One of the easiest ways to create a web page is to use an editor like Netscape. In using such an editor, you avoid the necessity of learning the HTML language. However, with such editors what you see is what you get, and not necessarily what you want.
You can download a free copy of Netscape for your home computer or office PC from:
http://www.netscape.com/download.
After selecting the desired version of Netscape from the download page, you should be provided with a link to a page requesting information on your personal computer system. After answering those questions, you can automatically download and register your copy of Netscape.
Netscape includes a Web page editor; brief instructions for using this editor are given below. Lots more information is available on the ACCC seminar Materials page.
In order to publish Web pages, you must first have an account on the math department computers. If you do not have an account, you can get one by filling out the account request form and submitting it to a systems administrator.
Start Netscape. Explore some other peoples' Web pages and decide what you'd like for yourself. When you find a page you like, you can use Netscape's Edit option to download it to your computer and make alterations. (Copyright law forbids duplication of pictures, text, or fancy layout without the permission of the author. Use the downloaded page as a guideline only.) We have also prepared a simple template which you may use as you wish.
After you have saved the page on your computer, Netscape will start up an HTML word processor. Use this to design your web page, keeping in mind that some users have slow connections and so don't download pictures, and that colored backgrounds may make your page impossible to read on a low quality monitor.
Once you have completed your page, save it as <filename>.html and "Browse" it to be sure it works the way you expect it to. When you are satisfied with it, use the Publish or Save As option to put it on the web for the rest of the world to see. If you are using a Unix computer, you can save the file directly to your public_html folder. On a Windows machine, you may be able to save it to the network drive containing your web site (usually J:\public_html). Or you can use the ftp protocol (not http) to publish to the address:
ftp://<username>@math.uic.edu/public_html/
Where <username> is replaced by your username.
To access your Web page once it is published, use the URL:
http://www.math.uic.edu/~<username>/<filename>.html