eHelp
Q. How can I restrict access to one of my pages to a specific group of users who are not part of the Cal Poly Pomona community?
A. Sorry, you can't. Authentication is only provided for people with Cal Poly Pomona user names. We can do a good job of secure authentication of our own users, but it's not part of our mission to provide the same level of authentication for arbitrary outside users, nor are we willing to provide any weaker authentication. If you need to authenticate outside users, you should look into commercial web hosting.
Q. Can I put personal materials on my web page?
A. As long as you follow the Cal Poly Pomona World Wide Web Policy, you can put anything on a personal web page (remember the disclaimer). Course web pages are official documents, and should contain personal material only if it relates directly to the course content.
Q. How do I put a "hit counter" on my web page?
A. The Web Team does not and will never provide a "hit counter", since they are not very useful. If you do a Google search on "hit counter", you will find a number of examples that you can implement. Remember that you are responsible for the content of your web pages, so avoid using hit counters that display ads.
Q. I want to call my home page homepage.htm. Why is this a problem?
A. Every web server has what are called "default" file names: if you type http://www.csupomona.edu/~webteam/ in your web browser, the server looks in the /webteam folder to see whether there is a file called index.html (or index.htm, or several other names that begin with "index"). If such a file is present, the server will send it. If not, it will show a directory listing. If you call your home page homepage.htm, a user will have to type in the entire URL, including the file name, to see the page.
Q. Why can't I use PHP, ASP, or some other scripting language?
A. Although PHP is used for the main Cal Poly Pomona web pages, it is not available in the /group or /user areas; because of the way the Intranet is put together, PHP programs in these areas can affect the files of other groups or users. This is an issue for any scripting language that can modify files.
Q. Why can't I use .htaccess?
A. For technical reasons, the web server will not read an .htaccess file.
