3. Basic terms
Site: a purposeful collection of web pages
and files hosted on a server and
navegable via a web brower.
Page: a single text-based file within a
website. Usually these have extensions
like .htm, .html.
4. What to have on your page
A light/dynamic digital CV
Web version of CV (use office address)
Sample materials, teaching philosophy, research
interests, etc.
Professional picture of yourself.
Resources to courses you teach (e.g., links to
blogs, wikis, etc.)
Copies of presentations, etc. (format
appropriately, make sure you have permission).
Limit personal information to what you feel
comfortable with.
Use PDFs when possible.
5. Ways to do it…
1. Create a web page on your computer
and upload it to a service that hosts
webpages.
Control your content entirely
Have all your files locally
2. Create a web page in a browser using a
service like Google Sites, Wordpress, etc.
Permanent access/edit your page
Pre-designed materials are easy.
6. Create your own
There are lots of programs to create your own
website.
1. Create a text file using Notepad. This
requires coding in Hypertext Markup
Language (HTML).
2. Use a web editor like Dreamweaver or iWeb.
These are sophisticated programs with lots of
options.
3. Create a Word document and save it as a
web page (this is what we are doing)
7. Create your own
A simple web page file is a
.htm/.html file (a Word file is
.doc or .docx). This file
contains all the text and
coding for your web page and
is the main part of a website.
All the other stuff with a web
page (images, video, etc.) go
in a “backpack,” a folder that
is associated with the HTML file.
Most programs automatically
create the folder when you
save the HTML file.
8. Create your own site
Login to your computer (make sure you
login to nau-students).
Find the W: (Webhome) drive on My
Computer
If your Webhome drive does not
appear, use Mapdrive to access it.
This is where you will store your webpages
and associated files. Anything you put in
this drive (W:) is accessible online.
9. First steps
Open Microsoft Word, a new document.
Type in a brief greeting (doesn’t matter
what).
Click “Save As”
Name the file index (verbatim, lower
case, no spaces)
File Type: choose Web Page.
Save in your W: (in the main folder of this
drive).
10. Test
1. Open up a browser.
2. Type in the URL: dana.ucc.nau.edu/username
3. (replace username with your own NAU
username, e.g., dana.ucc.nau.edu/bob123)
4. You should see your greeting.
Congratulations! You’ve created a website.
You can use the browser to test changes as you
develop your site (just save the files first and reload in
the browser).
Now, let’s make it better…
11. Text in your site
Sans-serif fonts are easier to read on
computer screen (i.e., instead of Times New
Roman, use a font like Tahoma, Arial, etc.
Indenting generally not used (and doesn’t
function properly). Just use breaks in the text.
You can create tables in Word and save
them onto your website. However, they often
do not render correctly (test them out).
12. Images
You can insert images into your web page via
Word (just like you would do with a doc).
When you save the page, the image will
automatically be saved in the sub folder
(i.e., the backpack folder) for that page.
Think about the size of the image before
adding it. Test the dimensions of images.
Use images, etc. that you have the rights to
use.
13. Links
AnHTML page can link to pretty much
anything.
Web pages anywhere on the internet
Other web pages on your same site
(websites often consist of multiple
interlinked web pages that are stored in the
same place).
Documents on your website or elsewhere.
Let’s create some links…
14. Creating links.
1. Go back to your index page in Word.
2. Type in GSAAL. Highlight the text with
your mouse.
3. Right click and choose Hyperlink (you
can alternately find this in the Insert
menu)
4. In the address field type in
http://www.cal.nau.edu/gsaal/
5. Hit OK, Save the file, test it in a browser.
15. Linking to your other pages
Let’s create another page and then
create links between the two pages.
Open a new document in Word. Save it
as a web page in the W: Name the file
resume.
On this page, make a note to label the
page (later you can add your resume to
this page).
Save the page.
16. Linking to your other pages
We now have two pages on our website…but
they are not connected.
Return to your index page (in Word). Type in My
Resume (or my CV or whatever).
Highlight the text, right click, and choose
Hyperlink.
Using the “Look In:” Menu, find the resume.htm file
in your W: drive.
Click on the document and hit ok.
Save the page and test it in a browser. You may
want to now create a Home link (or similar) on
your Resume page.
17. Linking
You can not only create links using text on
your webpage, but basically any object
can be turned into a link.
Add an image to your page, right
click, and choose Hyperlink. The linking
works the same way.
18. Editing and accessing your
website
On campus network computers, you always
have access to your Webhome (W:) drive.
If you do not, download a program called
Mapdrive from the NAU ITS page.
From remote computers, log in to the NAU
Virtual Private Network.
To access the NAU network from home, use
virtual lab:
http://www.nau.edu/its/services/vlab/
19. Alternative: Google Sites
Easy to access and edit site (through web
browser)
Free, permanent (you retain
userid@nau.edu after you graduate)
Link/base to other Google apps for
education, etc.
(Blogger, Groups, Hangout)
Have multiple Google Sites; Use a Google
Site as a wiki.
20. Creating a Google Site
Beginning tutorials:
https://support.google.com/si
tes/?hl=en
1. Go to sites.google.com
and sign in with your NAU
address (don’t enter a
password, just click Sign In
2. Click on the red button
that says create…
21. Creating a Google Site
1. Choose a template, if you like (You can
add one later as well).
2. Name your site...
This doesn’t matter and can be changed later.
3. Site Location
This does matter and cannot be changed.
This will be the URL of your site.
4. Proceed to the next page.
22. Google Home Page
You now have your home page (similar to the
index page on your W: site).
You can edit this page by clicking
on the pencil icon in the top right.
Editing works a lot like Word (you can control
the layout, insert links and images and
documents, etc.)
You can add a sub-pages to your site (link
from one to another and add toolbars).
You can manage your site as a whole
23. Google Site Wiki
To create a wiki using Google Site, plan
out the different areas of content you
want to start with. Create subpages for
each area/topic, link these to a toolbar.
You can add a search gadget in site
layout.
Share permission to edit the site w/ others.
You can set the access level for each
page on the site. (More -> Sharing &
Permissions)
