The site is maintained by a network of page maintainers -- approximately 200 staff, faculty, and students with various levels of technical expertise.

• To publish a personal website, you must be a member of (or sponsored by a member of) the Denison community in good standing. To get a personal account, log into the Pagemaintainer's Database, select "apply for maintainer privileges" from the action menu, and "Request a Personal Website Account" from the form that follows. New accounts are created automatically during normal business hours, Monday through Friday. You should receive instructions and a confirmation email when the account is ready.
• To serve as page maintainer for another sub-site on the Denison webserver, you must obtain permission from the organization supervisor, chair, or advisor; e.g., to become a page maintainer for the Department of Biology, you must have the approval of the Biology chair.
  
  Current faculty, staff, and students can log into the Pagemaintainer's Database (requires MyDenison name and password) to request access privileges. Please be sure to select 'apply for maintainer privileges' to request access to an existing website, or 'request new organization' to request a new site.

Note: Visitors and family members who have applied for Denison email or LAN accounts may not have been granted a web server account. If this is the case, follow the instructions above and use the Pagemaintainer's Database.

Student organizations should utilize OrgSync for their web site.  Current faculty and staff may request a new site for conferences and research collaborations using the Pagemaintainer's Database.  Login with your MyDenison name and password, select "request new organization", and submit the form.

• Department, Program, and Office Websites:
  Use Freestyle.  Please see the web development tuorials for podcasts and other helpful documentation.
• Student organizations
  Use OrgSync.
• All other sites:
  All sites not stored in OrgSync or Freestyle must be edited by connecting directly to the server using the appropriate software:
  

  For XHTML, CSS, and text-based files:
  Web Services recommends jEdit for writing and editing XHTML and CSS files. jEdit (pronounced "jay - edit") contains many features to help you maintain your website, such as spell-checking, code tidying, and XHTML tag insertion/completion. You're free to use whatever tools you prefer (iWeb, Dreamweaver, etc.), but we may not have the resources to fully support them.

  For Images, PDFs, and other media:
  To upload binary files (not plain-text) please use a secure FTP client.  Instructions can be found here:

  • Secure FTP Instructions for Macintosh Computers
  • Secure FTP Instructions for Windows Computers

NOTE: Denison's web servers no longer accept insecure Telnet or FTP connections. All campus-owned computers should now come preinstalled with secure alternatives (SSH, SFTP).

• Office/Department Websites:
  • Open a web browser to Freestyle and login with your myDENISON user name and password. Freestyle provides a point-and-click interface within a web browser window to facilitate the development of official Denison web pages. Web pages are built using a series of templates provided by Denison's Web Services department.
  • For more information on Freestyle visit our online FAQ.

• Personal Websites:
  • Open your SFTP-capable software of choice (jEdit, Dreamweaver, iWeb, or a command shell, but not a web browser).
  • Make a connection with the following settings:
    • Server/hostname: webby.cc.denison.edu
    • Connection type: SFTP (secure)
    • Port: 22
    • User name/password: your myDENISON user name and password.
    • Directory: /home/<user_name>/public_html (where user_name is your email user name).
  • Edit and upload files as needed - all changes are live.
  • View your changes by opening a web browser to:
      http://personal.denison.edu/~<user_name>/
    
    Note the tilde ("~") before the user name - it's required.

• Student Organization Websites:
  Student organization sites are maintained within OrgSync.

• Virtual Hosts:
  • Open your SFTP-capable software of choice (jEdit, Dreamweaver, iWeb, or a command shell, but not a web browser).
  • Make a connection with the following settings:
    • Server/hostname: webby.cc.denison.edu
    • Connection type: SFTP (secure)
    • Port: 22
    • User name/password: your myDENISON user name and password.
    • Directory: /usr/local/htdocs/<v-host>/www/org_name (where <v-host> is your domain name).
  • Edit and upload files as needed - all changes are live.
  • View your changes by opening a web browser to your domain name.

NOTE: Denison's web servers no longer accept insecure Telnet or FTP connections. All campus-owned computers should now come preinstalled with secure alternatives (SSH, SFTP).

Personal homepages, faculty research projects, collaborative, student organization, and course pages and/or projects do not need to adhere to any style considerations other than the general ones discussed in the Web Design and Usability tutorials. In fact, they should not use any part of the official Denison look and feel, including the wordmark, the seal, or the navigation bar, unless they are maintained as part of a departmental sub-site within Freestyle.

Official Denison sub-sites include all academic departments, programs, administrative offices, and Denison-specific initiatives.  All official Denison sub-sites should be edited through Freestyle, which automatically applies the appropriate templates.

To publish a personal website, you must be a member of (or sponsored by a member of) the Denison community in good standing. To get a personal account, log into the Pagemaintainer's Database, select "apply for maintainer privileges" from the action menu, and "Request a Personal Website Account" from the form that follows. New accounts are created automatically during normal business hours, Monday through Friday. You should receive instructions and a confirmation email when the account is ready.