Department Website
Department and division websites that are part of the main Chabot College website typically have the same file and folder structure. In the example below, you can the file and folder structure for the website at http://www.chabotcollege.edu/web
Description of Files and Folders
_private
The "_private" folder is a special folder that is inaccessible from the
public. You can use it to temporarily store files you don't want the public
to see. Normally you don't need to do anything with this folder.
images
The "images" folder is where you store all images for your website. Website
images are typically .GIF or .JPG files. Some people place images in the
same folder as their website pages or elsewhere. This is a bad practice and
results in a disorganized websites and should be avoided. Please put all
website images in the "images" folder.
default.asp
This file is a special file that is the home page of your website. It is the
first file / page that people see when they go to your website. For example,
when people go to
http://www.chabotcollege.edu/web, they will automatically see the
default.asp file at
http://www.chabotcollege.edu/web/default.asp.
localnav.shtm
This file is a special file that contains the left navigation menu of your
website as you see on almost all Chabot College website. If you want to add,
edit or remove links from your website's menu, you would need to open and
edit this file.
Other files
All of the other files in the screen snapshot above are ordinary web pages.
The contactus.asp file contains content / information for the Contact Us
page and the tutorials.asp file contains tutorials for the Online Tutorials
page. You can add, edit and remove pages like these for your website.
PDFs and Word Documents
You may have the need to link to a MS Word or PDF document from your website. Though you can place these types of documents anywhere, it's best practice to group them all in one folder. You can create a "docs" folder to store these types of files just as the "images" folder is used to store all images.