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1. Getting Space on the ASU General Server
2. Designing Your Homepage
3. Creating a Link
4. Changing the Appearance of Your Document
5. Posting Your Homepage to the Web
6. Links to Teacher Pages
7. Links to Web Pages on Building Web Pages

To get space on the Web from ASU:

1. Open Netscape.
2. Go to http://www.asu.edu/asuweb/jukebox/webpages
3. Click on the "Personal" web space choice for Step 1.
4. At Step 2, go to the Self-Subscription website by clicking on "HERE" in the second paragraph.  You need to fill out the Self-Subscription form in order to get the public server to recognize your AFS space (in other words, in order to make your page accessible on the web).  This step can only be accomplished (at this time) by using a computer at an IT-maintained site (i.e. the main floor of the Computing Commons).
5. Click "Back" at the top left-hand side of the Netscape toolbar to go back to the Step 2 page.
6. Click on "Step 3" in the second paragraph.
7. Fill out the request form in order to create a "WWW" space in your ASU account.
8. Click on "Activate My Space."
9. In your ASU account, you now have a folder called "WWW."  Any file saved in this folder will be posted on your web site.

Designing your homepage (index file):

1. You will need to use a Netscape program that has an editor in order to create a webpage without using HTML (either Netscape Gold or Netscape Communicator are fine).
2. Choose "File" on the top left-hand side of the toolbar.
3. Choose "New" and "Blank Page" (You might want to play around with the Netscape Templates and the Wizard later).
4. You now have a blank document in front of you that works similarly to a document in Microsoft Word or any other Windows based word processor.  Try typing a few lines that you think you would have on your webpage (perhaps a title or the beginning of a course description).
5. Save your document to a disk and title it "index.html" (Your homepage should always be titled "index" so that the server knows which document to recognize as your homepage).

Creating a Link

1. Try creating a Link: type a keyword that you might include on your webpage to link your page to another page (perhaps the ASU library http://www.lib.asu.edu or the ASU homepage http://www.asu.edu).  Highlight the keyword/s.
2. On the top tool bar, choose the chain link icon, "Insert Link"
3. Type the full URL (complete webpage address) and then hit "OK."  You've created a link!

Changing the Document's Appearance

1. You can play with the colors of the background and text by going to "Format" and choosing "Page Colors and Properties."
2. Feel free to play around with other icons and commands to alter the appearance and add other features to your document.

Posting your index file to your personal Web Page

1. Once you have finished creating your document in Netscape, save "index.html" to your disk.
2. Go to "Start" at the bottom of the screen.
3. Choose "Programs," then "Internet," then "Ftp," then "ftp."
4. The File Transfer Wizard will automatically open on your screen.  Use the following directions for the Wizard:

A. At the first File Transfer Wizard screen, choose "Next."
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C. At the next screenFebruary 13, 2006 D. At the next screen, type "general.asu.edu" at the "Host:" prompt, and then click "Next."
E. At the next screen, type your username and password for your ASU account, and then click "Next."
F. Click "Finish."
5. All of the files available to you on your computer will appear on your screen.  The left-hand side will show a tree diagram of the files, and the right-hand side will show the files of the open folder in icon form (similar to Windows Explorer).
6. Double-click the "www" folder icon on the right to open it.
7. Double-click "My Computer" on the left-hand side of the screen, and then double-click "3 1/2 Floppy (A:)" on the left-hand side of the screen to open your disk.
8. There should be a file on your disk called "index.html" (that you just created) on the right-hand side of the screen.
9. Click on the "index.html" icon one time and drag it over to the left-hand side of the screen.  Drag it down to the "www" folder at the bottom of the left-hand side of the screen.
10. Once you have transferred the "index.html" file to your "www" folder, you should see a script at the bottom of the screen that will say "Command Successful."  Now you should be able to visit your homepage on the web!

Dona Avery:  http://www.public.asu.edu/~donam
Peter Goggin:  http://www.public.asu.edu/~petergo
Sarah Fedirka:  http://www.public.asu.edu/~brinker
Mark Hara:  http://www.public.asu.edu/~markhara
Susan Heck:  http://www.public.asu.edu/~sheck
Judy Van:  http://www.public.asu.edu/~jvanasu

Links to Web Pages on Building Web Pages

Yale Style Manual: http://info.med.yale.edu/caim/manual/contents.html
ASU Jukebox Internet and Computing Resources: http://www.asu.edu/jukebox/
Microsoft Design Gallery Live: http://dgl.microsoft.com/
Icon BAZAAR: http://www.iconbazaar.com/
WRITING HTML http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/tut/