Parent Ed Faculty
Web Workshop
Working with North’s
Provided Web Space
Agenda
• Locating WWW Folder
• Mapping Your Site
• “To Index or Not to Index – That is the Question!”
• Examples of Three Different Approaches in order of complexity
• No Index – Simple File List – “no frills”
• Index in Subfolder – One Link Pointing to Simple File List
• Index as Splash Page Multiple Links Opening to Deeper Levels of the Site
Locating WWW Folder
• Can be found locally after you log into an on-campus computer
• WWW folder is located in your NetID profile on your “I:drive”
• Appears in list of available drives in Windows Explorer/MyComputer
• yourusername (//ADMIN) (I:)
• scroll down to www
• Can be found globally from any internet-connected computer
• Type into browser address line:
• http://facweb.northseattle.edu/yourusername
Mapping Your Site
• List All Content (leave nothing out!)
• Start with list or outline of all content to be included
• Thinking ahead to all possible additions is a good thing
• Easier to shrink a site than to expand it!
• Determine Site “Size and Scope” based on content needs
• How many pages?
• What kind of pages?
• How are the pages related?
“To Index or Not to Index:
That is the Question”
• What is an index file?
• The index file is an html document that serves as the site home page
• By default, the browser automatically seeks the index file to display first
when someone types in a URL or “uniform resource locator”
• Index must be inside the web folder to work
• If index is absent, the browser will display a list of the other files in the folder
Not to Index = the Easiest Possible Way
• Since the browser will display whatever is in the folder in the absence of an
index file, we can use www folder as is, with no modifications
• Drag-and-drop = Voila! Instant web-publishing
• Everyone’s address is the same with the exception of the username
http://facweb.northseattle.edu/yourusername
GOOD EXAMPLE OF USING FACWEB
WITH NO INDEX PAGE
To Index = More Unique Presence
• Can place an “index.htm” or “index.html” file in the www folder at any time
• Index “blocks” automatic view of contents of WWW folder – Why?
• Must add visual content and provide links manually
• Almost the same URL as for no index page:
http://facweb.northseattle.edu/yourusername/coursename
• Uses the addition of the coursename, NTR150, FAM180, etc.
EXAMPLE OF AN INDEX PAGE WITH LINK TO
WESITE IN SUBFOLDER
NOTE: addition of “%20” into foldername
Caused by leaving spaces in the name
EXAMPLE WESITE IN WWW WITH SUBFOLDER
NOTE: www folder address = http://facweb.northseattle.edu/twkaufman
www with subfolder address = http://facweb.northseattle.edu/twkaufman/NTR150
Index with “Splash” = The Unique-est
• Can place an “index.htm” or “index.html” page in the www folder
• Blocks automatic view of contents of WWW folder
• Must add visual content and provide links manually
• Same URL as for no index page:
http://facweb.northseattle.edu/yourusername
EXAMPLE OF AN INDEX PAGE (aka “Splash” PAGE or 1st LEVEL) WITH 3 LINKS
EXAMPLE OF AN INTERNAL PAGE (2nd LEVEL) WITH MANY LINKS TO DEEPER LEVELS OF THE SITE
EXAMPLE OF DEEPER (3rd) LEVEL OF THE SITE CONTAINING CONTENT FOR THE UNIT
BETSY’S INDEX PAGE