Setting Up Files
Tips and Information for First Time Users
- Don't use 'spaces' within filenames, they will not work correctly; use an 'underscore' character (_)
- Avoid using capital letters within filenames, the web is case-sensitive when it comes to filenames
- Always keep backup copies of your entire web site in case of accidental deletion or server crash
- Try to use one of the following as the filename for your homepage: index.html, homepage.html, default.html, home.html or welcome.html
- You can either use an .html or .htm extension when saving your HTML files
The URL for your page is:
http://www.cofc.edu/~loginname/filename
If you name your homepage index.html, you don't need to specify the filename, simply:
http://www.cofc.edu/~loginname
File Structure
Dreamweaver has a built in tutorial and help files where you can learn about file structure. To access this information, open Dreamweaver and select "Help" from the top menu bar. Some very useful information to help you get started includes "Organizing the site structure", and "Managing Your Site". You can find this information by going to Help > Using Dreamweaver then preform a search for "file structure". |
Counter
To add a counter to your web page, put this on your page:
<IMG SRC="http://www.cofc.edu/cgi-bin/Count.cgi?df=manzerm.dat">
If you need more than one counter,
change technology.date to technology#.dat (#=1,2,3...) for each additional couner.
Customizing Information:
http:/www.muquit.com/muquit/software/Count/Count.html#opti |
Forms (FormMail)
FormMail.pl is a perl script that takes user input from an HTML form and sends it to a specified recipient address. To use FormMail.pl for your HTML follow the instructions below. (NOTE: You will have to edit the HTML code to perform this step)
1. Replace the opening <FORM> tag of your page with the opening <FORM> tag
shown below:
<FORM ACTION="http://www.cofc.edu/cgi-bin/FormMail.pl" METHOD="POST">
2. Place the following line of HTML code somewhere between the opening <FORM> tag and the closing </FORM> tag. Replace "MY_ADDRESS" with your intended recipient email address.
<INPUT TYPE="HIDDEN" NAME="recipient" VALUE="MY_ADDRESS">
3. Email webmaster@cofc.edu requesting to have "MY_ADDRESS" added to the list of allowed recipients. (The list of allowed recipients is a spam prevention measure). |
