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First make sure you have an account with IAM.
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All IAM students have an account with our department that provides them space on our server (referred to in the department as their "Z" drive, about 2GB of storage). Inside this directory, you have a folder called "pub". Anything you place inside the pub folder is online, and accessible by any internet user.  
  
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This gives you a pub (web) folder, space for working directories, and all together, 2 GB of storage.  
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==Creating A Class Web Page==
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In your pub directory create a new folder with the name of your course. If your course's name includes multiple words, title the folder without spaces. Example: for a course called Public Art, you would name your folder PublicArt.
  
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Go to your Z drive.  This is your space on IAM servers.
 
  
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In your pub folder, create a subfolder called PublicArt. (no space between words)
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===Copying A Sample Page===
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#Navigate to the sample student web page.
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#In the browser, go to View>Source
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#Copy the text, and paste it into an editor (such as BBedit on the Mac or Scite on the PC).
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#Change the content to suit your needs (e.g., substitute your name - Hieronymous Bosch - in place of Student Name).
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#Save the file as index.html inside your pub > course folder (such as pub/PublicArt)
  
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To make your page:  Navigate to the sample student web page.
 
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In the browser, go to View>Source
 
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Copy the text, and paste it into BBedit on the Mac, Scite on the PC (these correctly interpret the html formatting symbols).
 
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Change the text to suit your needs (for eg., substitute your name - Hieronymous Bosch - in place of Student Name).
 
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Save this as an .html file to your pub/PublicArt folder as index.html
 
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and Voila!
 
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you can do a real web page design, but this basic template is all that's required.
 
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BACK TO PUBLIC ART MAIN PAGE [[http://imamp.colum.edu/mediawiki/index.php/Public_Art]]
 
  
 
[[Category:Tutorial]]
 
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Revision as of 19:10, 5 June 2019

All IAM students have an account with our department that provides them space on our server (referred to in the department as their "Z" drive, about 2GB of storage). Inside this directory, you have a folder called "pub". Anything you place inside the pub folder is online, and accessible by any internet user.

Creating A Class Web Page

In your pub directory create a new folder with the name of your course. If your course's name includes multiple words, title the folder without spaces. Example: for a course called Public Art, you would name your folder PublicArt.


Copying A Sample Page

  1. Navigate to the sample student web page.
  2. In the browser, go to View>Source
  3. Copy the text, and paste it into an editor (such as BBedit on the Mac or Scite on the PC).
  4. Change the content to suit your needs (e.g., substitute your name - Hieronymous Bosch - in place of Student Name).
  5. Save the file as index.html inside your pub > course folder (such as pub/PublicArt)
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