DS-Web: Desktop Services web publishing facility

This is the default MCS personal web page for a user and its appearance indicates that this user has not yet set up a personalised page.

If this is the index page for your account, this file is "public_html/index.html" in your filespace. The documentation for this service is available on the UCS website at Publishing Web Pages on DS-Web.

You may edit this content in a number of ways (the editors available will change from time to time):

• From MCS Windows XP: Open 'My Documents (Drive U)' on the desktop, then open public_html, to find index.html. Under All Programs > Web Design Tools you will find the HTML editor Dreamweaver, or under All Programs > Utilities you will find the Wordpad or Notepad editors. Don't edit the file with Microsoft Word.
• From MCS Windows 7: From the 'Start' menu, open Computer then your filespace (under 'Network Location'), then open public_html, to find index.html. Under All Programs > Utilities you will find the Wordpad and Notepad editors. Don't edit the file with Microsoft Word.
• From any MCS Mac: Open your user folder in the Dock and find the folder public_html. In the Dock, open Applications > Web Design Tools you will find the HTML editors Dreamweaver CS5.5 and BBEdit, or you can edit the file with TextEdit. Don't edit the file with Microsoft Word.
• From any computer you can gain remote access to your filespace and edit files - see 'Locating your personal filespace' for the options available.

If you are new to creating web pages, Dreamweaver (available on the MCS application menu) is an excellent tool for giving you a what-you-see-is-what-you-get view of the page you are editing, without requiring you to learn the 'HTML' syntax used within the page.

HTMLdog has some excellent online tutorials for creating web pages in HTML.

There are also many useful courses available from the University Computing Service. In particular you may be interested in the Introduction to HTML course.

If you get stuck when trying to deal with your DS-Web web pages, feel free to contact the UCS Service Desk.