Web Related Support
View Websites for CS Courses
ADD: To view your site, go to https://<servername> , click on your class then select your team or name.
If you are hosting your site on another server, please send an email with the URL and your name and course number to csmaster@utep.edu to have the index.html updated.
Upload Website Contents for CS Courses
ADD: Select a Secure File Transfer Application such as “WINSCP” or “FileZilla” version 3.23 (not a newer version!). If there are no transfer application on your system, you can download them at:
https://winscp.net/eng/download.php
https://filehippo.com/download_filezilla/72071/
For MAC:
https://filehippo.com/mac/download_filezilla_for_mac/72045/
To upload content to your website, connect to sftp2.cs.utep.edu with your MINERS credentials using FTP port 21 and explicit TLS/SSL Explicit encryption (if asked).
Class related websites are stored in the Websites directory. Your files are located in the folder corresponding to your class number and your MINERS username or Team depending on the Class.
Example:
Upload Website Contents for CS Courses
Log in to any Windows machine and open the Secure File Transfer Client program. If the Secure File Transfer Client program is not available, you can download it here. For more information on how to use the SFTP protocol, click here.
To upload content to your website, connect to sftp2.cs.utep.edu with your MINERS credentials.
Class related websites are stored in the Websites directory. Your files are located in the folder corresponding to your class number and your MINERS username.
To edit a CS Virtual site, sitename.cs.utep.edu, follow these steps:
- ssh to moon.cs.utep.edu using your CS Linux Account. For instructions on SSH and SFTP.
- # cd /var/www/vhosts/sitename
- Edit index.html or any other webpage you may have.
- Test your site by navigating to http://sitename.cs.utep.edu
To test PHP, follow these steps:
- Use any editor to create test.php
- Edit the file and input the following text:
- Save and exit the file
- Upload the test file into your web directory.
- Test the file by going to your website. If you see an output of information for the release of PHP, then PHP is working.
By: Ismael Villanueva
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- You need to be connected to the UTEP VPN (off-campus)
- Download Filezilla
For Mac users: https://filezilla-project.org/download.php?platform=osx
For Win users: https://filezilla-project.org/download.php
For Linux users: https://filezilla-project.org/download.php?platform=linux - To access your files, you need to add the file name at the end of the URL
For example: test.php -> http://cs3360.cs.utep.edu/yourUSERNAME/test.php
Printing
Printing in the Main Lab
Windows Side:
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- Send the document to the printer via your computer.
Choose the printer from the menu shown below:
- Send the document to the printer via your computer.
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For double-sided printing (default), select ccs1.0704-12
For single-sided printing, select ccs1.0704-11
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- Log into one of the release stations at the back of the Main Lab next to the printers using your MINERS Login and password.
- Once logged, you have the following options:
Print individual documents
Print all
Delete Documents (Quota will not be reduced)Linux Side: - By default, the printer prints double-sided. To do this, type in the command:
# lp {filename}
or
# lpr {filename} - To print single sided, type in the command:
# lp -d ccs1.0704-lp31 {filename}
or
# lpr -P ccs1.0704-lp31 {filename}
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If the printer is out of paper, has a paper jam, or is running out of toner, talk to CS Tech Support in CCS Room 1.0610 or CCS Room 1.0608.
Do NOT load your own paper into the printer, or try to fix the printer no matter how small the situation may be.