An Introduction to HTML Creating and Designing Your Website

 

The Computing Enviroment at Vanderbilt

VU Space

http://www.vanderbilt.edu/vuspace/

FAQ:
http://www.vanderbilt.edu/vuspace/faq.php

Storage size: initial quota is 10 megabytes

Claim your VU Space:
https://www2.vanderbilt.edu/maildb/plsql/vuspace_user.claim_vuspace_htm

Make your web space viewable:
https://www2.vanderbilt.edu/maildb/plsql/vuspace_user.modify_vuspace_htm

Mount your VU Space:
Double-click on the VU Space Mounter on the desktop and enter your VU Net ID and password,
don’t forget to un-mount your VU Space when you are finished

Accessing your VU Space from off-campus:
Dial-in through VU Access:
http://www.vanderbilt.edu/vuaccess/

If using Comcast or a commercial ISP, you must use Vanderbilt’s virtual private network.
Follow this link to download the VPN software:
http://www.vanderbilt.edu/its/vpn/

Your website address:
http://people.vanderbilt.edu/~first.m.lastname

Your webpage must be in the “public_web” directory of your VU Space (the V: folder)
and your homepage must have one of the following names: index.html; index.htm; homepage.html; homepage.htm; default.html; default.htm

Include a link to your homepage on each subsequent webpage; include a link to the department on your homepage;
include the date when your homepage was last updated

Web Resources

Vanderbilt University Web Services Page:
http://its.vanderbilt.edu/help/vuweb_services/vuweb_services.htm

Vanderbilt templates:
http://www.vanderbilt.edu/publicaffairs/webcomm/templates.html

Vanderbilt graphic standards:
http://www.vanderbilt.edu/publicaffairs/cs/graphicstandards/

Spiders (Vanderbilt’s Web Developer’s Group):
http://www.vanderbilt.edu/spiders/

ITS help desk:
http://its.vanderbilt.edu/helpdesk/

Vanderbilt photo library:
http://www.vanderbilt.edu/publicaffairs/cs/main.html

Vanderbilt Web Communications:
http://www.vanderbilt.edu/publicaffairs/webcomm/guidelines.html

A Basic HTML guide to get you started:
http://www.vanderbilt.edu/vuspace/webusage.php

Webmonkey: the web developer’s resource:
http://www.webmonkey.com/

HTML guidelines:
http://www.loc.gov/iug/html40/40home.html

HTML Tutorial:
http://www.davesite.com/webstation/html/

Online Web Design Tutorial
http://www.vanderbilt.edu/create/tech/index.html:

Courses offered at Vanderbilt

F2P2:
Introduction to Web Design, Intermediate Web Design and Creating a Web-page for the Professional Job Search
http://www.vanderbilt.edu/cft/gradstudents/f2p2/events.htm

Notes from the Center for Teaching Web Design Workshops:
http://www.vanderbilt.edu/cft/resources/teaching_resources/technology/index.htm

ITS:
HTML Workshop:
http://www.vanderbilt.edu/its/training/html.php

Dreamweaver Workshop:
http://www.vanderbilt.edu/its/training/dream.php

VU Space and HTML:
http://www.vanderbilt.edu/its/training/fso.php

Website Usage

As a Tool in the Job Market

What to include on your webpage
Most important: CV (pdf file) – sample CV, Working papers (pdf file)
Optional: paragraph with research interests, photo of you, links to other sites
Maybe a good idea, maybe not: personal information such as pictures of vacations or family members, discussion of hobbies

Linking your webpage to the department’s webpage
E-mail Cathy (cathy.m.zebron@vanderbilt.edu) your homepage address and ask her to link your website to your name
on the graduate students’ page

Webpage usage during the job market process
Used to access your CV or papers;
Used if a professor contacts the job market coordinator personally about a candidate;
Referenced after the decision has been made to interview the candidate;
Not a large part of the job market process, but a nice resource for the job search committee

Include your homepage address on your CV

You can use Vanderbilt logos and templates, but don’t represent your website as an official Vanderbilt website

For Personal Use

A nice way to post photos or other information about yourself for friends and family to easily view

If using your website strictly for personal use: Don’t include any official Vanderbilt logos or symbols
or represent your website as an official Vanderbilt website; don’t include on your CV; don’t link it to the graduate students’ page

*Note: You can keep your personal page's URL address hidden in your public web folder (do not link any other page to it)
and discreetly give it out to whom you wish to view it. This does not prevent the person you give the URL from giving it to someone else.

 

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