Websites 101 Technology Committee UPSOM

Web Class – Goals  Make a simple web page (or series of pages)  Upload that page to the internet  Feel comfortable maintaining that page outside of this classroom

Tools  HTML editor –Allows you to create a web page with little/no knowledge of HTML, the web page language –Microsoft Frontpage (free at the computer labs)  File Transfer Protocol (FTP) tool –Allows you to move your web page and all the web page info to the place on the internet where it can be seen –FTP Commander (free on the web)

Microsoft Frontpage  “My Documents” and create a directory of your group’s name  Start Frontpage  Save the file in Frontpage as index.html

Microsoft Frontpage – it’s just like Microsoft Word  Add text  Add a table  Add a picture  Add a link  Add an address  SAVE!!!!

Copying Files to the Internet  First you need permission  Contact the technology committee at if you need permission

FTP  FTP to unixs.cis.pitt.edu  When prompted, enter Pitt userid and password  Look at the box on the right-hand side – this is the target / host / internet computer  The file whose name is “..” means go back a directory  Click on “..” until you are at “afs/pitt.edu”

FTP – What to Click Next  “home”  “p”  “i”  “pittmed”  “public”  “html”  “groups”  [group name]

FTP – Almost there…  With the right window showing the correct target, we’ll make the left window show the correct source  Click the “ChgDir” button  Type “w:\”  Click on My Documents  Click on your directory name

FTP – you’re there.  Select from your target the files that you wish to copy “up” to the server  Click the “  ”arrow  Open up a new Explorer  Type in “

The Future…  Create multiple pages and upload them at will  Download your existing pages, change the information and upload them back again  Send other people links to your site’s web page

Questions?