Web Services
The It department has several options for the HKS community. We offer: Web Application Hosting- server space on Unix server or Novell server contact FSA or fill out new request form Purchase a copy of Educational Dreamweaver for creating simple websites. Contact FSA If you need help with installing Dreamweaver, and Mary Ann Krebs for assistance with Automated Faculty Profile pages, Course websites, and Dreamweaver support.
Web Design & Standard Website Package for Faculty/Staff
Faculty - In addition to the automatically created Faculty Profile, HKS Faculty members can set up a personal website and host it in their personal network space in their www folder. Faculty members who are interested in creating a site should contact Mary Ann Krebs.
Staff - Staff may create a website on their personal www folder. IT Services will supply the standard HKS template for those who would like it. General HTML support for personal sites, however, is not provided.
Departments - Departments who wish to create a website may meet with IT Services for advice on setting up your site, and HTML support is provided. Departments will be given the HKS template and style sheet as a template for their site.
ITS will support Dreamweaver (not provided by ITS) users. Dreamweaver is a robust software focused on site creation and management.
Fellows - Fellows will be given space on their personal M drive in the www folder to create a site should they wish to do so. As with all materials on personal server space, the site files will be removed when the fellow's employment has ended.
Styling Your Site
HKS Style requirements:
Font Face should be arial, verdana or tahoma . Standard Font Size: 10 pt.
Required Header Navigation in uppermost right hand corner: Home | John F. Kennedy School of Government | Harvard University with home linking to your site's index page, John F. Kennedy School of Government (or Kennedy School) to: http://www.ksg.harvard.edu and Harvard University (or Harvard) linking to:http://www.harvard.edu
Required Footer Information: 3 footer links are required, an email back to the local webmaster for the site, a link to the " President and Fellow of Harvard College," which is a link back to the Harvard homepage, and a link to "Report Copyright infringements", which can be found at http://www.harvard.edu/copyright.html
Colors: Blues: 003366 and 336699 Harvard Crimson: 990000
IT & Harvard Components you can add to your site
HKS Discussion Boards - ITS can provide discussion boards with login for the HKS community, or an unprotected site for general use. Contact your FSA if you are interested in a discussion board.
ListServs - Listservs allow HKS Faculty and Staff to send emails to a large group of people without affecting the servers and slowing down regular HKS mail. Contact your FSA if you'd like to set up a Listserv.
Polls/surveys - HKS has access to both a home grown poll that integrates with your classpage (if you are running one) or a stand alone poll, as well as the ability to add a quick poll to your site.
Quick Polls: http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/websters/quickpoll/index.htm
Blogs- IT Services will provide a customizable blog site for faculty and staff. If you'd like a blog, please contact Aileen Grunder.
Video Services - taping, video streaming services- Contact StudioHKS - http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/studioHKS
Community Classpages - IT Services will create an individual site that is very similar to the HKS Classpages for those who are hosting a class that is not a Degree program.
Web statistics
IT Services tracks web statistics for all websites at HKS. Go to our Urchin page for more info about your sites stats
Web Development
IT can perform Initial consultation/needs analysis, Contact FSA or HKS webmaster. We also have a needs assessment form that will tell us what technology you are looking for.
Notes Domino Platform for development limited access to mySQL and PHP for databases requires SLA- http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/itforms/
limited access for SQL and ASP for databases requires SLA- http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/itforms/
Make your Site Compliant
(copyright and accessibility issues)
HKS HR Staff Policy: http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/hr/documents/DMCA%20Staff%20Policy%20Final.doc
Student DMCA Issues: http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/dmca/
OGC: http://www.ogc.harvard.edu/
Harvard Copyright Policies: http://www.techtransfer.harvard.edu/PatentPolicy.html
Hints for Accessible Sites: http://www.rnib.org.uk/xpedio/groups/public/documents/code/public_rnib001951.hcsp
National Center for Accessible Media: http://ncam.wgbh.org/webaccess/magpie/
HTML Training
Contact your FSA if you have a problem with your website and would like assistance, Aileen Grunder will make arrangements to help you.
The IT calendar also has occasional HTML training sessions for Faculty/Staff.
Center for Harvard Training and Development http://www.atwork.harvard.edu/training/ctd/ has day long sessions, we also partner with computer-based Element K for online training
New Horizons: Harvard University Employees receive the consortium discount when taking classes at New Horizons, Boston or their Waltham Branch
Site Back-Up
A backup of all sites are kept on our server, if you wish to have a previous version of your site, contact your FSA. Both Frontpage and Dreamweaver have reports to help you run your website. Contact your FSA if you have any questions.
HARVARD DNS Services
Kennedy School IT services can not provide .harvard.edu site names. We host .ksg.harvard.edu sites. Top level Harvard names require approval by the Provost of Harvard University. See Use of the Harvard Name at the Harvard Provost's website for additional information. To request a .harvard.edu domain name, you will be asked to complete the Provost's webform.
