1. Web Authoring and Publishing: Basics
Week 3 & 4

2. What is the deal? The Whole Process

3. Step 1: Web Authoring Nvu File name: reflections.html projects.html
Index.html
.html is for a Unix server; while .htm is for a windows-based server

4. FTP: File Transfer Protocol
Step 2: Publishing
FTP: File Transfer Protocol
The program you will be using to "load" your file
WS_FTP FL (free download in resources page)

5. Step 3: Find Your URL (Web Address)
URL: (Uniform Resource Locator):

6. ?

7. http:// ? http://studentweb.cortland.edu/water54/project1.html
tells the Web-browser to use the
hyper-text-transfer-protocol.
studentweb.cortland.edu tells the browser to go to the Cortland web-server computer.
Username (water54) tells the browser to go to your account on the Cortland web-server computer
– the account name is water54.
filename.html (project1.html) tells the browser to go to that file on your account.

8. URL
eg: project1.html
eg: projects.html
eg: index.html

9. Your Homepage: index.html
Your Homepage “by default”:
eg:
So: index.html can be omitted in your homepage address (Why?)
List of pages in your website

10. Task for Today Create your homepage: Publish the homepage:
index.html (homepage)
Publish the homepage:
Know your URLs (the web address of your homepage)

11. Task for Today: #1
Have a sketch of your website using paper and pencil.
Design your main page

12. Task for Today: #2 Basics of Nvu
In pairs/groups, showcase/teach skills you picked up from exploring Nvu.

13. Task for Today: #3
Publish your homepage

14. Your Homepage: index.html
Your Homepage “by default”:
eg:
List of pages in your website

15. URL eg: project1.html http://web.cortland.edu/shis/reflections.html
eg: resume.html
eg: index.html