The Web space has been moved to a new set of servers, which are managed by Information Technology Services (ITS).
FTP has been disabled. Other
methods including Secure FTP (SFTP)
have taken its place.
Shared accounts no longer exist. Previously, fraternities and
sororities used a single account to transfer files to their site.
Now, each Web Site Content Editor (formerly called "Webmasters"
or "Web Team members") must use his or her own account to log in.
Each organization can now have up to 5 of these accounts at a time.
Penn State Access Accounts are now used. The Web Site Content Editors
no longer have to remember another password to log in. They can just
use the same password they use for Penn State e-mail, and other Penn
State computer services.
The Web site locations, or URLs (Universal Resource Locators) have
changed. Formerly, fraternities had Web space folders under
http://www.greeks.psu.edu/fraternities/ and sororities had Web space folders
under http://www.greeks.psu.edu/Sorority/. Now, Web space folders are under
the council that recognizes each organization, such as
http://www.greeks.psu.edu/ifc/ . Redirects have been placed at the old
locations so that visitors can find the new locations of each site.
The old domain name, http://athens.cac.psu.edu/, has been permanently
disabled. All references to this domain should be removed as they will
no longer function.
The Greek Life Web Service now uses the same technology as the new Student Organizations Web Service,
formerly known as the Student Activity Server.
Files and folders on the new file server are now case
sensitive. This means that the file called "index.html" is not the
same file as "INDEX.HTML". However the Web server tries to find a file
for a Web page request regardless of its case. If someone tries to
read http://www.greeks.psu.edu/IFC/, the server will return
http://www.greeks.psu.edu/ifc/.
Folders without an index.html, default.htm or home.html (using
either the .htm or the .html suffixes) used to return "Directory
Listing Denied". Now it returns a list of files and folders in that
folder. This new behavior was by design. We now have better ways of
protecting data, such as passwords.
Fraternity and sorority presidents may now log in via a Web page that
allows them to assign the Web Site Content Editor accounts for their
organization. When the account for an organization's "Web Manager"
is ready, the account the president uses to assign its content editors,
he|she will receive a notice at his|her Penn State e-mail account
with instructions on how to logon.
Web space for social fraternities and sororities will continue to
managed by the Greek Life office, in concert with the Student Activities
office of the Division of Student Affairs. Greek Life
and University Park Student Activities Contact Info
