WHAT YOU NEED

To create and publish web pages to your web server, you need to know your account information on Parker. (Parker is the name of the primary web server that services the College of Geosciences.) You need to know your directory location, username and password. If you haven't been provided with this info, please contact your web administrator.

This document is intended for use with WS_FTP and Netscape Composer.

NETSCAPE COMPOSER

To begin your new web page, open Netscape Composer. It will automatically have a blank page ready for you with a grey background. You can change the background and link colors by clicking on Format, then Page Colors and Properties, then select the tab Colors and Background.

Composer works just like a word processor: type text, then go back and highlight it to apply formatting.

To add a hyperlink to your web page, select (highlight) the text that you want to be "clickable" and then click on the chain icon.

A new window will pop up called Character Properties, in which you enter the URL web address or single file name that you want to link to.

FINISHING

When your web page is ready, save it to disk and remember which folder it's in. Open your FTP program, connect to your web space on Parker, and upload the page you just created. (Continue to Publishing for more information on uploading files.)

YOUR WEB ADDRESS

Your web address (also known as a URL) will almost always be at the following location:

http://geosciences.ou.edu/~username

Where "username" is your actual log-on username in lowercase letters.

INDEX (HOME) PAGE

Your home page should be named either index.html or index.htm so that internet browsers will automatically load it when someone looks at your main directory.

PUBLISHING

The Session Profile screen will pop up first when you open WS_FTP. Fill in the fields with the address for Parker and your own personal log in information. Then click OK.

Uploading

Use the green up arrow at the top of each column to move up your directory structure to find the folder with your web files. Double-click a directory folder to open it.

To upload a file, select / highlight it in the left-hand column (Local System) and either drag-n-drop it into the right column (Remote System), or click on the right-arrow button located between the two columns.

Downloading

To download a file, select / highlight it in the right-hand column (Remote System) and either drag-n-drop it into the left column (Local System), or click on the left-arrow button located between the two columns.

GCN TRAINING

The Geosciences Computing Network offers free seminars and web classes to faculty, staff and students of the College.

For more information, please visit the GCN Home Page and click on Training.

http://www.gcn.ou.edu/

GCN ASSISTANCE

If you have any questions about your web account or web pages in general, please look at our web site. If you don't find the answer to your questions, please e-mail the webmaster at webmaster@gcn.ou.edu.

Thanks,
GCN Personnel

http://www.gcn.ou.edu/