Netscape 7 Composer
Publishing your Web Page

When you're finished creating your page, you need to publish it to allow others to see it on the Internet.

  1. Click on the Publish button on your toolbar. You'll see the following window:



  2. Click on the publish tab and next to Page Title, enter the title of your page. You can use uppercase or lowercase letters, as well as spaces and special characters.



  3. Next to Filename: enter the name of the file - preferrably all lowercase letters with no dashes, spaces or special characters. If you've saved the file already, this information should show up automatically when you open the Publish window.

  4. Under Site subdirectory for this page: type public_html

  5. Click on the Settings tab at the top of the window and you will see the following:



  6. The Site Name can be anything you would like. In the example above it is NSU.

  7. Now you need to find your Publishing address. This is based on your area of study at NSU. Please refer to the list below:

    Undergraduate ONLY

    		ftp://polaris.nova.edu/~username
    Graduate Education ONLY ftp://fgse.nova.edu/~username
    Graduate Computer Science ONLY ftp://scis.nova.edu/home/~username
    Oceanography ONLY ftp://ocean.nova.edu/~username
    Graduate Business ONLY ftp://sbe.nova.edu/~username
    Health Professions ONLY ftp://hpd.nova.edu/~username
    Law ONLY ftp://law.nova.edu/~username
    Humanities & Social Sciences ONLY ftp://shss.nova.edu/~username
    Graduate Psychology ONLY ftp://cps.nova.edu/~username
    Administrative Staff ONLY ftp://nsu.nova.edu/~username

    In all cases you need to substitute "username" with your NSU email name. For example, I am an Administrative Staff member so my ftp address is ftp://nsu.nova.edu/~tamara

  8. Under HTTP address of your homepage: you will enter the web address of your page. This would be http://www.nova.edu/~username (where "username" is your NSU email name).

  9. Next you need to enter your username and password. Your username is your NSU email name. Your password is a combination of four letters and four numbers. Both should be entered with all lowercase letters. Put a check next to Save password.



  10. Click on Publish. After you've successfully published your page, all the information in the Publish window will be saved.

  11. To view your page, go to http://www.nova.edu/~username where username is your NSU email name.

Other topics

If you are creating your web page for the first time, it is recommended that you go to each of the pages in the order they are presented.