Web Space CIS 141 – Basic Computer Literacy Western Kentucky University Bowling Green, KY

What is Web Space Web space is nothing more than storage space on a computer’s hard drive that is accessible to outsiders (Web surfers). Web server: A computer that is accessible to outsiders via the Internet. PC Web server ( The Internet

Computer Storage A computer’s hard drive is similar to a record. It is a round, magnetic storage media.

Computer Storage Data is written as 1s or 0s by applying positive or negative charges to the hard disk. Note that the drive has multiple platters.

YOUR Web space You have already paid for storage space (50MB) on the WKU Web server. Additionally, you can obtain Web space for WKU organizations. WKU will host your Web site! PC Web server ( The Internet

Give Me My Space! Go to Click on the Publish Website link Select Personal or Official Website Input your and username and password.

And then what? You will receive an that tells you what your Web address is and other important data about your site. – Go look at your site! It will look something like this.

How can I post a Web page? In order to publish or post a Web page, you have to: –Create the page on your computer with DreamWeaver, Publisher, Word, etc. –Upload it to your space on the Web server Upload it with file transfer protocol (FTP) software such as CoreFTP. View it with a browser such as Internet Explorer, Firefox, Opera, etc.

public_html public_html is a folder is your Web space Think of public_html as a window or portal. Web visitors CANNOT see a file unless it is saved in this folder. public_html folder YOUR Web space (50 MB of storage)

Summary Defined Web space Discussed disk storage Talked about how to obtain YOUR WKU Web space Examined the Web page creation and publishing processes