Create web pages and a web folder

The file name of your home page should be "index.html".

Create a "web folder" that contains all of your web page elements - html pages, PDF files, image files, etc.

Do not use spaces or special characters in the names of your web folder or html files. Do not begin the names with a number. The folder name will be part of the website URL.

Click here for a PDF with instructions for creating web pages in Miccrosoft Word
Click here for a PDF with introductory information on Dreamweaver

Upload and publish your site

Windows

Upload your web folder to your www folder on USFfiles.

The URL will follow the format: https://usffiles.usfca.edu/role/username/www/webfolder/.

Note: Role will be FacStaff or Student. Example: https://usffiles.usfca.edu/FacStaff/tzsmith/www/mysite/

Or, to find your site URL, click the Info icon to the right of the filename. (Looks like a lower case 'i' in a white circle)
The URL is the one next to the label Full URL.


1. Login to USFconnect
2. Click on the USFfiles tab
3. Check the box next to the www folder
4. Click on the Web Folder button on the tool bar
5. Drag and drop (or copy and paste) your website folder/file into the www folder
6. Close the folders when done

E-mail URL to share your website
1. Open the www folder in USFfiles
2. click to check the box next to your index.html file
3. Click the Email icon on the Toolbar
4. Check the box next to Send Long URL instead of Intellilink
5. Click the Email button to send
Note: If you use the USFconnect web mail interface instead of a client like Eudora, you will need to copy and paste the URL into a message manually.

Macintosh

1. Log in to USFconnect.
2. Click on the USFfiles tab.
3. Check the box next to the www folder.
4. Click on the “i” Information icon (first tool to the right of the directory information) insert icon.
5. Scroll down to the Properties section of the window.
6. Highlight the full URL.
7. Go to Edit > Copy.
8. Click once on the Mac OS X desktop to return to the desktop screen.
9. Choose Go from the top menu and click “Connect to server”.
10. Paste in the full URL
11. Click on the Connect button.
12. Drag the web files/directory to your www folder. (Under WebDAV File System Authentication, type in your USFfiles username and password.)
13. Click OK to upload.

E-mail URL to share your website
1. Open the www folder in USFfiles
2. click to check the box next to your index.html file
3. Click the Email icon on the Toolbar
4. Check the box next to Send Long URL instead of Intellilink
5. Click the Email button to send
Note: If you use the USFconnect web mail interface instead of a client like Eudora, you will need to copy and paste the URL into a message manually.