To find the instructions on how to set up your own home page on the Web: go to UVM's home page and type in the URL for "Developing your own Webpages at UVM": http://www.uvm.edu/~hag/wcreate
A simple, non-geek, web-design resource is: http://www.projectcool.com/
Also, here is a good summary of HTML you may want to check out: http://www.werbach.com/barebones/
There are also lots of tutorial pages to visit in the CDAE 195 Bookmarks Web Site: http://www.uvm.edu/~jleonard/webcourse/bookmarks.html (Scroll down to the TUTORIALS section).
It is also a good idea to read about copyright issues in:
http://www.clari.net/brad/copymyths.html
BRIEF SUMMARY OF HTML STRUCTURE OF THE HTML FILE:
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE> {this appears on the very top title bar in the browser,
not in the page itself} </TITLE>
</HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR=######> or <BODY BACKGROUND=file.jpg>
. . {This is the main section of the web page where you put in text, pictures, sound, video, etc.} .
</BODY >
</HTML>
QUICK LIST OF HTML TAGS:
HEADINGS, BREAKS, AND LISTS:
<H1> Largest size header </H1>
<H6> Smallest size header </H6>
<P> end of paragraph with extra line space
<BR> line break with no line space
<HR> horizontal line
<B> ... </B> bold face text
<i> ... </i> italic text
<FONT COLOR = RED> Try other colors
<CENTER> Text or pictures </CENTER>
<FONT SIZE=7> 1=smallest, 7=largest
<UL>
<OL>
<LI> BULLETED
<LI> NUMBERED
<LI> LIST
<LI> LIST
</UL>
</OL>
<IMG SRC=file.gif> This is an image tag. Make sure the file.gif is in the same directory as the html file, and that permissions have been changed.
<PRE> Here is some text in a text file format that you would like to be displayed as text in your web page. </PRE>
BODY BGCOLOR=: here's a URL that lists the colors and their numbers (######): http:/archive.devx.com/projectcool/developer/reference/color-chart.html
BODY BACKGROUNDS: here's the URL for some you may use: http://www.uvm.edu/~jleonard/cdae85/backs.html
The "chmod" means "Change Mode". The next three numbers refer to the Owner, that's you (6); the group (4); and everyone else (4). The Permission numbers as follows:
Permission Number
Permission
0 No Permission at all
1 Execute Only
2 Write Only
3 Write and execute
4 Read only
5 Read and execute
6 Read and write
7 Read, write, and execute
By typing 644 *.* when you are in your public_html directory, you are giving yourself Read and write permission, your group and everyone else read only. This way only you can change the files in your public_html directory. If, for example you wanted to make the file MINE.HTML so that only you can see or edit a file, then:
chmod 600 MINE.HTML