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CAMPUS ON-LINE

Web offers resources for information providers

By Corinne Szwydky

www.usask.ca webmaster@www.usask.ca

Last month, the "Campus On-line" column featured information about the WebEvent calendar. In fact, the web-based calendar software is only one of many tools available to campus information providers.

The U of S central webmasters have assembled a number of development tools for use on unit web sites. These tools range from standard stylesheets and menubars to enhance web content maintained by unit information providers, to custom CGI and related scripts to handle form data submitted by web site visitors.

Kevin Lowey, Computing Services, has developed an on-line course identifying these tools and explaining their applications. The course will be showcased at a noon-hour seminar entitled "Campus Web Development Tools" on Wed., Nov. 17, from 12 noon - 1 p.m. in C210 Administration Building. If you wish to attend, RSVP to kevin.lowey@usask.ca

Information providers are encouraged to preview the development tools, including but not limited to:

Tools for Apache servers:

• Include files
  (www.usask.ca/includes/)
• Extended server side includes
  (www.usask.ca/dcs/courses/cai/xssi/index.html)
• Password protection
  (www.usask.ca/dcs/courses/cai/htaccess/index.html)
• Server image maps
  (www.usask.ca/help/helpers/web_page/tools/imagemaps.html)
• Last modified file date
  (www.usask.ca/help/helpers/web_page/department_pages/tools/last_modified.html)

Tools for the WWW server:

• What's Changed list
  (www.usask.ca/help/helpers/web_page/department_pages/tools/changed_list.html)
• CGI wrap
  (www.usask.ca/help/helpers/web_page/department_pages/tools/cgi.html)
• Hot link checker
  (www.usask.ca/cgi-bin/webxref.cgi)
• Standard menu bar
  (www.usask.ca/includes/html/)
• SWISH-E search tool
  (sunsite.berkeley.edu/SWISH-E/)

Tools for general usage:

• Harvest search tool
  (www.usask.ca/help/helpers/web_page/department_pages/tools/search_dept.html)
• Drop down menu
  (www.usask.ca/help/helpers/web_page/tools/goto_url.html)
• Form data to e-mail
  (www.usask.ca/help/helpers/web_page/tools/email-forms.html)
• E-mail to web-based archive
  (www.usask.ca/lists/)
• RealServer
  (www.usask.ca/dcs/courses/cai/realsystem/index.html)

The Web Development Tools seminar will be available at www.usask.ca/dcs/courses/cai/. A list of other web-related courses is also available at this location. Additional instructional courses are offered by the Department of Computing Services and the Extension Division.

The campus community is encouraged to attend upcoming noon-hour web seminars and Information Providers Group meetings, offered monthly throughout the academic term. Further information is available at: www.usask.ca/web_project/

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