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TutorialWeb Publishing

• Its easy to be
• an information provider

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Web Publishing

• Web pages are stored on a Web Server
• A computer with a unique Web address, accessible
  to any connected client
• Web pages are written in HTML
• Hyper Text Markup Language
• Possible to automatically save Word documents
  in HTML

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Create Your Home Page

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

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Set up your UNIX account (Easy Way)

• 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 Universitys Web site
• http//www.umanitoba.ca/cgi-bin/makepublic

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Set up your UNIX account (Harder Way)

• Login to UNIX account with TeraTerm
• Create your public_html directory and set
  permissions
• cd
• chmod g-l
• chmod ax
• mkdir public_html
• chmod g-l public_html
• chmod arx public_html

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Upload Home Page to UNIX

• Use WS-FTP software to log in to UNIX account
• Use most current version available for best
  results
• Upload your home page and résumé page to your
  public_html directory
• Make sure to name the home page file index.html
  (so it will load automatically)

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View Your Web Page

• If everything is working properly, you can see
  your Web page by typing your URL
• http//home.cc.umanitoba.ca/yourid
• e.g., http//home.cc.umanitoba.ca/umsmit99
• 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

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Add More Stuff

• Search to find sites that will provide you with
  interesting direct links
• Use Copy and Paste to move their URLs into links
  on your page
• Find some appropriate pictures or graphics
• In Office 97/2000
• From the Web (right click/Save image as.)
• Add an e-mail link (you may want to use an icon)

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Updating Your Web Page

• Remember, when you add items to your Web page,
  you are changing the diskette version only
• Repeat the upload FTP to make it viewable
• Refresh your diskettes file list when continuing
  to work with FTP
• Click on the Reload or Refresh button if you see
  the same thing as before (cached page)

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Send Us Your URL

• Send the email message required in Assignment1
• Send a new message if you want to use an
  off-campus Web site
• THATS ALL THERE IS TO IT!
• Perfection, however, is another matter!

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Next Class

• Chapter 2 - IS in organizations
• Case Textron - outsourcing, pages 77-78
• Remember474-8600 for computer support