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Using Microsoft Word 97 to Create Web Pages for the www.washington.edu Server

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Setting up your templates

  1. Open a telnet connection from your workstation to your directory on the wwwudev server.
  2. Working with your Webguide, copy the standard template for a basic content page from the Templates and Page Elements page to a file (i.e.,template.html) in your wwwudev directory.
  3. Using the PICO editor, create your new file and include the template by entering
    1. pico newfile.html
    2. <Control>R template.html (which reads template.html into newfile.html)
    3. Make any needed modifications to the new file, such as setting the page title.
  4. Position the cursor on the line below the comment: <!--chtml include "nav.inc"-->
    (or below the comment: <!--chtml include "//home/incs/*header.inc"--> if you are not using navigation).

Creating your content

  1. Open MS Word 97 and bring up the HTML editor:
    Select New, then Web Page, then Blank Web Page
  2. Create and edit your content as desired, using any of the editing functions available in Word. If you wish to have a heading for your content, highlight that text, and open the pull-down menu that shows the word Normal. Select H1, H2, H3, etc. (Note that Heading* tags are not the same.)
  3. Close and save your document.
  4. View your document content as it will appear in final publication on the www.washington.edu server:
    Select File, then Web Page Preview.
    (Note, when you move your document to the wwwudev/www Web server, your page will include the standard header and footer.)

Copying your pages to the development server (wwwudev.washington.edu)

Use Copy/Paste commands to move your content from Word into your new file on the wwwudev server.
  1. In Word, select View, HTML source.
  2. Highlight all of the content between the <body> and </body> tags (do not include these tags). Ctrl C to copy.
  3. Re-activate your telnet window. Note that the cursor is still positioned after the comment: <!--chtml include "nav.inc"-->
  4. Select Edit/Paste from Telnet window. Close and save the new file.

Viewing your pages on wwwudev

  1. Start a browser.
  2. Direct your browser to: http://wwwudev.cac.washington.edu/userdir/newfile.html where userdir is your directory and newfile.html is the specific file you want to view.

Installing your page on the production server (www.washington.edu)

When you have reviewed your pages and you are ready to see them published, the next step is to install your pages on the production server (www.washington.edu). To do so, use the procedures described in Installing and Maintaining Your Documents.