need some ideas on how to solve a problem

[ballsricky]

I am trying to setup a system where pupils can upload their websites to be viewed on the intranet so I thought the easy way to do this was to set up a subdomain, make a file within that for the yeargroup and have an ftp account allowing access to that particular folder but i cant seem to work out how to do it using plesk.



i would also like to automate it so that a list of index files are automatically generated with links rather than me having to go in every time someone has uploaded their work and create a link manually.



this is all done within the HP / plesk package.



I am going to have every pupil have a folder named as their c2k username and their index files will all be in the format index.html, so that there is some sort of organisation.



any thoughts on the idea would be much appreciated.

[Stephen]

These are my old notes on setting up a sub domain for a pupil, they changed the Plesk console just after I had written this and I have never bothered to update it:-



Setting up a Subdomain on the Intranet for Pupil Use.



Log into the Plesk console

Click on the primary domain site name

Click on the subdomain button in the control panel

Click on the Add New Subdomain button

   Use the pupils first initial and surname as the subdomain name (e.g. asmith)

   Add a new FTP login name (same as the subdomain name)

   Use the pupils date of birth as the password (e.g. 24011988)


   Change the hard disk quota to 10Mb

   Add Frontpage support

   Enable Frontpage Authoring

   Click ok to create the subdomain

Click on the new subdomain name

Click on File Manager

Click on httpdocs

Click Add New Directory

   Name the Directory ‘project’

   Click ok

Go back up a level using ../

Click on the lock symbol to the right of the directory name to change attributes

   Enable everthing in the All Actions sections

   Click ok

Click on the subdomain name (Above the File Manager Heading)

Click on Virtual Directories

Click Add Virtual Directory

   Call the Directory project

   Path=/httpdocs/project

   Tick all boxes

   Execute Permissions = Scripts Only

   Click ok

Click on the Virtual Directory Name

   Enable Parent Paths

   Click ok



Finished





NOTE: I was setting up seperate sub domains for all year 13 and 14 students in  computers.

          I created a sub folder in their httpdocs folder called project

          I then created a virtual folder with the same name and basically overwrite the physical folder

          after it is created you can the add parent paths otherwise ..\ doesnt work in the asp files  (long winded way to do it but I havent figured out any other)

          needless to say I told them to use the project folder as their home folder.



         Do not forget to add httpdocs when ftp'ing a site and to remove it for hhtp, otherwise it will not resolve the address.





Because thay all had seperate sub domains I didnt have to worry about links. I had about 45 pupils to do this for plus 2 teachers out of a quota of 50 sub-domains. I suppose if I had ran out of sub-domains I would have just stuck some in a folder on the internet site.

Hope this helps