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=== Web Space ===
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First, you'll need a [[WSO account]].
  
WSO accounts include personal web space acessible at http://wso.williams.edu/~username/ where "username" is your WSO account user name.
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Once you have that, you'll need to write a page in [[HTML]] and then [[transferring files to WSO|copy]] it to the "www" folder of your [[home directory]]. For example, the page page.html in the www directory is accessible at http://wso.williams.edu/~username/page.html.
  
=== Posting Web Pages ===
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It's really simple.
 
 
To post pages in your webspace, place them inside the www directory in your home folder. For example, the page page.html in the www directory is accessible at http://wso.williams.edu/~username/page.html. For instructions on uploading files to your WSO account, see WSO How-to > [[File Transfers]].
 
 
 
=== Writing Web Pages ===
 
 
 
For information and tips on writing HTML or CSS, check out the resources below:
 
 
 
*[http://http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/Guide/ Introduction to HTML] - intro to HTML from the World Wide Web Consortium
 
*[http://www.blooberry.com/indexdot/html/index.html The Blooberry Guide] - XHTML guide
 
*[http://home.tampabay.rr.com/bmerkey/cheatsheet.htm CSS Cheatsheet] - info on Cascading Stylesheets.
 
 
 
There are several other guides available for learning anything from basic to advanced HTML.
 

Latest revision as of 00:25, May 18, 2019

First, you'll need a WSO account.

Once you have that, you'll need to write a page in HTML and then copy it to the "www" folder of your home directory. For example, the page page.html in the www directory is accessible at http://wso.williams.edu/~username/page.html.

It's really simple.