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Tutorial:
Web Publishing
Its easy to be
an information provider
Web Publishing
 Web pages are stored on a “Web Server”
A computer with a unique Web address, accessible to any
connected client
 Web pages are written in HTML
– Hyper Text Markup Language
– Possible to “automatically” save Word documents in
HTML
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Create Your Home Page
 Use FrontPage, FrontPage Express, Word 97/2000,
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Netscape Composer, or another tool to create your home
page & résumé
Word has a Web Page Wizard that can help you get started
Good systems design: PLAN, ANALYZE, Design,
Implement, Maintain
Microsoft and Netscape offer templates at their Web sites
Start with a simple outline
Save your home page as index.html and your résumé as
whatever you like
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Set up your UNIX account (Easy Way)
 U/M servers run the UNIX O/S
– For assignment #1, you must use UNIX commands to
set permission modes on your UNIX account
– You can do this from the University’s Web site:
http://www.umanitoba.ca/cgi-bin/makepublic
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Set up your UNIX account (Harder
Way)
 Login to UNIX account with TeraTerm
 Create your public_html directory and set
permissions:
– cd ~
– chmod g-l ~
– chmod a+x ~
– mkdir public_html
– chmod g-l public_html
– chmod a+rx public_html
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Upload Home Page to UNIX
 Use WS-FTP software to log in to UNIX account
Use most current version available for best results
 Upload your home page and résumé page to your
public_html directory
 Make sure to name the home page file
“index.html” (so it will load automatically)
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View Your Web Page
If everything is working properly, you can see your
Web page by typing your URL:
http://home.cc.umanitoba.ca/~yourid
e.g., http://home.cc.umanitoba.ca/~umsmit99
It may not look great to start with. “Play” with it to
make it look sharp. Pay attention to good graphic
design:
– “White space” (not too busy/animated, etc.)
– Consistency (limit the number of your page styles; try
to have only one page style)
– Logical relationships among elements
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Add More “Stuff”
 Search to find sites that will provide you with
interesting direct links
 Use Copy and Paste to move their URLs into links
on your page
 Find some appropriate pictures or graphics
– In Office 97/2000
– From the Web (right click/Save image as….)
 Add an e-mail link (you may want to use an icon)
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Updating Your Web Page
 Remember, when you add items to your Web
page, you are changing the diskette version only
 Repeat the upload FTP to make it viewable
Refresh your diskette’s file list when continuing to work
with FTP
 Click on the Reload or Refresh button if you see
the same thing as before (cached page)
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Send Us Your URL
 Send the email message required in
Assignment#1
 Send a new message if you want to use an offcampus Web site
THAT’S ALL THERE IS TO IT!
Perfection, however, is another matter!
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Next Class
 Chapter 2 - IS in organizations
 Case: Textron - outsourcing, pages 77-78
 Remember:474-8600 for computer support
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