Registered Student Organizations (RSOs) can create and maintain Web sites that are hosted on the RSO server (RSO home page: http://www.rso.cmich.edu). Before creating pages be sure to read and follow the CMU Web Policy.

Here's what you need to do, in 6 easy steps:

	1. Read the criteria for RSO Web sites.
	2. Request an NT account for the student who will be maintaining the RSO site.
	3. Request an RSO Web.
	4. Obtain access to the RSO Web.
	5. Log into your RSO Web.
	6. Create and maintain your RSO Web site.
	[ 7. Changing the student who maintains the Web site. ]

1. Read the criteria for RSO Web sites.
To learn what the criteria are, visit the page: http://www.rso.cmich.edu/how.htm. If your organization meets the criteria, proceed to the next step.

2. Request an NT account for the student who will be maintaining the RSO site.
Only one student, with the approval of the faculty advisor, will be given access to the organization's Web. This student must have a valid CMU email address and an NT account. To set up an NT account, call the Help Desk. (774-3662). The Help Desk will provide you with an initial NT password. You, yourself, must now change this password before you will be authorized to access your RSO Web. Have the Help Desk walk you through this step, or visit the site: https://myaccount.cmich.edu/home.asp.

3. Request an RSO Web.
Now it is time to ask IT to set up a Web. Visit the site: http://www.rso.cmich.edu/request/request.htm, fill in the form, and submit it. IT will set up an empty Web using the name you requested.

4. Obtain access to the RSO Web.
To access the RSO Web, the faculty advisor and student who will be maintaining the Web need to be added to a user group for that particular Web. IT requires written authorization from the faculty advisor to add a student to an RSO Web group.

Request RSO user group changes by sending a request to the Help Desk. (Email helpdesk@cmich.edu or phone 774-3662.) IT will inform both the faculty advisor and the student when access has been granted.

5. Log into your RSO Web.
After access has been granted, you can log into your RSO Web.
Your RSO Web location is:

http://www.rso.cmich.edu/<yourRequestedName>/

where <yourRequestedName> is the one you provided in step 3.
Both the student and and the faculty advisor have access rights to edit and create Web pages for your RSO organization.

To access your RSO Web space, open the Microsoft FrontPage application. (FrontPage is available in campus computer labs. Faculty can obtain a licensed copy of FrontPage by contacting the Help Desk.) On the FrontPage menu bar, select File > Open Web. For the Web name, use the URL:
http://www.rso.cmich.edu/<yourRequestedName/

You will be asked for a login name and a password. Your login name is:

central/<globalID>

where <globalID> is your Global ID.

For the password, enter your NT account password. (See step 2, above.)

6. Create and maintain your RSO Web site.
Now you can create your Web site. Name your home page default.htm or default.html. Note: Your rso.cmich/<your-rso-site> Web pages are on the "live" site! Any changes you make to a page and save will instantly be viewable by the public. And remember, in the ever-changing Web world, there's nothing more annoying than a site that says "Last updated 1996." Keep your site up to date and check often for broken links. Upload the revised pages just as you did the original pages.

[ 7. Changing the student who maintains the Web site. ]
If a different student is selected to maintain the site (only one student can have access), repeat steps 2, 4, and 5, above. The previous student's access will then be denied.


Receiving Additional Help
For additional help about information contained in this Quick Guide, please contact the Help Desk at 774-3662 or email helpdesk@cmich.edu.