[Ham-Mac] How to publish on the Web

Mon Jan 21 13:13:05 EST 2013

Thanks John, will give it a go.

73
Fernando N2FQ/6
n2fq at sbcglobal.net

On Jan 20, 2013, at 11:27 AM, John Kane <john.kane at kane.net> wrote:

> For the dns portion, check out someone like no-ip.com or dyndns.com.
> 
> Free and they provide tools that track your IP address. Then you have a dns
> name that stays pointed to your address.
> 
> 
> On Sun, Jan 20, 2013 at 12:06 PM, Fernando <n2fq at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> 
>> Hello
>> 
>> I use the web (apache) that came bundled up with my iMac.
>> 
>> It's easy to setup.
>> 
>> Have a look at mine that is currently running on my Mac here:
>> 
>> <http://67.121.147.138>
>> 
>> My problem is that I don't have a 'static ip address' (too expensive for
>> me)
>> 
>> so once in awhile,  my provider changes the address 'dynamic ip address'.
>> 
>> 
>> In summary, what is basically needed is :
>> 
>> a) to edit the index.html located in "/Library/WebServer/Documents"
>> 
>> b) move your stuff there
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Fernando N2FQ/6
>> n2fq at sbcglobal.net
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Jan 20, 2013, at 10:17 AM, Chuck Counselman <ccc at space.mit.edu> wrote:
>> 
>>> 1. In the sixth paragraph of this message, I ask how to publish
>> ham-radio-related material by means of a Mac.  To answer this question, it
>> may help you to know more about what I'm trying to accomplish, and why.  My
>> second through fifth paragraphs provide such background information.  Thank
>> you for
>>> 
>>> 2. During my career as a professor at a research university (MIT) I
>> generated thousands of scientific/engineering/technical reports that were
>> published by scientific/engineering professional societies in their
>> journals, proceedings of symposia, etc., and as government contract
>> reports.  This publishing was easy because I had only to compose and edit
>> the subject material; the rest was done by clerical, technical,
>> engineering, and/or scientific staff.
>>> 
>>> 3. Now I'm retired; my research and development efforts are limited to
>> ham radio; but I still generate material that needs to be published -- not
>> to satisfy an employer, a contract sponsor, or my vanity, but because I
>> cannot cope with all the requests for information that I receive by e-mail.
>> For _years_ after I contribute a little two-page article to a ham club
>> newsletter (which is appears on the club's website), I receive daily
>> requests for more information.  Mostly these are reasonable requests; so I
>> try hard to answer; but composing an adequate reply to each request,
>> including finding the relevant files [photographs, drawings, tables and
>> graphs of data, formulas/functions, and text in Microsoft Office (Word,
>> Excel, PowerPoint) documents and files having various other formats,
>> including audio, video, .txt, .rtf, and .pdf], the URLs of external
>> references/sources, ..., making the necessary updates, adding the necessary
>> preface/caveats/summary/conclusions, and including e
>> ve
>>> rything in or attaching it to an e-mailed reply, takes too much time.
>> Often the quantity of data is more than my correspondent's incoming e-mail
>> server will accept, so I must pack everything into a .zip file and upload
>> that to a server from which he/she can download it.  Then, more often than
>> not, my reply results in _further_ questions.  I am overwhelmed; I cannot
>> answer all the questions I receive, not even the ones I _want_ to answer.
>>> 
>>> 4. The obvious solution is to organize and upload my photographs, tables
>> and graphs of data, descriptions, URLs of external sources, ..., to add the
>> necessary prefaces, caveats, summaries, conclusions, FAQs, etc., and to
>> update everything if/as necessary, to a website.  Then most of the
>> questions I received could be answered adequately by referring people to
>> the website.  When a new question and/or answer arose, instead of or in
>> addition to replying only by e-mail, I would compose something and upload
>> it the website as a new document, and/or by incorporating it in a FAQ or
>> other existing preface/caveat/summary/conclusory document as a
>> revision/update.
>>> 
>>> 5. The Internet service companies that provide me with e-mail service
>> also provide me with web space, and with their proprietary web-publishing
>> tools.  However, all these tools are Windows-based.  I am reluctant to use
>> these tools for at least three reasons: (1) because I prefer to use a Mac;
>> (2) because I fear not being able to revise or maintain the resulting web
>> pages if/when I switch to another web service provider, because the html
>> generated by the former provider's proprietary software is incompatible
>> with the new provider's software; and (3) because I fear that the resulting
>> web pages won't work properly for other Mac users.  Too many web pages
>> composed by colleagues using Windows-based tools do not work properly when
>> I try to view them by means of Safari or Firefox running in my Mac.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 6. My QUESTION is:
>>> 
>>>   How can I publish my stuff (described above) on the Web, by means of
>> Mac OS X software?
>>> 
>>>   I envision generating pages as html files and uploading these along
>> with my numerous Microsoft Office, audio, video, .pdf, and other files to a
>> Web server maintained by a company that also hosts my registered domain.  I
>> want my web pages to be portable, if/when I change providers/hosting
>> companies.  At present my provider/hosting company is Network Solutions.
>> However, Network Solutions' service has deteriorated -- just as the
>> service provided by every one of my several previous providers
>> deteriorated.  So, when my contract with Network Solutions nears
>> expiration, I'll want to move to another provider -- just as I've moved
>> before.
>>> 
>>>   I have searched both for Macintosh web-publishing app's and for
>> service providers, several times; but I have yet to find a satisfactory
>> solution, I think mostly because I am not a software guy.  I know next to
>> nothing about web publishing, and I'm reluctant to try to learn much about
>> it, because I have neither time nor interest in the topic.  I just wanna
>> get my stuff on the web.  I don't care whether my web pages look beautiful
>> or creative, as long as they're easily navigable, they _work_, and I can
>> easily maintain them.
>>> 
>>>   I know that I could use a "blog," e.g., by means of Wordpress, but a
>> blog seems like the wrong format.  I don't want a time-serial presentation.
>> I don't want a diary or a chronology.  I want a logical, hierarchical,
>> organization.  I want to organize my web pages by topic, and I want to
>> cross-link them.  I want my web pages to be easy to navigate.  I want them
>> easily _searchable_; and I want the search engine to be smart.
>>> 
>>>   I believe that I could do something with a ham website such as
>> qth.com, but I fear that these free or cheap services are too limited in
>> storage space and in speed.  I'm willing to pay for better service.
>>> 
>>>   Should I just hire someone to do my web-publishing, as I suspect most
>> _businesses_ do?  I fear that hiring someone would cost too much, but I
>> have never done it and I don't know.  If any of you has experience with a
>> hired publisher, please describe your experience(s) and what it has cost or
>> is costing you.  Remember that I am not looking for creativity or artwork.
>> My needs are pretty basic and utilitarian.  Also, I want to be able to
>> revise and add to my pages without having to deal with another person every
>> time I want to correct a typo or update a link.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 7. Thank you.  Feel free to reply to me off-list, although I like it
>> when subscribers reply to the list, because then everyone can learn from
>> the information they post.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 73 de Chuck, W1HIS
>>> 
>>> 
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