Adding Web Pages to the Vernon College Web Site

1. Read the appropriate Vernon College Web Publishing policy statement:

   personal/organizational pages
   official/departmental pages.
   

   Printed copies are available from Information Technology on request. However, the web version contains hypertext links and is the preferred source for this information. By placing pages on the Vernon College server you agree to abide by the terms of the policy statement.

2. Create your web pages. Name your home page "index.htm" and give your other pages typical DOS names with the ".htm" extension. The "index" page is very important. It is the page that displays automatically for the directory. Remember to use the META tag if you want search engines to find your page easily.

3. Check your pages thoroughly. Use a spelling checker. Validate the HTML. Check your color combinations for readability. Verify that all links work. If possible, view your pages through both Netscape and Internet Explorer. You can do this in Netscape by specifying the path to your page in the URL box (location). For instance, if a page named test.htm is on a disk in drive A, use a:\test.htm as the URL. If possible, ask a friend to check your page. Remember, any page that is online is available to the world.

4. Contact Information Technology and tell them you want to upload your web pages. Be sure to provide your email address. A special directory will be created on the web server to contain your pages. Information Technology will notify you by e-mail when the directory is ready and will ask give you a VC extension to call for your FTP password.

5. You must have access to FTP software to place your files on the VC server. The following instructions are written specifically for WS_FTP.

6. Start the internet connection and then start WS_FTP.
   

   a).	Either select a previously created profile (usually CHAPS on VC computers) or create a new one. Verify that the information in the profile is valid for your login name and password
   	profile name	=	your choice, i.e. CHAPS or jdoe-to-vc
   	host name	=	206.254.36.17
   	Host_Type	=	UNIX Standard (choose from list)
   	USER ID	=	your login name, i.e. jdoe
   	password	=	faculty/staff use email passwords students use FTP password provided by Information Technology
   	account	=	(leave blank)
   	Remote host	=	/usr/home/yourloginname/pubhtml
   			i.e. /usr/home/jdoe/pubhtml
   	Local PC	=	path to the files to be transferred i.e. c:\temp or a:\
   	Anonymous login	=	not checked
   	Auto save Config	=	checked
   	Save password	=	not checked Do NOT save your password. If you do, other users of the computer will have access to your files on the server.
   b).	Click on OK
   c).	In the left column (local system) click on the name of files to transfer.
   d).	Click on the --> button in the middle of the screen. The name of the file should appear in the right column (remote system).
   e).	In the right column (remote system) click on the name of the file you transferred then click on rename. Change the file name to have the extension html instead of htm.
   f).	Repeat steps c through e for all files you want to transfer.
   g).	Exit from WS_FTP.
   h).	Start Netscape or Internet Explorer and test your pages. Use http://www.vernoncollege.edu/~yourloginname for the URL.

7. Notify Information Technology that your pages have been uploaded.

8. The VC webmaster will verify that your pages meet minimum VC standards as stated in the Web Publishing Policy (i.e. link to VC home page, last updated date, etc) and contain acceptable content. You will be notified if by email if there are problems.

9. After your pages are approved, they will be available on the WWW. If you are user jdoe the address for your home page will be: http://www.vernoncollege.edu/~jdoe. For faculty/staff members, a link to the personal home page will be added to the online faculty/staff directory. Student pages will be linked to a special directory accessible from VC's home page. If you wish, you may announce your pages to the search engines to make them easier to find.

10. You may modify your pages, delete them, or add new pages as frequently as you wish.

    To modify a page:

    Make corrections or changes on a copy of the page on your PC. Follow steps 5-6 to upload the new copy. When you view the page through Netscape or Explorer, remember to reload it to prevent using the cached copy.

    To add a page:

    Follow steps 2-3 and 5-6. At least one of your other pages probably should be modified to include a link to the new page.

    To delete a page:

    Do steps 6a and 6b. Highlight the page to be deleted in the right column (remote system). Select delete. You may also wish to delete the page from your local PC. Remember to modify any pages containing links to the deleted page.

11. You do not need to notify Information Technology when you update or change your pages. However, pages will be randomly reviewed by the Information Technology staff to check for conformance to VC Web Publishing Policy.

12. If you delete all of your pages, notify Information Technology so that the link from the faculty/staff directory or the student directory can be removed.

Contact Information Technology

last updated August 5, 2003