No idea where to start? Just got told you're responsible for the department's web site? This is the right place for you. This section will get you started from the ground up.

First Step
The first thing you need to find out is what server your web site resides on. If you have no idea what a server is, or why your web site needs to be on a server, you can refer to our explanation about How the Web Works. To determine which server your web site is on, simply type in your home page into a browser and hit Enter or Return. If the address of your web page ends up being http://www.brown.edu/ with a whole bunch of other words after that, then you are on Brown's central web server. If the address of your page remains something like:
http://envstudies.brown.edu
http://www.cs.brown.edu
with more after each of those, then you are on a departmental server. Your department owns and maintains its own server, an you will need to ask around to determine who is the server's administrator, as only that person can give you an account on that server.

If you determine that you are on Brown's central web server, you will need your own account. Even if your department already has a web site, you will need your own account.

Next, getting an account on the Brown Web Server