Overview

The AFS (Andrew File System) is UMBC's central web server space for all personal and department web accounts. Unlike personal web accounts for student, faculty or staff home pages, department space is only for official UMBC academic departments, administrative departments and organizations.

Note: Student organizations should visit the Office of Student Life's Student Organization Resources page to create a club or organization website.

Creating UMBC Department Web Space

• Your department's name
• The faculty or staff member who will be managing the department site.
• The Web Manager's email account and username.
• The web address alias that you prefer (e.g. www.umbc.edu/deptname)

Note: You may add other users to this space, including students, but the department web site owner must be a Full Time UMBC faculty or staff member (see Owner Commands - Managing Users in an AFS volume).

Using Your Department Space

• Initially, your published web address or URL will be: www.umbc.edu/deptnametest

• This will point to the actual AFS location of your site: afs/umbc.edu/public/www/deptname

The initial /deptnametest URL will allow you to build and test your site. Then, when you are ready for your site to "go public", just let us know and we will rename the alias to /deptname (we'll drop the "test" from the name).

What's Next?

Once your department space has been created, you are ready to publish your files using Dreamweaver or FrontPage.