| What |
How to do it
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|
WebCT course (sites not in WebCT) |
| 1 |
Request
a WebCT course |
Complete
and submit this form. |
| 2 |
Find
assistance for uploading and managing files |
- Online
documentation: In WebCT, select "Manage Files" and then
"Help"
- Other
resources online in WebCT: Faculty Lounge
- Monthly
sessions: First Fridays Clinic
- Training
courses: Make the Web Connection; custom
- Personal
assistance: UETS
|
Web site (unit, college, www.gsu.edu, personal) (WebCT course) |
| 1 |
Request
web space for a site |
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| |
Unit
or college
|
Contact
the appropriate site administrator (ask for the webmaster) |
| |
Individual
Panther account
|
Get a Panther account (Unix). Login to your Panther
account at telnet://panther.gsu.edu and enter "webspace" to initialize the Web space directory
public_html.
Individual Panther Web spaces are appropriate for vitae and other
Web pages closely related only to an individual's work at Georgia
State. For projects with multiple contributors, e.g., a Web site
for a multi-section course, it is helpful to have a site specifically
for that purpose. This arrangement facilitates collaborating on
the site and reassigning responsibilities when needed. |
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Project
account on www.gsu.edu
|
To
request a project web site on panther.gsu.edu, send a request
with the following information in an email to help@gsu.edu or call the Help Center. Requests for project accounts require
Panther account IDs.
- Owner:
Name and title of owner-to-be of the site
- Novell
ID: xxxxxx
- Email
address: Email address of site owner
- Phone:
Phone number of site owner
- Unit:
Academic unit name
- College:
College name
- Other
editors: Name, Novell ID, email address, phone number,
academic unit, and college of other site editors. If none,
indicate "none".
- Purpose:
Course web site
- Course:
Course prefix, number, and title
- Web
site name: A 6-character name of the form "wwwxxx"
where "xxx" makes the name unique at www.gsu.edu/~wwwxxx.
- Alias:
A 6-character alias for "wwwxxx". Check www.gsu.edu/yyyyyy to ensure uniqueness.
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| |
Personal
|
Contact
a provider, e.g., an ISP or telephone or cable company. |
| 2 |
Install
a file transfer protocol (FTP) program to "FTP" files
to the site |
Any
FTP program will do, e.g., RapidFiler, WS_FTP, FTP embedded in
an HTML editor. Download WS_FTP from GSU's download page. There is no charge for WS_FTP,
and it can be downloaded to off-campus machines. HTML editors,
e.g., Dreamweaver, FrontPage, and GoLive, usually include FTP
capabilities. |
| 3 |
Reset
the password from the initial one |
Login
to Panther with the site name, e.g., wwwxxx, and initial password
and change the password. Panther lives at telnet://panther.gsu.edu. |
| 4 |
Define
the site to the FTP program |
For
example, in WS_FTP, define the profile as follows: |
| Session
properties: General tab |
| |
Host
name/address |
panther.gsu.edu |
| |
Host
type |
Automatic
detect |
| |
User
ID |
[name
of site, e.g., wwwxxx] |
| |
Password |
[the
current one] |
| Startup
tab |
| |
Initial
remote site folder |
public_html
[Once
on the site, you may make directories, which you can subsequently
add to the path, e.g., public_html/pro/acct8630. The slashes
in this path are forward ones.] |
| |
Initial
local folder |
[path
to your hard disk directory for the site, e.g., d:\...
The slashes in this path are backward ones.] |
| Other
FTP programs will require the same information although
their labels for it may differ. |
|
| 5 |
FTP
files to/from a site |
Move
to the appropriate folders (local and remote) and double-click
or select the arrow to copy a file. |
| 6 |
Protect
a segment of a site, e.g., a folder named "pro" and
all the files and subdirectories it contains |
Create
the subdirectory on the site, e.g., "pro", that is
to be protected. For www.gsu.edu sites, login with your Panther ID
at telnet://panther.gsu.edu. If the site is not
your personal site, "sudo wwwxxx" to the site, where "wwwxxx"
is the name of the site. The password expected at the password
prompt is the one for your personal Panther account. Enter "nsconfig"
and respond "2" to the prompt. At the prompt for the files to
be protected, enter "pro/*.*". Respond to the name
and password prompts. Enter "exit" to close the session
(twice if you sudoed to another site.)
Using nsconfig for setting passwords on Web pages. |
| 6 |
Reset
site password |
|
| |
After
it has expired
|
Every 90 days, FTP passwords on www.gsu.edu sites expire. To reset the FTP password
after it expires, login to Panther at telnet://panther.gsu.edu with the site name,
e.g., wwwxxx, and follow the prompts to enter a new password. |
| |
Before
it expires
|
To reset the FTP password before it expires, login to Panther
at telnet://panther.gsu.edu with your individual
Panther name, "sudo" to the site (if a site different
from your individual Panther account), enter "passwd",
and follow the prompts to enter a new password. |
| 7 |
Check
space usage |
After
logging into the site at telnet://panther.gsu.edu (and sudoing to a project
site, if needed), enter "quota -v". Project accounts
on www.gsu.edu default to 10 megabytes. Look at
the line beginning "/web..." to compare current usage
with the quota permitted. If you need more space, request it in
an email to help@gsu.edu. Expect to provide substantial justification
for sites to exceed 20 megabytes. |