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Frequently Asked Questions

The following are some frequently asked questions relating to publishing documents on the Web at MIT.

Getting Started - Site planning and design options, web.mit.edu account registraion, and training
Web page Features - Add-ons for your website
Web Publishing - Creating, editing, and publishing your website
Policies and Guidelines - Rules, regulations, and suggestions for web publishing
Other Questions

	Getting Started
	Where can I get assistance in planning and designing my site?
	Are there web publishing classes?
	What's the Web Publishers User Group?
	How can I request an Athena filesystem (locker) so my MIT organization can publish on web.mit.edu? (Note: available to MIT organizations, labs, and offices only.)
	I am affiliated with MIT. How do I get an Athena account?
	How do I change access permissions for my department's web locker?
	I'm a private web developer working at MIT. How do I get a guest account to logon to the MIT network?
	Web page Features
	How do I work with forms in Athena? (e.g., email comment forms)
	How do I put the MIT logo on my web page? (For use by MIT-related web pages only)
	How do I put an access counter on my page?
	How can I search just my pages with the MIT search engine?
	Where can I find free Javascripts for my website?
	How should I go about conducting an electronic survey of the MIT community?
	What is cgiemail and how do I use translateform and process-comments?
	Can I password protect my web site?
	Web Publishing
	What are some web publishing guidelines I should follow when creating my pages? (A must-read!)
	Where can I get some help with Dreamweaver?
	What are metatags, and how do I use them?
	How can I find out about using a scanner to get images for my page?
	How can I check my HTML code for errors?
	Is there a problem with using smart quotes on my web pages?
	How I do display equations and other mathematical content on the Web?
	How can I increase the relevancy ranking of my page for search engines? (metatags and keywords)
	How do I automatically redirect people to my page?
	How can I securely transfer files to Athena?
	What basic Athena commands might I use as a Web publisher?
	How can I get more web publishing space on the MIT web servers?
	How do I change access permissions for my department's web (org) locker?
	How do I announce my webpage?
	How do I find out who is linked to my page?
	What are some of the mailing lists relating to publishing on the web at MIT?
	Policies and Guidelines
	What are some web publishing guidelines I should follow when creating my pages? (A must-read!)
	What Athena and MIT policy issues should I be aware of?
	What is the policy on sponsorship, advertising, and affiliate programs on MIT websites?
	What are some guidelines for effective use of graphics on the web?
	How do I check to see if my website is accessible to people with disabilities?
	How do I check to see if my web pages with multimedia elements are accessible to people with disabilities?
	Other Questions
	Are there any useful scripts for advanced users?
	Can I put MIT's Events Calendar on my web pages?
	Where can I report websites that contain offensive content?
	How do I setup a discussion forum on my web page?


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