Student Websites on the H: Drive

Student organization websites - contact the Student Association

Student directories on the H: drive are 100MB. 

Set up your website:

1. Go to www.students.niu.edu/provisioning. This will open in a new window so you can refer back to these instructions.
2. Accept NIU's security certificate.
3. Enter your Z-ID in the AccountID field and then your NIU password.
4. Click on the Login button.
5. Read the NIU Acceptable Use Policy. If you want to proceed, choose Agree near the bottom of the page and then click Submit.
6. Click on Proceed to available services and then click on Activate.
7. Your www directory on your H: drive will be activated.  Click on Return to Available Services.
8. Click Logout.

You now have a directory on the H: drive labelled www. 

Your website URL is  www.students.niu.edu/~ and then your Z-ID. 

For example,  www.students.niu.edu/~z123456. This URL goes to the file you create called index.html (not index.htm) in your www directory. 

If you are not in a computer lab, see Using FTP to connect to your H: drive.