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CLASnet provides both individual (personal) and departmental web space to those departments who use our Netware "File & Print" servers.
CLASnet users that connect to the CLAS Netware server may create
their own Personal Web Pages. We provide an individual web space for
each user. However, it is up to each user to create and publish HTML
pages within those spaces. PC (Windows) and Macintosh users may
access this space via a drive/folder that appears on their desktop
computer. Any files so created are published via the address
http://web.clas.ufl.edu/users/username/.
The username is your CLAS login name. Any HTML files
you create will be available immediately on the web, with no tedious
FTPing of files required. Note that FTP is an option for those users
who prefer it.
Similarly, CLAS departments using the CLAS Netware server can
publish web pages published via the address
http://web.dept.ufl.edu/, where the
dept is the department's email abbreviation. Each
department must designate a webmaster who is responsible for all
modifications to the page. The department's computer contact should
mail us to
designate the webmaster for their unit. Unless otherwise instructed,
we will setup the system so that this webmaster can receive email via
the alias www@dept.ufl.edu.
To create your pages, we recommend the use of the Mozilla
Composer. Mozilla is our standard web browser, and the Composer
component will allow you to edit web pages. For Windows machines
running the Novell client, look under the CLASnet Apps
menu under the Start bar, and select Mozilla
Composer. Ask your contact person for assistance if you don't
have access to Mozilla. If you're familiar with HTML, you may want to
use a text editor like Notepad or Emacs.
We recommend that you name web pages all lowercase, as URLs
are case-sensitive. The files INDEX.HTML,
index.html, and Index.html are three different files
to the web server, even though Windows doesn't distiguish them very
well. Note that if you attempt to use an older MS-DOS or Windows 3.1
(Win16) program to edit or copy your web files, you may find them
automatically converted into uppercase. However, we strongly
recommend using all-lowercase for consistency's sake.
Your Personal Web space is accessible via the I: drive
(think of "I" as "Internet"). The actual
"home page" is a file named index.html on
drive I:. All other files or images that you want to present
must be copied to the I: drive and referenced via
"relative" links.
If you're a department webmaster, the departmental web space is
available as the J: drive.
Your Personal Web space is on the WEB drive on the CLAS
server in the Liberal Arts zone. To find this, use the
Chooser -> select AppleShare and look in the Liberal
Arts zone for CLAS. You'll need to login with your CLAS Netware
username and password. Once you're logged in, select the WEB
item from the list. In the WEB drive is a folder labeled
USERS, which contains a folder named by your username (in
UPPERCASE, so the complete path is
WEB:USERS:USERNAME). Your actual "home page"
is a file named index.html in that folder.
If you're a department webmaster, you'll find the departmental web
space in WEB:DEPTS:DEPT.
If you get tired of hunting through that list of folders, we
suggest making an alias on your desktop that points to the
proper folder (Go into Finder, select the folder, and choose Make
Alias...). If you run into problems, please speak with your
departmental contact for additional information.
If you have a computer at home running PPP, or you use a Unix
workstation, you can also change the contents of your Web
directory/folder from there. Use an FTP program (ftp, ftp.exe,
ws_ftp, or Fetch) to connect to novell.clas.ufl.edu.
This is the CLAS Novell server. Login using your CLAS username and
password. To change the directory to your Web directory/folder, change
to /web/users/username, where
username is your CLAS username. You can upload and
download your Web page files from there. Department web pages are in
/web/depts/dept. If you have Netscape
running on your home machine, you can even check out the results after
you transfer each file. You should transfer the HTML files in
ASCII mode, and any graphics in BINARY
(a.k.a. image) mode.
The contents of your Web space are accessible from all over the Internet, even if the files in question aren't "linked" into your home page. Never put anything you wish to keep private in your web space!
If you ever need to make a file available for public download, your
Web access gives you a way. Create a directory named pub
in your web space and place the files in there. Then you can put a
link to http://web.clas.ufl.edu/users/username/pub
on your home page, or give people the URL. Without an
index.html file in the directory, the server will display
the contents of /pub. This is an
example.
Please do not put copyrighted materials (commercial computer software, for example) in your pub directory. This is a violation of the UF AUP (Acceptable Use Policy), the CLASnet account policy, and Federal statutes. Users found to be in violation of copyright policies may face disciplinary action.
You can create clickable image maps on your Personal Web pages. All
modern browsers support client-side imagemaps. The current CLAS home page is an example --
chose View -> Page Source in your browser menu bar.
Here is a
tutorial on creating client-side imagemaps.
CLASnet has installed a commonly-used set of cgi-bin programs. If you require another program to support your instructional pages, please contact us to request the CGI. If the CGI is well-written, does not pose any security risks, and can provide service to multiple users, we will most likely install it for you.
It is up to the individual to create web pages. Academic Technology's Center for Instructional Technology & Training offers courses for instructors and staff on how to use Netscape Communicator. You can also find dozens of books on the topic at any local bookstore.
Judy Shoaf of OIR has written a handout on creating web pages with Netscape on the CLAS server. You can find it at http://www.clas.ufl.edu/llc/Webpage/contents.htm.
The NCSA's Beginner's Guide to HTML is a great introduction to HTML (HyperText Markup Language), which is the language web pages are written in. Though dated, the basic instructions still hold true.
Please do not attempt to create web pages using Microsoft FrontPage. By default, the program creates pages that will only work when installed on an NT IIS web server, instead of the open-source Apache web server that we use. There are preferences that you can set to disable many of the proprietary codes, but we can not support such a kludge.
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