How to Create a Webpage and Post Your Rèsumè


To upload your rèsumè and save it as a text file


  1. If your rèsumè was not written in a text file, you must save it as one.
  2. Open the rèsumè file. Highlight the entire document and copy it to the clipboard (CTRL-C).
  3. Open up a text application (such as notepad) and paste the file there (CTRL-V). Save the file as "resume.txt".
  4. Run MS DOS. Type in the directory to which you saved resume.txt. Then type in

                ftp robin.cooper.edu

  5. At this point, you will be prompted to enter your password. To add "resume.txt" to your Cooper account, type in

                put resume.txt

Your rèsumè is now listed in your personal account.

How to create the PUB_HTML directory


The directory for your website is PUB_HTML. To create this directory, you must be working on a UNIX platform. At the $ prompt, type in "mkdir PUB_HTML" and it will make the directory for you.

How to move your rèsumè to PUB_HTML


In order to post your rèsumè on your website, you need to move it to PUB_HTML. However, you must first convert the file from text to HTML. You can do this one of two ways:
  1. Run it through the text to HTML program that you have already written. To save the html version of your rèsumè, type in "./a.out < resume.txt > resume.html" This runs the text file through the program, converts it to HTML and then save s it as an HTML file.
  2. Open the file in Microsoft Word. Go to File|Save As... and on the pull down menu, select ".html"
To move this file to PUB_HTML, type in "mv resume.html PUB_HTML/" at the $ prompt. To check if your rèsumè is actually in PUB_HTML, type in "cd PUB_HTML" and hit enter. Typing "ls" will list all files in the PUB_HTML directory:

How to create a link from a welcome page to your rèsumè


In order to do this, you need to have a basic understanding of HTML (you will have to write the welcome page in HTML). Consult The Cooper Union Survival Guide for help. At the $ prompt, type in "vi Welcome.html". Typing a capital W in "Welcome" will make the welcome page appear as the default for your webpage. To create the link to your rèsumè, you must incorporate the following line in the body:

<A HREF="resume.html">my resume</A>

This will create a hyperlink from your welcome page to your rèsumè. Your webpage should look something like this:

You can change things about your webpage, such as the background color. To learn how perform more complex operations in HTML, try clicking here

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