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Create Your Own Webpage

ITS provides a server on which students can host web pages for their university related professional or academic work. 

Requesting a Professional Page Account

To request an account:

  1. Login to UNB's Professional Page Hosting website with your UNB Login ID and Password.
  2. Accept the ‘Acceptable Use of Information & Communication Technology Policy’ to continue.
  3. Select “My own Professional Page” from the drop-down menu and click ‘Continue’. 
  4. A message will be displayed informing you that your account has been created. 

Adding Content to your Site

You can add content to your site using Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) through such programs as WinSCP for Windows, Filezilla for Windows and Mac, or any other SFTP client.  A default “index.html” page will be created for you on your first login.

To access WinSCP:

  1. Go to ‘Start’ > ‘All Programs’.
  2. Scroll to the ‘WinSCP’ folder and open it.
  3. Double-click ‘WinSCP’ to open the program.
  4. Enter the following information:
    Host name: www2.unb.ca
    Port number: 22
    User name: Your UNB Login ID
    File protocol: SFTP
    Password: Your UNB password
  5. Click 'Login' to finish.

Accessing Your Professional Page

Once content is uploaded to your site it will be viewable on the web at the following address: http://www2.unb.ca/~loginid where “loginid” is your UNB Login ID. 

If you have any questions, please contact ITS solutions.