

Note: Do this after you have setup your web page and uploaded it to Acad and set the proper file permissions.

Related Help Desk Links
- Starting with Web Pages
- Password Protecting Your Web Pages
1. SSH and log into Acad, the host name is acad.gwu.edu. SSH instructions: Mac OS & Windows.

2. To add your page: At the unix prompt type the following four (4) commands in succession and press the enter/return key after each command ...
	cd 

	cd public_html

	touch .public

	chmod 644 .public
... and your Page will be listed within 24 hours.

2. To remove your page, simply remove the .public file using the following three (3) commands:
	cd

	cd public_html

	rm .public
... and your page will be removed in 24 hrs.

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