Tools for developers

Useful utilities

Here are several useful online utilities:

• Bobby. Analyzes the accessibility of web pages.
• W3C HTML Validation Service. Checks HTML.

Feedback forms:

A generalized feedback form allows those with public Web pages to create feedback forms that use electronic mail to relay comments.

Anonymous FTP

How to set up an anonymous FTP directory.

Statistics

Here are some ways to check out "hits" on your web pages:

• If you have a personal web page (includes "public" in the URL, as in "www.public.iastate.edu/~username"), see weekly usage statistics.
  
• If you have a departmental web page (with a URL like www.iastate.edu/~yourdept), you can get stats for the past week.

CGI scripts

If you wish to create a CGI script for your web page, you'll need to create an account. Sign on to Acropolis, click "manage user," "view/edit your personal web page settings," and "create a CGI account for your web pages."

For web page hits, see weekly stats.