Web Development Guidelines Resources for Creating a Web Site at Johns Hopkins
Web Guidelines Site Map

Specific steps to create a new page

1. Create the html file, and save it on your computer
2. View the file using a Browser
3. Edit the file on your computer again, and fix any problems
4. View the file using a Browser
5. Once it’s “perfect” upload to server

Your own computer

• Provides complete privacy
• No one can see your mistakes
• Great place for testing

Server

• Public space
• Anyone can view the pages

Tip: Don't upload until it's ready for public viewing

For more information on the process, check:

http://www.devx.com/projectcool/developer/tips/quickstart/index.html

Making changes to an existing page:

Make the changes locally (on your own computer):

1. View the page on the server with your browser
2. Use FTP to download the page from the server to your workstation's hard drive
3. Edit the page on your workstation using Notepad or your preferred HTML editing program
4. If you're not sure about the changes you are making, you may save a copy of the page on your workstation so you can restore it later
5. Check the spelling
6. View the page while it is on your workstation using your browser and make sure it looks correct
7. If it doesn't look 100%, go back to step 3 above
8. Use FTP to upload the file from your workstation to its proper location on the server
9. View the page on the server in your browser again, making sure that you uploaded the file to the correct directory and that the changes are there
10. If it doesn't look 100% as expected, go back to step 3 above

Making changes directly on the server: (Not recommended!)

1. View the page on the server with your browser
2. Edit the page on the server using Notepad or your preferred HTML editing program
3. If you're not sure about the changes you are making, you may save a copy of the page so you can restore it later
4. Check the spelling
5. View the page using your browser and make sure it looks correct
6. If it doesn't look 100%, go back to step 3 above

Making changes directly on a live, production server may produce errors and other frustrating occurrences for users who are browsing the page at the time you are editing it. Therefore, we recommend making changes to the page on your workstation instead.