CBRG account web space

This page is for molbiol account holders who would like to write web pages or cgi scripts to aid their scientific research.

• HTML and CGI pages at the CBRG
• Guide to using your web space
• Further notes

HTML and CGI pages at the CBRG

The CBRG can provide web space to molbiol account holders for the development of scientific and bioinformatics-related web pages and cgi-scripts.

Individual account web space is available on application. Please send an email to genmail outlining the proposed content of the pages that you would like to create.

Please note - we do not provide web space for non-scientific use (for example, personal web pages). For personal web content we recommend the free service at the OUCS.

Guide to using your web space

1. You will be provided with two directories on orac for your web content:
   - Put all static pages in /wwwdata/userweb/username (where username = your user name!)
   - cgi-scripts (if any) in /wwwdata/userweb/username/cgi-bin
   


2. You must ensure that the documents you create are accessible:
   - html documents must be "world readable" (use: chmod 744 filename)
   - cgi-scripts and any sub-directories that you create have to be "world executable" (use: chmod 755 filename)
   


3. The web content can be viewed at:
   - html pages at: www.cbrg.ox.ac.uk/~username
   - cgi-scripts at: www.cbrg.ox.ac.uk/~username/cgi-bin
   
   For example, a user called, "anon" who created a file called "index.html" in:
   /wwwdata/userweb/anon/index.html
   ...would be able to see the page via a web browser at:
   www.cbrg.ox.ac.uk/~anon/index.html
   

Further notes

• A convenient way to access the web directories is to set up a symlink from your home directory. For example, (again, changing username for your user name), type:
  ln -s /wwwdata/userweb/username ~/CBRG_html
  Then, to access your web space directories, simply type:
  cd CBRG_html
  


• The web server used in the examples above is, neelix.molbiol.ox.ac.uk. We have a separate web server (zen.molbiol.ox.ac.uk) available for users that wish to move their pages/scripts to a faster production server. For example, you may wish to provide cgi software on the web that is to be used on a regular basis by many users. The basic criteria for access to this server is that the programs should be thoroughly tested and shown to have no security issues. If you would like to take advantage of this production server, please email us and we will discuss it with you.
  


• We reserve the right to withdraw individual rights to the web service if we believe that it is being used for non-scientific purposes.




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