Getting started is always the hardest part. There's a lot to take in at first. But it's like riding a bicycle, and once you get into practice you should able to take it on in confidence. This guide is to walk you through the first steps and provide a little insight into the inner workings of the beast.

Background on How the DWC Website Works

Role of the Content Manager and the Webmaster

The Content Manager is responsible for all information, documentation, and wording on their respective site. Everything should be kept as current and as relevant as possible. If there is something that requires the Webmaster's attention or assistance, the Content Manager will notify the Webmaster of the situation.

The Webmaster manages permissions, navigation bars, forms, and anything that takes place in the background. The Webmaster will also assist Content Managers on any problems or question they have.

The Webmaster can't help you with writing content for your site, but can help with questions about putting it together.

Logging into your site with FrontPage

From this point it is assumed that you have author rights to your respective site. If this is not the case or you aren't sure, email the webmaster for further assistance.

Microsoft FrontPage is what our site is designed to use. It should be with the Microsoft Office suite that is loaded on your office computer. If you can't find FrontPage on your computer, call the Help Desk at x6522 for assistance.

Open FrontPage, and go to File menu, and Open Site. (There is an Open Site option and a plain Open option, be sure you do Open Site.)

Like stated above, you're only worried about the content, so when you log in to your site, you're logging into content.dwc.edu. For example, if you were in charge of Student Life, in the window that appears, you would type in: http://content.dwc.edu/studentlife .

If you are not sure what you're site is, a good way to check is to use the internet to browse to the currently online site, and check the path on the browser to see what folder it is in. Just make sure you change www.dwc.edu to content.dwc.edu.

When you hit OK, it should then present you a window for your login and password. This is based off your normal DWC login, but slightly different. There are two ways of doing it, choose whichever is easier to remember for you:

• Your normal login name proceeded with 'lrc\', with a backslash.
  
  For example, if your normal login is 'yourname', then you would type 'lrc\yourname'. The 'lrc\' part lets the computer know you are using DWC's network. (LRC like as in Learning Resource Center, our library.)

• Your full email address.
  
  For example, if your normal login is 'yourname', then you would type in 'yourname@dwc.edu'. The @dwc.edu part does the same as the 'lrc\' as stated above.

Your password is as normal.

If all goes well, you should be presented with a list of files in your folder. You have successfully logged in.