This is a template WWW Page

Modify it to suit your needs

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This is a paragraph of text. You can use this paragraph for the introduction to your web page.

There are several points to keep in mind when designing a successful web page:

• Adapt a consistant "look" for your pages.
• Include your name and email address on the page (use the "mailto" construct to make it easy for readers to mail you their comments.)
• Put the date you last revised the page at the bottom.
• Don't make a "dead end" page--always include a hypertext link to your home page or another section.
• Limit use of large graphics.
• Hints for creating effective web pages can be found in this style guide.
• The WWW can make information available to readers in lots of exciting ways. Information providers will want to consider the appropriateness of creating multimedia documents.

The following hypertext links contain useful information to UMDweb publishers:

1. Frequently asked questions and answers for WWW publishers at UMDNJ
2. Web Page Design Resources
3. Resources from the World Wide Web Consortium
4. Netscape Navigator Gold's Authoring Guide. For the latest version, choose Handbook from Netscape Navigator's Help menu for current information and new feature list.
5. For more in-depth information about HTML, this Beginner's Guide provides an excellent tutuorial.
6. Guide to Writing HTML
7. Here is an interesting web site that effectively complements a printed book entitled The City of Bits
8. Read a Dilbert cartoon when you are done working!

Setting up your ACS account so you can publish WWW documents

1. Log into your UMDNJ ACS Unix account. Select the link below next to the computer name on which you have your account:

   Campus	Host Name
   Newark	njmsa (www)
   Piscataway	rwja (www2)
   Stratford	pearl (www3)
   Camden	rwjcam (www4)

2. From the ACS main menu, choose UNIX Commands. At the Command? prompt, type webme. If you have not created web pages before, a directory (named www) will be created inside of which you may store your web pages.
3. After you have created your web pages, place them in your www directory. You must type the webme command again in order to allow other people to read your HTML files If you do not do this, you will see a 403 Forbidden... error message on your web browser when you try and access the file. Be aware that your HTML file name must end in .htm or .html in order to be served properly.
4. To access your files, use the following URL:

   http://host.umdnj.edu/~acctname/file.html

   • host is the name of the computer where your ACS account is located.
     • www is the web server on the Newark campus (njmsa)
     • www2 server on the Piscataway campus (rwja)
     • www3 is the web server on the Stratford campus (pearl)
     • www4 is the web server on the Camden campus (rwjcam)
   • acctname is your ACS computer account login name.
   • file.html is the name of your HTML file

Revised: July 14, 1998

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