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Naming Conventions for your Home Page |
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Note: For those interested in definitions, http (HyperText Transfer Protocol)
indicates that this is a web document; www stands for World Wide Web;
lincolnnet.net is the domain name; users is a control for the LincolnNet
administrator; laymca is the client's login or username; policies is the
subdirectory; and home.html is the name of the file.
Your Home Page Location
It is important that you have a basic understanding of how your URL (Internet address) is
determined. First, the URL for your home page on the LINCOLN server will be:
http://www.lincolnnet.net/users/login name/file name
For instance, if the assigned login name for the YMCA is laymca and the file name
for their home page is home.html, the URL will be:
http://www.lincolnnet.net/users/laymca/home.html
One thing that would make this URL different would be if the webmaster for the YMCA used
subdirectories to organize her http directory. Perhaps this webmaster has created a
subdirectory for a page related to YMCA policies. She has named the subdirectory
policies and the file home.html. The URL for this page would be:
http://www.lincolnnet.net/users/laymca/policies/home.html
Creating an Alias for Your Home Page
Once your home page has been established, we can create an alias for your page that
will allow people to find it more easily. For instance, using the previous example, an
alias might be:
- http://www.lincolnnet.net/YMCA
In order for us to create an alias for your page, however, the file name for the first page of your web site should be called home or index. The file extension can be a variety of choices. If you would like to use LincolnNet's cgi script for a "counter," the file name should be one of the following:
| index.sht | index.shtml | home.sht | home.shtml |
| index.htm | index.html | home.htm | home.html |
CGI Script for Counter:
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For questions related to our documentation, please contact the LincolnNet Helpdesk at 708.235.2120 or helpdesk@lincolnnet.net
