Web Services FAQ - Index

Web Services at CSU Channel Islands (CSUCI) provides web space to all CSUCI faculty, staff, students, and officially recognized organizations to host web sites. The following frequently asked questions (FAQs) and answers pertain to use of web resources at CSUCI.

Section 1. Getting Web Space

• 1.1. Who is allowed to get Web space?
• 1.1a. Can CSU Channel Islands alumni apply for a personal Web space?
• 1.1b. Can CSU Channel Islands staff apply for a personal Web space?
• 1.2. How much space do I get?
• 1.2b. How do you define an Officially Recognized Organization?
• 1.3. How much does it cost?
• 1.3b. How do I obtain additional web space? Can additional web space be purchased?
• 1.4. How do I get a web space?
• 1.5. What do I need to get started building my web page?
• 1.5b Where can I obtain web page creation software?
• 1.6. Can someone teach me how? Where do I go for help?
• 1.7. What are the rules for use of my web space?
• 1.8 I am a student. How long will my personal Web space remain active?
• 1.9 I am a faculty member. How long will my personal web space remain active?
• 1.10 How long will student club or organization web space remain active?

Section 2. Using Web Space at CI

• 2.1. Where is my home page on the Web?
  • 2.1a. Students
  • 2.1b. Faculty
  • 2.1b. Academic Programs/Areas
  • 2.1d. Administrative Programs/Areas
  • 2.1e. Student clubs and organizations
  • 2.1f. Courses
• 2.2. Can you change my web site address (URL)?
• 2.3. Do I have to use the personal home page you gave me?
  • 2.3a. What can I use my personal web space for?
  • 2.3b. What do students use their personal web space for?
  • 2.3c. What uses are not allowed for my personal web space?
• 2.4. How do I transfer files to and from my Web space? What is SFTP?
• 2.5. How do I make changes to my personal home page?
  • 2.5a. What is the default precedence of home page file names?
  • 2.5b. What happens if I transfer a file to my web site with the same name as one that already exists in my web site?
  • 2.5c. What is the "index.htm" file and how does it work?
  • 2.5d. How should I name my web page files?
  • 2.5e. What kind of files can I put in my web site?
• 2.6. What is Adobe Acrobat? What is a PDF file? Why should I use PDF files instead of Microsoft Office/Word/Excel documents on my web site?
• 2.7. What are some tips for building web pages?
• 2.8. Common problems you may encounter
  • 2.8a. I can't log in to the web server. What should I do?
  • 2.8b. When I open my Web page, I only see a list of files even though all of my Web files are present in my remote web folder. What should I do?
  • 2.8c. I put some pictures on my Web site but they are not showing up. What's wrong?
• 2.9. Web space storage limit
  • 2.9a. Is there a way I can find out how close I am to filling my storage limit of Web space?
  • 2.9b. What happens if I exceed my storage limit?
  • 2.9c. Can I purchase additional space to increase my web space storage limit?
• 2.10. CSU Channel Islands Search Engine
  • 2.10a. Can I invoke the CSU Channel Islands search engine from my Web page?
  • 2.10b. How often does the CSU Channel Islands search engine crawl the sites? Why does crawling take so long?
  • 2.10c. How are Web sites indexed by the CSU Channel Islands search engine?
• 2.11. Questions concerning Web page usage
  • 2.11a. Can I support a politician with my personal Web space?
  • 2.11b. I want to make some extra money creating Web pages and storing them on my web page. Is that OK?
  • 2.11c. I have a part-time (or a full-time) business. Can I advertise my products on my personal web page?
  • 2.11d. I have received an offer from a company to place an advertisement on our Web page. Is this allowed?
  • 2.11e. Can I create a home page on my personal Web space for an academic, non-profit organization unaffiliated with CSU Channel Islands?
  • 2.11f. I found some great images and sound files on the Web and some magazine pictures that I would like to scan. I want to add these materials to my Web page. Can I do this?
  • 2.11g. Can an entity advertise on our site for a fee?
  • 2.11h. Can we get something of value in exchange for a link on our site, such as if we got a discount on something for providing a link?
  • 2.11i. Can a campus advertise an event that has a commercial sponsor, such as Ford, and link to their site?
  • 2.11j. What if we have an event with underwriters/sponsors and we want to say ‘Thanks to our sponsors.’ Is it ok to use their logo and link to their site?
  • 2.11k. What is the difference between advertising in a campus magazine or campus billboard, and advertising on the web?
  • 2.11l. Can we list our affinity partners?
  • 2.11m. What about auxiliary sites, such as our bookstore?
• 2.12. Can I make my computer a server for my Web page?
  • 2.12a. Can I assign my own fully-qualified domain name to my personal space on studentweb.csuci.edu or another web server?
  • 2.12b. How do I get a .com, .net, or .org domain name?
  • 2.12c. Can I point my .com, .net, or .org domain name to my CSU Channel Islands web site?
• 2.13. What are Access Control Lists (ACLs)?
  • 2.13a I need to make a certain folder writable for my scripts to work properly. How can I do this?
• 2.14 Do the CSU Channel Islands web servers support Active Server Pages (ASP)?

Section 3. Design and Graphics

• 3.1. Where can I get CSU Channel Islands graphics for my page?
• 3.2. How do I put graphics on a Web page?
• 3.3. How do I put a photograph or art on my page?
• 3.4. I need to scan art for my page. Where can I find a scanner?
• 3.5. Where can I find free icons and art?

Section 4. Additional Web Page Features

• 4.1. How do I put music on my Web page?
• 4.3. I want to keep a log of who accessed my Web page and how they found it. Is this possible?
• 4.4. Can I access the log file for my program area/organization home page?
• 4.5. How do I password-protect one of my Web pages?
• 4.6. How do I let others download journal articles, etc. from my Web space?
• 4.6b. How can I configure use anonymous FTP to allow users to download files from my personal web space?

Section 5. CGI/Server-side Scripts

• 5.1. What are CGI scripts?
• 5.1a. What CGI programming languages are supported on CSU Channel Islands web servers?
• 5.2. How do I run a script from my Web space?

Section 6. Information for Faculty

• 6.1. I am teaching a course and would like to make a Web page for it. How do I do this?
• 6.2. I would like my class to work in groups in order to create Web documents. Is there course Web space available for such projects?
• 6.3. I would like to give one of my students permission to update my Web pages. Can I do this?
• 6.4. I am teaching a course and I would like my students to publish portfolios of their work in their personal web space. How do I do this?

Section 7. Miscellaneous Information for Students

• 7.1. What happens to my Web page after I graduate or transfer to another college (other than another CSU Channel Islands campus)?
• 7.2. Where do I find information on my user names and passwords to access student web space and other systems?
• 7.4. Is there an on-line listing of course Web pages?
• 7.5. Why don't all faculty members list their course web pages?
• 7.6. Where can I check out a digital camera for taking pictures for my web page?