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Section 1. Getting Web Space

• 1.1. Who is allowed to get Web space?
• 1.1a. Can CSU Channel Islands alumni apply for a personal Web space?
• 1.1b. Can CSU Channel Islands staff apply for a personal Web space?
• 1.2. How much space do I get?
• 1.2b. How do you define an Officially Recognized Organization?
• 1.3. How much does it cost?
• 1.3b. How do I obtain additional web space? Can additional web space be purchased?
• 1.4. How do I get a web space?
• 1.5. What do I need to get started building my web page?
• 1.5b Where can I obtain web page creation software?
• 1.6. Can someone teach me how? Where do I go for help?
• 1.7. What are the rules for use of my web space?
• 1.8 I am a student. How long will my personal Web space remain active?
• 1.9 I am a faculty member. How long will my personal web space remain active?
• 1.10 How long will student club or organization web space remain active?

Section 2. Using Web Space at CI

• 2.1. Where is my home page on the Web?
  • 2.1a. Students
  • 2.1b. Faculty
  • 2.1b. Academic Programs/Areas
  • 2.1d. Administrative Programs/Areas
  • 2.1e. Student clubs and organizations
  • 2.1f. Courses
• 2.2. Can you change my web site address (URL)?
• 2.3. Do I have to use the personal home page you gave me?
  • 2.3a. What can I use my personal web space for?
  • 2.3b. What do students use their personal web space for?
  • 2.3c. What uses are not allowed for my personal web space?
• 2.4. How do I transfer files to and from my Web space? What is SFTP?
• 2.5. How do I make changes to my personal home page?
  • 2.5a. What is the default precedence of home page file names?
  • 2.5b. What happens if I transfer a file to my web site with the same name as one that already exists in my web site?
  • 2.5c. What is the "index.htm" file and how does it work?
  • 2.5d. How should I name my web page files?
  • 2.5e. What kind of files can I put in my web site?
• 2.6. What is Adobe Acrobat? What is a PDF file? Why should I use PDF files instead of Microsoft Office/Word/Excel documents on my web site?
• 2.7. What are some tips for building web pages?
• 2.8. Common problems you may encounter
  • 2.8a. I can't log in to the web server. What should I do?
  • 2.8b. When I open my Web page, I only see a list of files even though all of my Web files are present in my remote web folder. What should I do?
  • 2.8c. I put some pictures on my Web site but they are not showing up. What's wrong?
• 2.9. Web space storage limit
  • 2.9a. Is there a way I can find out how close I am to filling my storage limit of Web space?
  • 2.9b. What happens if I exceed my storage limit?
  • 2.9c. Can I purchase additional space to increase my web space storage limit?
• 2.10. CSU Channel Islands Search Engine
  • 2.10a. Can I invoke the CSU Channel Islands search engine from my Web page?
  • 2.10b. How often does the CSU Channel Islands search engine crawl the sites? Why does crawling take so long?
  • 2.10c. How are Web sites indexed by the CSU Channel Islands search engine?
• 2.11. Questions concerning Web page usage
  • 2.11a. Can I support a politician with my personal Web space?
  • 2.11b. I want to make some extra money creating Web pages and storing them on my web page. Is that OK?
  • 2.11c. I have a part-time (or a full-time) business. Can I advertise my products on my personal web page?
  • 2.11d. I have received an offer from a company to place an advertisement on our Web page. Is this allowed?
  • 2.11e. Can I create a home page on my personal Web space for an academic, non-profit organization unaffiliated with CSU Channel Islands?
  • 2.11f. I found some great images and sound files on the Web and some magazine pictures that I would like to scan. I want to add these materials to my Web page. Can I do this?
  • 2.11g. Can an entity advertise on our site for a fee?
  • 2.11h. Can we get something of value in exchange for a link on our site, such as if we got a discount on something for providing a link?
  • 2.11i. Can a campus advertise an event that has a commercial sponsor, such as Ford, and link to their site?
  • 2.11j. What if we have an event with underwriters/sponsors and we want to say ‘Thanks to our sponsors.’ Is it ok to use their logo and link to their site?
  • 2.11k. What is the difference between advertising in a campus magazine or campus billboard, and advertising on the web?
  • 2.11l. Can we list our affinity partners?
  • 2.11m. What about auxiliary sites, such as our bookstore?
• 2.12. Can I make my computer a server for my Web page?
  • 2.12a. Can I assign my own fully-qualified domain name to my personal space on studentweb.csuci.edu or another web server?
  • 2.12b. How do I get a .com, .net, or .org domain name?
  • 2.12c. Can I point my .com, .net, or .org domain name to my CSU Channel Islands web site?
• 2.13. What are Access Control Lists (ACLs)?
  • 2.13a I need to make a certain folder writable for my scripts to work properly. How can I do this?
• 2.14 Do the CSU Channel Islands web servers support Active Server Pages (ASP)?

Section 3. Design and Graphics

• 3.1. Where can I get CSU Channel Islands graphics for my page?
• 3.2. How do I put graphics on a Web page?
• 3.3. How do I put a photograph or art on my page?
• 3.4. I need to scan art for my page. Where can I find a scanner?
• 3.5. Where can I find free icons and art?

Section 4. Additional Web Page Features

• 4.1. How do I put music on my Web page?
• 4.3. I want to keep a log of who accessed my Web page and how they found it. Is this possible?
• 4.4. Can I access the log file for my program area/organization home page?
• 4.5. How do I password-protect one of my Web pages?
• 4.6. How do I let others download journal articles, etc. from my Web space?
• 4.6b. How can I configure use anonymous FTP to allow users to download files from my personal web space?

Section 5. CGI/Server-side Scripts

• 5.1. What are CGI scripts?
• 5.1a. What CGI programming languages are supported on CSU Channel Islands web servers?
• 5.2. How do I run a script from my Web space?

Section 6. Information for Faculty

• 6.1. I am teaching a course and would like to make a Web page for it. How do I do this?
• 6.2. I would like my class to work in groups in order to create Web documents. Is there course Web space available for such projects?
• 6.3. I would like to give one of my students permission to update my Web pages. Can I do this?
• 6.4. I am teaching a course and I would like my students to publish portfolios of their work in their personal web space. How do I do this?

Section 7. Miscellaneous Information for Students

• 7.1. What happens to my Web page after I graduate or transfer to another college (other than another CSU Channel Islands campus)?
• 7.2. Where do I find information on my user names and passwords to access student web space and other systems?
• 7.4. Is there an on-line listing of course Web pages?
• 7.5. Why don't all faculty members list their course web pages?
• 7.6. Where can I check out a digital camera for taking pictures for my web page?