Division of Information Technology Web Publishing @ SFSU

STEP 1: Obtain an Internet Account
STEP 2: Review SFSU's Web Policy
STEP 3: Familiarize yourself with web browser settings, key terms and searching the Internet
STEP 4: Download web publishing software
STEP 5: Attend Technology Training Workshops

STEP 1: Obtain an Internet Account
The first step is to obtain an SFSU Internet Account. SFSU personal Internet Accounts are available to eligible SFSU faculty, staff and students. University faculty accounts contain 500 MB of storage; department accounts contain 50 MB; Student Organizations, personal staff and student accounts contain 200 MB of storage; Recognized Student Organizations may request a 'Student Organization web account' to publish student organization information. For eligibility information, please see the SFSU web practices.

After successfully signing up for an account, your web page address will be as follows (replace account with your SFSU Internet Account name):

Departments
http://www.sfsu.edu/~account

Faculty
http://online.sfsu.edu/~account

Personal Staff & Student
http://userwww.sfsu.edu/~account

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STEP 2: Review SFSU's Web Policy
To ensure that SFSU's Web site provides clear and consistent information to the outside world, a committee representing SFSU faculty, administrators, staff, and students has developed a Web policy. It provides general guidelines for effective communication and efficient use of SFSU's Web site as well as for creating a positive representation of the University, while recognizing the creative diversity of campus departments and programs.

Official University web sites must meet the minimum requirements of the SFSU Web policies listed on the checklist.

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STEP 3: Familiarize yourself with web browser settings, key terms and searching the Internet
Before developing a web page you should be familiar with the different web browser settings, and be comfortable searching the Internet. You should also be familiar with key terms like FTP, telnet, browser and server.

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STEP 4: Download Web Publishing Software
The minimum software requirements to create a web page is:

• An HTML Editor to create the web page and
• A File Transfer Protocol (FTP) program to transfer the web page from your computer to your SFSU Internet Account

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STEP 5: Attend Technology Training Workshops
Computing Services and the Center for the Enhancement of Teaching (CET) offer workshops on web publishing software programs and tools. Visit SFSU's Technology Training page for more information.

You can also begin by reviewing what is HTML. To learn HTML mark-up coding you can follow a Step-by-Step online HTML course.

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Last modified February 11, 2008 by the Web Team