Guidelines for Creating & Maintaining a Homepage/Website

 

Creating a basic homepage to which you can post your syllabus(i) and other course-related material is very simple and NOT that time consum­ing:

 

1.  Create/update your syllabus as you normally do using your word processor of choice (most people use either MS Word or Word Per­fect. When finished, go to the <file> menu and select “save as”; scroll down to “Web Page” in Word or “HTML” in Word Perfect. It’s that simple; your syllabus is now in HTML format. ESTIMATED TIME TO CONVERT TO HTML — 10 seconds.

 

2.  Create your personal webspace (homepage) on the Cortland Server (see attached instructions). This is a one-time activity. ESTIMATED TIME — 10 minutes.

 

3.  Install WS_FTP or another FTP program of your choosing. This pro­gram enables you to transfer your previously created homepage to the Cortland server. Note: ACS provides this program free of charge; in fact, you probably already have it installed on your office computer. ESTIMATED TIME TO CONFIGURE THIS PROGRAM — 10 minutes.

 

4.  Upload your syllabus in HTML format to your recently created homepage on the server. ESTIMATED TIME — 10 seconds

 

5.  Periodically adjust your syllabus as needed (either in word process­ing format or HTML format), making sure it is finally saved in HTML format. Use WS_FTP to upload your revised syllabus to your web-space on the server. Note: your “old” syllabus will be automatically overwritten by the “revised” version — provided that you give the file the same name.

 

Once you have completed the above, I will place a link to your homepage on the Faculty Information page on the English Department site. The link will be permanent. Therefore, any adjustments that YOU make to your homepage will be automatically reflected when a visitor clicks on the link. You can also give the URL address to your students, so they can access the homepage directly. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR NEED ASSIS­TANCE WITH ANY OF THE ABOVE, PLEASE CONTACT ME AND/OR CONTACT THE HELPDESK (2500).

 

 

Instructions for Creating your Webpage on the Cortland Server

 

NOTE: You cannot create a web folder unless you have a Cortland e-mail account.

  • Create a web folder
    • Go to http://web.cortland.edu and click the "Create a Web Account" link.
    • Click "Create My Web Account"
    • Enter your username and password (same as your email), then click OK
    • Read the Terms of Service and press Continue
    • Make sure you see a confirmation screen stating "Web Folder Created Successfully"
  • Put pages in your web folder
    • Method 1 (can be used from anywhere)
      • Use any FTP program.
      • FTP to web.cortland.edu
      • Login with your current email username preceeded by cortland/. For example, if you check your email using watersb, you would use cortland/watersb
      • Use your email password.
      • You should connect to your website.
    • Method 2 (on-campus, faculty and staff PC's only)
      • Select Start, Run
      • Type in the location of your web folder. For example, if your folder is watersb, type \\web\watersb
  • Access your pages
    • Your URL to access your web pages is http://web.cortland.edu/ followed by your foldername and your home page. For example, if your foldername is watersb and your first web page is top.html, then the URL is http://web.cortland.edu/watersb/top.html
  • NOTES:
    • A page named index.htm is automatically created when you create your folder and is the page that opens by default when you access your URL without specifying a page. You may edit this page if desired.
    • If your first page is index.htm, then the URL would be http://web.cortland.edu/watersb
    • The automated index.htm file will have a disclaimer at the bottom that says "The views and opinions expressed in this page are strictly those of the page author. The contents of this linked page have not been reviewed or approved by SUNY Cortland."