All Humboldt State University students, faculty and staff are automatically provided with an account on the local campus web server to host individual and faculty course websites; the account is valid for the entire time they are associated with HSU. To ensure that all HSU-hosted websites are accessible to the entire campus community, you will be asked to take a short survey and, depending on the type of site, undertake Accessibility Training Initiative (ATI) training before your account is activated.

Activating Your Site

To start the account activation process, follow these steps.

1. Log in to the Account Center
2. Click the "Account Tools" tab
3. Click “Manage Your Personal Web Account”
4. Click “Request Personal Web Account”
5. Create an Alias and complete the ATI Survey to request your account. If this is a faculty website, you'll need to log in to Moodle and complete the required ATI training before your site can go live.

Setting Up Your Site

To upload content to your site, you can use either secure FTP (SFTP) or Network Folders, HSU’s remote-access central file storage system for all current students, staff and faculty. Your web site files should be stored in the public_html folder. 

More about uploading content

Site development and management tools

Note the following changes from the previous system:

• Newer software versions (Apache 2.2, MySQL 5, PHP 5) are now supported
• The use of tildes has been eliminated from URLs
• CGI scripts, including perl, are no longer supported.

Adding MySQL to Your Site

1. Log in to the Account Center
2. Click the "Account Tools" tab
3. Click “Manage Your Web Account”
4. Click “Request MySQL Account”
5. Follow the instructions on the screen

IMPORTANT NOTE: Do not make any file that contains a password to a database, such as a config file, "world readable".