- Do I get personal web pages with my dial-up account?
All Online Services dial-up accounts and the core account are given
space for web pages at no additional charge. Flex group accounts
receive space for the group as a whole.
- How do people get to my web site?
Your home page has a unique web address, it is:
- http://dialoregon.net/~username
The squiggly line before the username is called a "tilde". The
"username" is your regular Online Services username (e.g joeuser).
When someone directs their web browser to go to your web address, our
server will try to give their browser a file named index.htm or
index.html. If one of these two files does not exist our server will
send an error message instead. The index.html or index.html file is
known as your "default home page".You may also place other files in
your directory on our web server. You can then have people direct
their web browser to those specific files or create links on your
default home page to go to those files. For example:
- http://dialoregon.net/~username/new_file.html
- http://dialoregon.net/~username/another_new_file.html
You may also create new directories in your web space. Each new
directory will also have a default web page (index.htm or index.html).
You may then have people go to just the directory name or you may
specify a file in that directory. for example:
- http://dialoregon.net/~username/new_directory
- http://dialoregon.net/~username/new_directory/new_file.html
- Can I put up business related material on my web site?
Yes, web pages on our server may have personal or commercial uses as
long as they do not violate our acceptable
use policy.
- Are there any restrictions on what I can put on my web site?
Yes. Please read our acceptable use
policy for further details.
- How do I create web pages?
Web pages are written in a language called HTML. HTML files are
simple text files with special codes and formatting that web browsers
understand. You have two ways to create HTML files. The first method
is to learn HTML and use a simple word processor to create your files.
The second method, which can be combined with the first, is to use an
HTML editor/publisher program to write your pages. These programs let
you choose what text and graphics you want to put on your page and
then they automatically write the HTML code for you.
You will do all of your web page creation on your computer. You
should test your web pages before they are posted on our server. To
do this, just open your web browser and choose the command to open a
file. Then enter the complete filename for your web page (such as:
file://c:\webfiles\index.htm). Most browsers have a feature to let
you look through the directories on your computer to select the file
you want to test.
Once your files are ready, you need to transfer the files to your
account on our web server so that people can view them with a web
browser.
- How do I transfer my web pages to your web server?
You will transfer your web pages to our server using FTP (File
Transfer Protocol). There are several free FTP programs you can
download (such as WS_FTP) from the Internet or you may use a publisher
such as Netscape Publisher or Microsoft FrontPage.
The standard FTP settings you will need are:
- Host/Server Name/Address: dialoregon.net
- User Name/ID: Your Online Services username (e.g. joeuser)
- What is bandwidth and do I need to be concerned about it?
Bandwidth is the amount of information sent out from your web site.
For example, if you had a file that was 1 MB in size, then each time
someone looked at that file in their web browser your web site would
use 1 MB in bandwidth to display that file. If 5 people looked at
that file in one day, then your web site used 5 MB of bandwidth.
Your web site includes 600 MB of bandwidth per month. If your web site
consistenly goes over the 600 MB limit, we will contact you with your
options for purchasing extra bandwidth. If you do not hear from us
about your bandwidth usage, then you can safely assume that you are
not over the 600 MB/month limit.
- How much space do I get for my web site?
Each account has a limit on how much storage space you may use for
your web pages on our server. Please refer to our account descriptions for details.
- Do I need to put "www" in front of dialoregon.net on my web pages?
No. Your web pages will work as either www.dialoregon.net or just
dialoregon.net.
- Should I name my HTML files with a ".htm" or a ".html" extension?
You can use either extension. All HTML files placed on our server
must end in either ".htm" or ".html". If you are on a DOS or Windows
3.1x computer, you will only be able to name your files with the
".htm" extension. If you are on a Macintosh or newer Windows computer
(which can handle longer file names), you have the ability to name
your files with the ".html" extension.
- Are there any restrictions on naming my web pages?
Yes. The names of your web pages may only contain the following:
- letters (a-z, A-Z)
- numbers (0-9)
- underscore (_)
- hyphen (-)
- period (.)
Any other characters (including spaces) are not allowed in your web
page file names. Also, all files must begin with either a letter or
number and no files ending in .cgi are allowed.
- Does Online Services support Microsoft FrontPage?
We do not support the FrontPage server extensions but you may use
FrontPage to publish your web pages to our web server.
- Does Online Services allow CGI scripts?
We do not allow you to use your own CGI scripts but we do offer
several CGI scripts of our own for you to use in our
CGI library.
