Information Services

Student Web Page Guidelines

Why create a personal web site?
A web site is a great place to post information for possible employers because you can link your basic resume to examples of your work and other items that might be too bulky to include in a regular job application. This could be useful for short-term summer employment, internships or careers.
A web site is also a place where you can present yourself to the rest of the world – display your creativity, express your opinions.

Why not create a personal web site?
When you post a web site, you lose some of your privacy. Anyone in the world with a network connection can find out information you post about yourself. If you display creative works, people can copy them and use them for their own purposes. Since people can save and record your web site, things you post online could haunt you later. These things should not necessarily deter you from posting a web site, but you should recognize these drawbacks.

How do you create a web page?
There are many ways to create a web page – for instance
1. Use familiar software. Most word processors and many other pieces of software allow you to save files as web pages. For instance, you could create a resume in Microsoft Word and then click File > Save As Web Page (or in some versions Save As HTML). The resulting file can be posted as a web page.
2. Use software especially designed to create web pages. Software such as Macromedia Dreamweaver is extremely helpful in creating web pages, especially if you want to include images, graphics, and other special features.
3. Create your own HTML file. Web pages are based on a “markup language” called HTML that uses simple text markers like <b> for bold face and </b> for ending bold face. Understanding HTML can give you a great deal of control over your web page. Technically, these files are considered “text files,” and you can create them in very simple word processors like Notepad or Wordpad, which are usually included with the Microsoft operating system. There are many web sites and books that explain how to write HTML files. A good way to learn HTML is to look at existing pages. Web browsers allow you to view the HTML code for any website; in Microsoft Explorer, for instance, click View > Source.

How do you post a web page on the Adrian College Web Site?
The pamphlet Computer Resources for Adrian College Students describes procedures for
accessing computer accounts and share files. To post your web page, log in to your share
account and save your web page file as “index.html” in the folder “public_html” (for instance, Chris Franklin would save the file as \\asa\cfranklin\public_html\index.html). Your
home page can now be accessed from a web browser by typing the Adrian College URL
plus a forward slash, a tilde (~), and your user name (for instance, www.adrian.edu/~cfranklin/).

Suggestions for creating good web pages
1. It’s not a good idea to include personal information that might put you at risk, such as
addresses and telephone numbers.
2. Use hyperlinks to connect items on your main page to other documents. One of the great advantages of the web is that you give your audience a chance to choose what they
want to look at in more detail.
3. Although straight text web pages download very quickly, it can take a lot of time for users to download pictures, sound bites and other media. Use formats that download quickly – for instance, JPEG and GIF for photographs.
4. Avoid putting material on your web page that will soon be out of date. If you include dated material, update it frequently.
5. Test your website on different browsers and different computers.

Rules for web pages
Posting a web site is a privilege that can be taken away if you are not responsible. Violation of rules regarding web sites will result in the loss of all account privileges. Violations may be subject to the Adrian College judicial process or to criminal prosecution.

1. Personal pages should be consistent with the principles of Adrian College and conform to state and federal laws, licenses, contracts, copyrights, and the policies of Adrian College.
2. Personal pages must include contact information including email address for the page author who will be expected to respond in a timely fashion to inquiries about the page. The College does not endorse or approve any links between outside or “non-Adrian” pages and personal web pages. Any such links are the sole responsibility of the page author.
3. The web pages of an individual faculty member, student, staff or approved guest of Adrian College do not implicitly or explicitly represent official positions and policies of the College. To that end, each personal page author is required to have the following disclaimer in full at the end of each personal web page: The views and opinions expressed on this page are strictly those of the page author. The contents of this page have not been reviewed or approved by Adrian College. Please address all comments and other feedback to the page author.
4. The name of the College may not be used in a way that a viewer of the page might think the page is an official page of the College. If there is a legitimate use of the College’s name on a personal page, the College should be referred to by its full name: Adrian College.
5. Personal home pages may not use official College images, including the seal and bulldog, anywhere on any page.
6. Web pages alleged to be in violation of College policies including but not limited to the Student Code of Conduct, the Discrimination and Discriminatory Harassment Policy, the Academic Integrity Policy, and the Adrian College Computer Use Agreement will be referred to the appropriate supervisor, office, or hearing body for further action. The policies noted above are particularly concerned with and prohibit the following on personal web pages: hate speech, harassment or intimidation of individuals or groups, defamation, pornography, operation of a business/commerce, use of space as a server for another organization, and violations of the law.
7. When a complaint is raised about one of these pages, or if traffic to a page has a negative impact on the operation of the computing system, the College has the authority to remove the page without prior notice and/or refer the complaint for appropriate disciplinary action. Using College resources to publish web pages is a privilege which can be removed; violation of web page standards can result in the loss of all account privileges. Page authors who have their pages removed may appeal that decision to the Adrian College Web Site Development Committee.
8. No official Adrian College web pages (including recognized student organization web pages) will link to web pages in student accounts.
9. Each personal page and the central academic account that contains the information will be subject to a pre-set allocation of space defined in the appropriate user agreement.