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Not in use for 2020/2021 and Semester 1, 2021/2022 due to Covid-19 restrictions for use of university computer rooms. We are developing blogs during this period, using Wix (scroll down until you find the section "How to Create a Free Website").
Web
design guidelines and the AU server
Setting
your web permissions
Before you can display a website on the university server, you need to make sure your settings allow this in your student account.
- Go to https://myaccount.aber.ac.uk
- Select: Login to check and edit your account settings
- Under Account select: Add or remove permissions
- Next to SSH access on central.aber.ac.uk click Add
- This should update in 15 minutes
- Before that you can still make a website and when your first pages are ready, your account should be updated
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Using
your W: Drive
Your
W: drive is a mirror of your M: drive, but can be used for live web
editing. M: drive cannot be used for this purpose and if you use it,
you will have to reset permissions for your site. As such it is highly
recommended that you always reconnect to your W: drive before creating
or editing any pages. NOTE: all web pages must
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Mapping
your network drive
Use
the start menu and right click on
my network places. Select map network drive.
Select W: from the list of drives. Type in
the correct path:
- Staff:
\\smb1\cswr
- Undergraduates
with network log ins between aaa - kaz: \\smb3\cswr
- Undergraduates
with network log ins between kba - zzz: \\smb4\cswr
- If you have problems connecting try \\smbhost\cswr
Even if you select
reconnect at log on you will always need to reconnect
each time you want to edit your pages. Please note that you should
not edit your pages in M: drive as you will have viewing problems and
will have to rest permissions to view the page in Kea term or Telnet. Source:
http://users.aber.ac.uk/resources/network-drivesch.shtml Initial
guidelines: these will help you to understand the nature of
the W: drive http://users.aber.ac.uk/resources/cswr.shtml
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Read:
Guidelines on publishing to the WWW at AU http://www.inf.aber.ac.uk/regulations/www.asp
Disclaimer: the following disclaimer from the above web page is required on the
opening page of all personal AU (i.e. "users") web sites:
The
information provided on this and other pages by me, YOUR
NAME (YOURLOGIN@aber.ac.uk), is
under my own personal responsibility and not that of the Aberystwyth University. Similarly, any opinions expressed are my own
and are in no way to be taken as those of A.U.
Start
by copying this and pasting it into your own page, remembering to
change the name and e-mail address to your own.
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How to create a document download link This is the simplest technique of all. Jusst put the documents you want to download in your public_html folder. Create a link title, select link and instead of linking to a web page link to the document itself. A download window will automatically open on the users computer when the link is selected. Top
Using
pictures and picture editing
To download a picture, right click on the mouse, choose "save
picture as" and save it to your W: drive
in public_html
To insert
it in a Netscape page, select the image button in
the control panel and choose the picture you want to use.
To edit
the picture (e.g. changing its size), do not
try stretching it on the web page as it is hard to
get it right without distortion. Double click the
picture icon in your public_html
folder, select the second button from the right on
the bottom control panel and it will open in picture
editor. In picture editor go the image menu
and select resize.
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Making an anchored list page for frequently asked questions (FAQs)
This page is structured around an anchored list with links from the top of the page to each section and reciprocal links back to the top of the page. This is very useful if you want your readers to be able to print information in linear sequence as it provides an contents list for information management.
Follow this link to a ready made FAQs page. Try making your own, but if you don't have time save this one to your W: drive.
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Current
students: default index is only visible until web content is created
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Things to include in your first web page as a design exercise
- Name
- E-mail address
- Disclaimer
- Where you study and what you study
- Academic and professional interests
- Personal interests
- Social interests
- Any photos you have—that you don’t mind other people seeing
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