Last Date Edited:  06/10/99

• Notes on CTAHR's Server
  
  
• Publish on CTAHR's Server
  
  

• Procedures to "Register" a  site on CTAHR's Server
  
  

Current Unit Web Coordinators:
Linda Arthur (FCS)
Brent Buckley (HNFAS)
Charles Nelson (MBBE)
Richard Bowen (NREM)
Kenneth Grace (PEPS)
Kent Kobayashi (TPSS)

The guidelines published here are the product of the overall CTAHR Web Committee  and  is meant to facilitate the development of web sites, encourage individual creativity  and assure the quality of subject matter content and presentation.  Everyone publishing a site under the CTAHR banner is obliged to abide by the basic guidelines set forth in this document.

• Unit Web Committee

  Identify Unit resources

  • Faculty  (may belong to another unit) who are available to help strengthen subject matter content and presentation on the web
  • Available hardware (scanners, cameras etc)
  • Available unit technical support

Review proposed web sites

• Keeping in mind the spirit of these guidelines, the Unit Web Committee will review the proposed web sites to assure quality, accuracy,   timeliness, etc.

• Web Site Developer
  
  Procedures:
  • Faculty should consult these guidelines and those adopted by the University governing the use of University network resources.
  • The faculty member should submit proposed materials to their Unit Web Coordinator.  

Things to keep in Mind:

• Include where-ever necessary, appropriate disclaimers   (i.e. non-endorsements for brand names)
• In designing forms to collect "audience" data, keep in mind the Privacy Act and other federal/state rules which may prohibit the asking of certain personal information.
• The "publishing or advertising" for commercial entities is not allowed on University web servers
• For announcements of up-coming events, include a Disability access statement:
  For disability accomodations, contact ______(person)_____ at ___(phone#)___ by __(date)__.

To allow creative web development/design and yet have sites readily identifiable as being part of CTAHR, the following  is suggested:

• On the Opening page of each site:

At the top(or somewhere near the top) of the page:
CTAHR logo
Last Edited Date of page

At the bottom of the page: 
  The Webmaster email address
  Unit's Postal Address and Phone number
  Url of the opening page

• On the opening or secondary page of a Unit's web site, the following information should be considered:
  Faculty Information (incl. contact information)
  Description of Courses/Degrees Offered
  
• On all pages (where reasonable) other than the opening::
  At the bottom of the page:
    CTAHR logo
    Url of that page

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• Sites should be reviewed every 3 years for accuracy and timeliness.

• Procedures to "publish" a web site on CTAHR's Server:
  • The Unit's web coordinator will contact CTAHR's webmaster with:
    Proposed name of the web site
    Name/email address/phone number of the Project Leader
    Name/email address/phone numbers of other staff members who will be authorized to work on the web site
    
  • After receiving the information supplied by the Unit's web coordinator
    A site will be defined, a url assigned
    User accounts/passwords will be assigned to each authorized staff for ftp processes
    

  • User can then FTP web pages to the Server in a specified ftp directory
    

• Procedures to "register" a web site on CTAHR's Server:
  • The Unit's web coordinator will contact CTAHR's webmaster with:
    name and url of the web site
    Name/email address/phone number of the Project Leader

  • The existing page on CTAHR's Server on which the web site will be noted

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CTAHR
Gilmore Hall, Rm. 214
3050 Maile Way
Honolulu, Hawaii  96822

• Notes on CTAHR's Server
  • PMSO- The Office of Planning and Management Systems maintains CTAHR's servers
  • CTAHR's main server is:  www.CTAHR.hawaii.edu
  • The default pages read in each Unit/Project web site are:  index.htm, index.html, index.htp, or index.asp
  • Computer Generated Instructions(CGI) will not be allowed to execute on the server (with the exception of ASP's)
  • Front-Page extensions such as the hits-counter are not supported.
  • ASP modules which will collect web statistics have been developed by and are supported by PMSO staff
  • Database access will be via ODBC (Open DataBase Connectivity) driver(s) and OLEDB (Active Data Objects)
  • PMSO will assist in the inital set-up of Databases on the server
  • PMSO will advise users in development of databases to record other information
  • Due to security considerations Ftp and Web url names will differ
    

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