Bowdoin Web Services

Bowdoin Web Services

Personal Web Publishing

Setting up Your Personal Web Page Account

To begin building your personal web page you must first log into your Polar or Arctos account through an SSH  application such as PuTTY on Windows or the Terminal application on OS X.  PuTTY is available for download on the IT software utilities section.

Logging into Polar (PC):

  1. Click once on your "Start" menu.
  2. Click on the "PuTTY" icon.
  3. The PuTTY configuration window will open.
  4. Type polar.bowdoin.edu into the hostname box.  Make sure the SSH radio button is checked.  Click Open.
  5. At the login prompt type in your "Bowdoin email username".
  6. Press the "Enter" key on your keyboard.
  7. At the password prompt type in your "Bowdoin email password".

Logging into Polar or Arctos (Macintosh):

  1. Locate the Terminal application.
  2. Double-click on the Terminal application icon. A blank terminal window opens.
  3. Type ssh yourusername@polar.bowdoin.edu and click return.
  4. At the login prompt type in your "Bowdoin email username".
  5. Press the "Enter" key on your keyboard.
  6. At the password prompt type in your "Bowdoin email password".
  7. Press the "Enter" key on your keyboard.

Getting your Web Page Started (PC):

  1. At the polar> prompt type in "websetup"
  2. Press the Enter key on your keyboard. (This will create a directory (folder) named public_html in your Unix account.)
  3. Type in your name at the next prompt. A file named "Welcome.html" will be added to the directory and become the homepage for your site.
  4. Type in "logout" at the prompt to exit out of TelNet.
  5. Open up a web browser and type in your home page address. (e.g.http://www.Bowdoin.edu/~username )
  6. A welcome page will appear confirming that you have run the web setup program successfully.

Getting your Web Page Started (Macintosh):

  1. At the polar> prompt type in "websetup"
  2. Press the Enter key on your keyboard. (This will create a directory (folder) named public_html in your Unix account.)
  3. Type in your name at the next prompt. A file named "Welcome.html" will be added to the directory and become the homepage for your site.
  4. Type in "logout" at the prompt to exit out of TelNet.
  5. Open up a web browser and type in your home page address. (e.g.http://www.Bowdoin.edu/~username)
  6. A welcome page will appear confirming that you have run the web setup program successfully.