Frequently Asked Questions
Current Issues:
- How do I access the web server?
- How do I add the Google Search form to my SSU pages?
- Dreamweaver MX 2004 WebDAV Bug - Can't Open Folders?
Topics
- Getting Started
- Naming Your Files
- General HTML
- Accessible Design
- Images, Imagemaps
- Inserting Audio and Video
- Server Access
- Support, Training, Tools
- Forms
- Search Engine
- Specialty Items
- Other
Getting Started
- I want to put up web pages. How do I begin?
- How do I get a web server account?
- Who can have an account on the web server?
- I have an account. Now what?
- Can my website have its own domain name? Does my address have to include sonoma.edu?
- What server technology can I use with my SSU website?
- I will have an outside volunteer working on pages for me. How can this person access the campus or student web server?
- Can I create pages without learning HTML?
- Are there any Tips or Best Practices that campus web authors should follow?
Server Access - Campus and Student web server
- What is WebDAV?
- What are the WebDAV settings for www.sonoma.edu and www.students.sonoma.edu?
- Using Dreamweaver, how do I access my files on the web server?
- Using Windows XP Network Places, how do I access my files on the web server?
- Using Windows Vista Network Places, how do I access my files on the web server?
- Network Places won't make the connection - it says the folder doesn't exist... What's wrong?
- Using Goliath, how do I access my files on the web server?
- Using Mac OS "Connect to Server command," how do I access my files on the web server?
- Why can't I login?
- How do I change my password?
- What is a campus clearance? What happened to my account?
Naming Your Files
- How should I name my files? Are there any restrictions?
- What extensions should I use on my files? Does it matter?
- Do I have to call my home page "default.html"?
General HTML
- How did they do that?! How do I see someone else's HTML?
- How do I edit a page that already exits on the web server?
- What is a relative URL?
- Why are my links/images broken?
- Why won't my mailto tags work?
- Why won't my page display correctly in Safari, Netscape, Firefox, Explorer, or some other browser?
- How do I create a nested list?
Accessible Design
- What is Accessibility? Do I need to make my pages accessible?
- What resources can I find online to help me make my pages more accessible?
- How do I make my flash buttons accessible to browsers which cannot read graphics or flash objects?
- How do I make my PowerPoints accessible? Do we have LecShare?
Images, Imagemaps
- How do I make an image also be a link?
- What is an image map and how can I make one for my page?
- Why are my links/images broken?
- Can I have the SSU banner on my web page?
- How do I make an imagemap in Dreamweaver?
- Why are my images in a staircase formation?
- What do I need to know about using copyrighted files?
Inserting Audio and Video
- What type of sound files can I insert into web pages?
- What is the plain code needed to insert a QuickTime movie into my webpage?
- How do I insert QuickTime movies into my webpage, using Dreamweaver?
- How do I insert QuickTime movies into my webpage? (Code Sample)
- How do I insert sound files into my web page?
Support, Training, Tools
- What kind of support is offered for web publishing?
- What software is supported?
- What are your software recommendations?
- Do I have to use Dreamweaver to make my web pages?
- I need help designing department web pages. How much support do you offer?
- Does the Web Office provide training for Dreamweaver, WebCT and other web development applications?
- Can I get a copy of the handouts used in the Dreamweaver training?
Forms
- How do I make a form?
- What can I do with the information in a form?
- How can I email form output to myself?
- How do I use Formation to process form information?
- How do I use Formaldehyde to create a form using FDML?
Search Engine
- How do I add the Search form to my SSU pages?
- Can I put my pages in the SSU search engine? How?
- How often is the search engine's index updated?
- How do I set up a Custom Search Collection for my site?
- Can I make the Search Results page look like the rest of my site?
- How can I improve the ranking of my pages in search results?
Specialty Items
- Can I put a counter on my page?
- What happened to the old counter CGI?
- What are Server Side Includes (SSI's), and how do I use them?
- How do I put a quiz on the web?
- Do you have a template for a bulletin board/discussion forum?
- How do I create a Guestbook?
- How do I password protect my folder?
- Why will my PDF open on my computer but not on the server?
Other
- How can I retrieve web files that I lost/trashed?
- What is a listserv, and how can I set one up?
- How come a certain department or person does not have a web page?
- What is the best way to give an in class web presentation?
- Can I run my own custom Perl CGIs on the campus web server?
- Can I use PHP, ASP, JSP, MySQL, or ColdFusion?