Tips and Tricks

• Everyone wants to use little balls and similar graphic elements in their page designs. A generic library of graphic elements is maintained by the webmasters: there is no need to make yet another copy of "greenball.gif" in your directory. Simply reference the appropriate image using HTML code similar to the following:
  
  <img src=http://www.uvm.edu/icon/balls/greenball.gif>

Various UVM Logos are available in the UVM icon directory. Example usage:
  
  <img src=http://www.uvm.edu/icon/uvm/uvmlogo.gif>



• Everyone wants to know who is looking at their pages and how often. The www.uvm.edu server does not accumulate usage statistics. If you absolutely must know how popular your pages are, we have made a counter image available for UVM web page use only.
  

• Everyone wants their pages to be found by the UVM Search Engine. This shouldn't be a problem: chances are, the Search Engine will find them, unless you take steps to hide them (see below). You can still help the Search Engine by following these hints for web indexing.
  

• Not everyone wants to hide their pages from users, but you can if you want. Pages and directories on www.uvm.edu can be hidden from specific machines or entire groups of machines, such as all off-campus users. Pages may also be protected via username/password combinations. For details, see How can I set up access restrictions for my WWW documents? Pages can be hidden from the UVM Search Engine (and others) by following the Standard for Robot Exclusion.
  

The University supports both institutional and personal web pages. The views expressed on personal web pages are strictly those of the author, and are not reviewed or approved by the University of Vermont

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Last page update: November 6, 1996