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Academic Web Page Creation Guide

Table of Contents

Overview of Web Guide

Introduction
    Pedagogical and Design Considerations
    Typical Components of a Course Web Page
    Overview of Publishing on MIT's Web Server (web.mit.edu)
    Maintenance Considerations

Access and Legal Issues

Building Your Pages
    About HTML
        HTML Tutorials
        HTML Editors and Converters
    Portable Document Format (PDF)
    Technical Notation and Foreign Languages
        Web Display of Mathematical Equations 
        Web Display of Chemical Equations and Structures
        Foreign Languages in Web Pages
    Including Images and Graphic Effects 
        Understanding Media Types for Web Publishing 
        Tips for Effective Use of Graphics
        Creating Graphics for the Web
        Imagemaps
        Animations
        Rollovers
        Making Web Movies at the New Media Centers
      Scanning Images, Slides, Text at the New Media Centers
    Making your pages interactive
        Replies by Email with mailto:
        Web Forums and Discussions
        Comment Forms and Web Surveys
        Tracking Access to Web Pages
        Databases and the Web
        Distribution of Files Over the Web 
        CGI Programs
    Helping People Find Your Web Pages
    Web Browsers: Consider the Differences 
    
Publishing Your Pages
    Using an Athena Course Locker for Your Web Site
        Summary of differences between Athena and other Unix systems
        Locating Your Site: URLs, Athena, and AFS
        Viewing Your Site With a Browser 
        Getting to Your Site for Maintenance
        Managing Files and Directories
        Controlling Access
        Further Information
    Transferring Your Files
        Step-by-step Instructions
        File Transfer vs. File management
        Security Considerations
    Restricting Access to Your Web Pages 
    Running Your Own Web Server 
    
Maintaining Your Pages

Other Resources

Templates and Samples