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Creating a Web site on an Information Services web server

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The current KU Web Template includes two changes which will make creating and maintaining your web site easier than before.
  • The site makes extensive use of Cascading Style Sheets (CSS). Attaching a style definition to the many elements of your site makes it possible to make site-wide changes with a small alteration of a single file.
  • The Server-Side Include (SSI) structure has been updated. Now all SSI settings can be made in a single file which is included in all the pages in your site. This is another change that enables site-wide updates by editing a single file.

Documentation Tracks


Two different documentation tracks are presented here. One describes how to create a new web page from scratch using the KU Web Template. The other describes how to convert an existing web page with the old template to the new one.
Create a New KU Web Page
  1. Create a site-wide settings file
  2. Create a new KU web page
Update an existing KU Web Page
  1. Create a site-wide settings file
  2. Update your existing KU web page

Samples


It's sometimes easiest to learn by example. Some tools are available to allow you to see the inner workings of pages which use the KU Web Template.
  • Sample Web Page
    This very basic web page shows all the essential elements of the KU Template.
  • Sample Unit Front Page
    A tutorial explaining how to create a graphic front page for your unit, with a CSS-based layout for the text content.
  • View Source Utility
    This utility will show you the raw source code behind any publicly-viewable web page on an Information Services web server. While your web browser may have a "View Source" option, the HTML code that you see that way cannot show you the embedded Server-Side Include directives which are essential to the KU Web Template. The View Source web utlity can show you the raw source including the SSI directives. In addition, the web utility makes many SSI interconnections clickable, making it easy to navigate through the whole KU Web Template system. Throughout this documentation site, you'll see a "View HTML Source" link in the navigation column. Clicking that link will take you to the View Source web utility and show you the HTML source code of that page.