How to Create a Personal Home Page with Nvu

Your Citadel Network access account includes space for a personal home page. The address for this page is http://home.cnz.com/~username where username would be replaced with your Citadel Network username. The ~ (tilde) before the username is the Internet standard notation indicating a personal home page. To see other personal home pages on Citadel Network, go to User Pages.

Personal home pages are for non-commercial use. For commecial web sites, go to Internet Services.

Activate your personal web page

Before using your personal home page for the first time, you must first contact us to have your page activated. There is no fee for this activation.

Install Nvu

Nvu can be downloaded for free from our Downloads page. Just download the file, run it, and follow the directions to install.

Configure Nvu

Run Nvu and click Edit | Publish Site Settings. Fill in the dialog box as shown below, replacing Full Name with your full name and username with your Citadel Network username, then click OK.

Learn to use Nvu

Click Help | Help Contents | Nvu Tutorial. Follow the tutorial for an introduction to using Nvu.

Compose your page

Nvu works like a word processor with added features to create links and other web page features, which are explained in the tutorial. Type in what you want to say, add pictures, and add links to other pages.

Publish your page

After your page is composed, you need to publish it. Publishing uploads the page to a Citadel Network web server.

After pressing the Publish button above, you will see the following. When Nvu finishes uploading the files, press Close.

Tell your friends your web page address

The address of your new web page is http://home.cnz.com/~username (replace username with your Citadel Network username). You can also be listed on the Citadel Network User Pages page by contacting us.