General
- My department is looking into Electronic Document storage solutions. Does BU have a subscription or support for OnBase?
- Can I use Server-Side Includes (SSI) on my site on www.bu.edu without changing the extensions for my files to .shtml?
Troubleshooting
- Why can I browse to a site with some browsers but not with others? How do I find out what’s wrong with the site in this situation?
- When I try to connect to webdev.bu.edu or people.bu.edu using Dreamweaver MX 2004, I receive the error message “Dreamweaver cannot determine the remote server time.”
- I’ve tried using Perl or PHP scripts on my site on www.bu.edu, but they don’t work. What’s wrong?
- One of my content modules says it needs to be refreshed. What happened?
- I receive an error when I connecting to my site with Dreamweaver or Contribute.
Users/Access
- What does the Manage Users tool do?
- How do I use the Manage Users tool?
- Can I restrict access to my pages?
- Can I get a list of the contributors and administrators who can edit the web site I work on?
- If I should be listed as an Administrator for a site but am not, who should I contact?
- I administer my own server. Can I use BU’s Kerberos authentication system to restrict access to web pages on my site?
- I’m familiar with the path to my web directory on www.bu.edu that I use when connecting to my site using Dreamweaver or FTP software. However, I have a special purpose for which I need to know the full path. How can I determine the full path to my web site?
Design/Site Building
- If I don’t want to purchase Dreamweaver, what other programs are available for HTML editing?
- I want to use the official BU red on my web site. What is the hexadecimal code for it?
- I’ve been told that I should have a splash page for my website. What is a splash page and why should I have one?
- What names for my files should I use for my pages?
- Should I save files and directories in my web site with uppercase or lowercase letters or a mix?
- Why do some pages look different on different computers?
- Should I capitalize the word “web” when writing about a web page, web site, or the World Wide Web, and should I write web page, web-page, or webpage (also: web site, web-site, or website)?
- Is there any way that I can create a vanity web address, such as http://www.bu.edu/medicine, that would link to http://www.bumc.bu.edu/ so that anyone looking for the School of Medicine in this manner can find it?
- Many sites link to my site, and the web address of one or more of my pages has changed. How do I notify the webmasters of other sites to update their links?
- I can see the same pages whether I use web.bu.edu or www.bu.edu in the address. Which should I use?