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- From: marcus@x4u2.desy.de (Marcus Speh)
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- Subject: Globewide Network Academy on the World Wide Web [Revised 26 Sept 1994]
- Followup-To: alt.uu.future
- Date: 26 Sep 1994 11:23:21 GMT
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- Summary: Information on accessing documents of Globewide Network Academy, Inc.
- via the World-Wide Web, a distributed HyperText system. GNA is a
- non-profit corporation for Internet education incorporated in the
- state of Texas, affiliated with the Usenet University project.
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- Archive-name: www/resources/globewide-network-academy
- Last-modified: 26 Sept 1994
- Posting-Frequency: bimonthly
-
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- * Recent Changes since the last posting:
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- - (September 17) Own home Page for the Institute of Baltic Studies, a
- GNA school.
- - (September 16) U Can chartered as a GNA school.
- - (September 7) U Can, a GNA school, offers a affordable Internet
- course in September on the Virtual Campus.
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- * UU-GNA on the World Wide Web
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- You can access most information on UU-GNA [Usenet University, Globewide
- Network Academy] on the World Wide Web [WWW], a distributed HyperText
- system (a network of documents connected by links which can be activated
- electronically). The WWW resource can be searched for keywords. The
- latest version of this resource info sheet is available via
- anonymous FTP to rtfm.mit.edu in file
- /pub/usenet/news-answers/www/resources/globewide-network-academy.
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- * How to Get to the Web UU-GNA's Info Page
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
- If you have a WWW browser up and running, try going to
-
- http://uu-gna.mit.edu:8001/uu-gna/
-
- If you have no clue what WWW is, you can go over the Internet with
-
- telnet info.cern.ch
-
- which brings you to the WWW Home Page at CERN. You are now using the
- simple line mode browser. To move around the Web, enter the number
- given after an item. To go to the UU-GNA documents, enter
-
- go http://uu-gna.mit.edu:8001/uu-gna/
-
- This is what you should see now:
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- * What you will see there
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- WELCOME TO THE GLOBEWIDE NETWORK ACADEMY
-
-
- GNA is a non-profit corporation incorporated in the state of Texas,
- affiliated with the Usenet University project. Its long-term goal[1] is to
- create an fully accredited online university. To reach this goal it has
- short term plans[2]for 1993-94. Persons wishing to help should check the
- help wanted list[3].
-
- See here What's New[4] on the GNA Web.
- There is a GNA FAQ[5] and the GNA Directory[6].
- If you haven't done so already, please register with GNA! Click here[7] if
- you have HTML form support, or here[8] for accessing the text form.
-
- Administration[9] What is the GNA, why does it exist, and how is it
- governed and structured.
-
- GNA Schools[10] List of GNA schools and the spring 1994 catalog of
- GNA courses.
-
- What resources does the GNA have[11]
- What we have to offer our students and the General
- Public.
-
- Under the Umbrella[12]
- Current projects, the GNA logo contest, strategy
- debates and old projects.
-
- Best of the Web '94[13] - Best Campus-Wide Information System
-
- Please send your suggestions and contributions for these WWW pages to
- <gna-webmaster@tsun.desy.de>. A paper on the GNA Web[14] is available.
-
- [[Now you can continue climbing down the documentation tree by
- entering numbers 1-14 and follow your own interests]]
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- * More on Browsing the Web
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- A very nice way of "browsing" through WWW uses X-based tools like "tkWWW"
- or "NCSA Mosaic". For the latter, binaries for many platforms (ready for
- use) and sources are available via anonymous FTP from ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu in
- directory Web/Mosaic-binaries. For vt100 terminals there is a much-used
- browser called "Lynx" which can be obtained by FTP from ftp2.cc.ukans.edu
- in the pub/lynx directory. Emacs users will like the "W3" browser, FTP to
- cs.indiana.edu:/pub/elisp/w3.
- There is a FTP repository for browser software at info.cern.ch
- (including a hypertext browser/editor for NeXTStep 3.0 and tkWWW).
- If you cannot go through TELNET, you can still retrieve WWW
- documents by e-mail: send Email to test-list@info.cern.ch with one or
- more lines of the form
-
- send [http-address]
- e.g.
- send http://uu-gna.mit.edu:8001/uu-gna/index.html
-
- at the bottom of the page you'll find all links of that document listed.
- Your mail system must have a mail gateway to internet mail.
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- * Contact for Further Information
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- Please feel free to contact gna-webmaster@tsun.desy.de with questions,
- suggestions and further contributions to the GNA Web documents.
-
- For general questions about GNA, you can also consult the GNA FAQ; it is
- available on the GNA Web or via anonymous FTP to rtfm.mit.edu
- as file pub/usenet/news.answers/globewide-network-academy-faq.
- For general questions related to WWW, consult the WWW-FAQ, available via
- anonymous FTP from rtfm.mit.edu in directory
- pub/usenet/news.answers/www-faq, or on WWW at URL
- http://sunsite.unc.edu/boutell/faq/www_faq.html
-
- Enjoy! Marcus Speh <marcus@x4u.desy.de> for GNA.
-
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- Copyright 1993-94 Globewide Network Academy, Inc. Distributed under the
- terms of the GNU Public License. Permission is granted to copy this
- document for free distribution so long as it remains intact and unmodified.
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