Creating a website Lead by: Christie Sukhdeo and Gabriel Fiorinni

Where to start?  This is the service we are using to host our site

Sign up for an account by filling in the required information (Name, , password)

Creating the name of your site

Enter the title of your site and choose the type of site

Enter the “address” of your site (choose the 1 st option because it is FREE!)

Success! You now have a site, but now you must personalize the site

To choose a layout or template for your site, click on “Design”

Select a template from the options given at the top

Adding a page: click “Pages” at the top

Then click “add page”, choose “standard page”, then name your page (ex: Research), finally click “Save Settings”

What kinds of pages should you have? Graduate Student  Research Interests  CV/Resume  Contact Information  Field work experience  Publications  News Feed Professor/Researcher Research Interests CV/Resume Contact Information Field work / photos Publications News Feed Student Mentees Research Opportunities

Adding a Header (scroll mouse over header to get “image option”

Customizing a page and adding text – Drag an icon from the top and drop it on the page DROP ICON HERE ON PAGE

Creating a link – highlight the item and then click the chain link

Enter the URL of the website to create the link

To add a slideshow, photo gallery, or upload a file to your page, click “Multimedia” and then drag the icon to the page

Once you have an account, you can log-out and log back in to edit your site To log-in, click “Log In” at the upper right hand corner of the page

Publishing your website

Acknowledgements  National Science Foundation (NSF)  Dr. Nicola Anthony  Université des Sciences et Techniques de Masuku (USTM)

Christie Sukhdeo University of New Orleans Dept. of Biological Sciences Gabriel Fiorinni University of New Orleans Dept. of Biological Sciences QUESTIONS?