Its easy to be an information provider Tutorial: Web Publishing

Web Publishing Tutorial IS for Management Web Publishing 4 Web pages are stored on a “Web Server” A computer with a unique Web address, accessible to any connected client 4 Web pages are written in HTML –Hyper Text Markup Language –Possible to “automatically” save Word documents in HTML

Web Publishing Tutorial IS for Management Create Your Home Page 4 Use FrontPage, FrontPage Express, Word 97/2000, Netscape Composer, or another tool to create your home page & résumé 4 Word has a Web Page Wizard that can help you get started 4 Good systems design: PLAN, ANALYZE, Design, Implement, Maintain 4 Microsoft and Netscape offer templates at their Web sites 4 Start with a simple outline 4 Save your home page as index.html and your résumé as whatever you like

Web Publishing Tutorial IS for Management Set up your UNIX account (Easy Way) 4 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:

Web Publishing Tutorial IS for Management Set up your UNIX account (Harder Way) 4 Login to UNIX account with TeraTerm 4 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

Web Publishing Tutorial IS for Management Upload Home Page to UNIX 4 Use WS-FTP software to log in to UNIX account Use most current version available for best results 4 Upload your home page and résumé page to your public_html directory 4 Make sure to name the home page file “index.html” (so it will load automatically)

Web Publishing Tutorial IS for Management View Your Web Page If everything is working properly, you can see your Web page by typing your URL: e.g., 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

Web Publishing Tutorial IS for Management Add More “Stuff” 4 Search to find sites that will provide you with interesting direct links 4 Use Copy and Paste to move their URLs into links on your page 4 Find some appropriate pictures or graphics –In Office 97/2000 –From the Web (right click/Save image as….) 4 Add an link (you may want to use an icon)

Web Publishing Tutorial IS for Management Updating Your Web Page 4 Remember, when you add items to your Web page, you are changing the diskette version only 4 Repeat the upload FTP to make it viewable Refresh your diskette’s file list when continuing to work with FTP 4 Click on the Reload or Refresh button if you see the same thing as before (cached page)

Web Publishing Tutorial IS for Management Send Us Your URL 4 Send the message required in Assignment#1 4 Send a new message if you want to use an off- campus Web site THAT’S ALL THERE IS TO IT! Perfection, however, is another matter!

Web Publishing Tutorial IS for Management Next Class 4 Chapter 2 - IS in organizations 4 Case: Textron - outsourcing, pages Remember: for computer support