Create Your Own Page

This is a tutorial in HTML where you will be working in Windows95 by typing in the HTML codes and viewing the results using a browser such as Netscape.

I would like any comments and tips you can give me. At the end of each section I have put a "Comments" field. Please e-mail me and let me know where more explanation is needed and where I've been too verbose. ~Julie A. Duncan

I've made a few pdf files of handouts I've used in workshops. Feel free to download them using Adobe's Acrobat Reader. Should you like to use them in a class or a workshop led by you, please email me and let me know.

HTML Cheatsheet - 76K pdf file.
Handout for Netscape Composer 4.x - 339K pdf file. This is a 4 page handout that walks you through creating a webpage using Netscape's Composer. The ftp address on the last page of the handout is for personal pages at Cameron University. Should this handout be used for sites other than Cameron or for department pages at Cameron, the upload address will need modified.

Build your page

What now?

You will need to make sure you have a place to upload your files. If you work at Cameron, you can use your cuok account. (If you're not sure what a cuok account is or if you have one, call the helpdesk at X-2454.) Once you're in your cuok account run the command 'MakePublicHtml' from the $ prompt. This will create a directory in your account called public_html. You will need to upload your files to this directory.

If you do not work at Cameron and were just using this tutorial to learn HTML, you will need to contact your internet service provider. Most likely you already have a directory in which to put your web page and just need to find out where it is and how you'll need to upload your files. If your internet service provider doesn't provide you space for webpages with your basic fee, you might try getting a free account at Geocities before you pay extra money to your provider.

Tell people about your page

Get the word out to your friends, students, co-workers, and high-schools that your information is now available on the World Wide Web. You can either give them your direct http address or promote Cameron University by giving them the University home page address (http://www.cameron.edu/) and directions on how to get to your page. If you are a faculty member, you will want to inform your department page maintainer that you have a web page available now so that he can create a link from the department page to your page.

Update your page regularly

When information changes (particularly each semester), be sure to set aside some time to update the information on your web pages as well. You can use the vi or pico editors on cuok to change information directly to your file or you can change it in Notepad (or other html editor) and upload the file again. If you change the information on your computer rather than cuok, be sure to overwrite the old file on cuok rather than giving it a new name to ensure that your links will remain operable.

For more information on updating and overhauling your webpage, check out my Eight Week Shape-Up.

Page maintained by Julie A. Duncan, ITS
Cameron University, Lawton Oklahoma