Thinking about setting up a Community Web Hosting web space? Review the FAQ for getting to get started.
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What do I need to get started?
As long as If you have an active Login account, you can use SFTP software to connect to http://sftp.community.wvu.edu and upload your web content. For additional instructions, view the Get Started with Community Web Hosting article.
What can I use my site for?
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All pages must follow the IT Standards Policies and Procedures. Any violation may be subject to access termination or legal preceding.
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Your URL (webpage address) will be in the form of http://community.wvu.edu/~USERNAME/. For example, if your username was jmd000 your URL would be http://community.wvu.edu/~jmd000/.
Can I change my URL/Webpage address?
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The default file for your website must be named either index.html or index.htm. It must also be in all lower caselowercase letters. If you do not have either of those files, then when you go to the website without specifying a file name, you will receive a 404 error that the site can not be found or a 403 error that you are forbidden to look at the website.
How do I transfer files to my Web Space?
View the Get Started with Community Web Hosting Hosting article.
Will my website show up in browser searches?
The WVU search engine (https://search.wvu.edu/) will not index any pages on the server. However other search engines (Google, Yahoo, etc.) on the Internet will be able to "crawl" your site and index it.
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