Working With Your Personal Web Space
What is the address for my personal web space?
www.svsu.edu/~username
What do I need to do in order to use my personal web space?
As long as you are a registered SVSU student, faculty, or staff member, you already have access to your web site enabled. To use it, you just need to set up an FTP client to get in.
What programs can I use to update my web site?
Web Services recommends that you use Dreamweaver (instructions), either in the labs or on your personal computer. Dreamweaver features WYSIWYG, Word-like editing of your web pages as well as built in FTP. However, this is not free software. There are a number of applications out there that are free and can function fairly similar, however if you're willing to play around with actual HTML, a good program to work with is HTML-Kit (instructions). This program, while you are typing in actual code to create the layout of your pages, gives you built in previews, numerous toolbars, and FTP.
If you prefer to hand-code everything or create pages in other programs without FTP access (such as Notepad, Wordpad, or Word), you can also upload pages via FTP using CoreFTP (instructions).
Can I use FrontPage?
FrontPage was actually discontinued in late 2006. However, versions of FrontPage up to 2003 can be used with some special settings (instructions).
What are some good resources that may help me with my web site?
HTML
CSS
We will try to add more as we come across them. If you know of any site that is as helpful as these sites or more, please suggest it by sending the link to webmaster(at)svsu.edu.
What policies are associated with managing my web space?
- SVSU Acceptable Use Policy
- Web Development Standards
- Student Technology Access Policy
- Employee Technology Access Policy
IMPORTANT: Students, faculty, and staff must read SVSU’s Acceptable Use Policy and the Web Development Standards. You must also understand the Copyright Considerations for your web pages.
The following is an excerpt from the SVSU Web Page Policies:
“All non-University web pages must carry the following disclaimer in a font equivalent to the majority of the text on the web page:
SVSU accepts no responsibility for the content of this page.
Comments on this page should be directed to the page author.
The University reserves the right to permanently close the Network User ID, e-mail account and access to the Network for anyone who uses the University electronic resources or the Internet to promote illegal activity; who distributes copyrighted material, licensed software or pornographic material; or who promotes material that negatively affects the University.”
Note: It is recommended to have a link to your disclaimer from every page you design.
Can you explain all of these acronyms to me?
| (X)HTML | (Extensible) HyperText Markup Language The text that tells browsers the content of your web page. |
| CSS | Cascading Style Sheets Markup that tells the browser the format of your text, such as color, size, placement, alignment, and tons more. |
| FTP | File Transfer Protocol The Internet's way of moving files back and forth |
| WYSIWYG | "What You See Is What You Get" A main feature of the major web page editing tools. This allows you to edit in a mode where you see what your page will look like versus the code used to generate it. |